![]() ![]() Chris Christie called the storm an "underperformer." But officials still warned of dangerous ice. In New Jersey, which saw rain or just a little snow, Gov. Forecasters had predicted a foot or more. Philadelphia and New York City got anywhere from a few inches of snow to around half a foot before it switched over to sleet. In East Hartford, Conn., an elderly man died after being struck by a snow plow truck. While most people heeded the warnings to stay off the roads Tuesday, police said a 16-year-old girl was killed when she lost control of her car on a snowy road and crashed into a tree in Gilford, N.H. Wegmans Food Market grocery stores were open in the Rochester area, but the company was forced to close supermarkets in Syracuse and Pennsylvania. In the Rochester area, all schools were closed in Monroe County, as were many businesses, including the area's three main malls and most government offices. Monroe County (N.Y.) Executive Cheryl Dinolfo issued a "no unnecessary travel advisory" and asked residents to stay off the roads so that plow crews can do their jobs.ĭinolfo also asked that drivers use caution as they leave driveways and parking lots, since snowbanks are large enough to hide adults. View Gallery: PHOTOS: Winter storm covers Rochester, Northeast On Wednesday, weather concerns shift from snow to winds that could blow snow drifts onto roadways. 2-3, 2010, according to the weather service. 25-28, 1969, which dropped 29,8 inches, Evenson said.īurlington's all-time record for a single storm is 33.1 inches, which fell Jan. ![]() It will take slightly more than an inch of snow to move the storm into second place, a record set after the storm of Dec. Wednesday, the storm dropped 28.7 inches of snow, said Eric Evenson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. In Burlington, Vt., the snow from the storm The Weather Channel dubbed Stella, is the third-highest amount in the city's history, according to the Weather Service.Īs of 10 a.m. Typically, seasonal snowfall recorded at the Greater Binghamton Airport is 83.4 inches. Weather officials say the latest snow totals starkly contrast a lackluster winter last year, when just 32 inches of snow fell for the entire 2015-16 season - a record low snowfall. In a 24-hour period, the National Weather Service in Binghamton said 31.3 inches of snow fell. So far this season, almost 128 inches of snow has fallen in the area.Īn all-time seasonal high was set in 1993-94, when just more than 131 inches of snow was recorded in the Binghamton area. View Gallery: Stella dumps snow, ice from Midwest to the East CoastĪbout 160 miles southeast in Binghamton, N.Y., the city was in striking distance to break an all-time record of seasonal snowfall, according to the National Weather Service. The previous record, 8.2 inches, was set in 1993. ![]() The 15.6 inches that was recorded at the airport Tuesday in Rochester set a record for March 14. Fairport and Penfield, N.Y., east of the city, had 22 inches a short time later.Ī total of 22.2 inches fell at the Greater Rochester International Airport since the storm began. The latest totals from the National Weather Service show that areas northwest of Rochester received more than 25 inches by 10 a.m. ![]() In Rochester, N.Y., residents awoke Wednesday to the daunting task of digging out from a record, seemingly endless snowfall. Plunging overnight temperatures threatened to turn the snow, sleet and sloppy mix into a slippery mess, raising fears of black ice for motorists and slick sidewalks for pedestrians. The storm, which followed a stretch of unusually mild winter weather, dumped 1 to 2 feet in many places, grounded more than 6,000 flights and knocked out power to nearly a quarter-million customers from Virginia northward. Tuesday's powerful nor'easter paralyzed much of the Washington-to-Boston corridor, but fell short of the predicted snowfall totals in New York, Boston and Philadelphia. ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The snow may be over for the mid-Atlantic, but Northeast communities were still expecting more snow from the winter storm system that dumped snow from Washington to Massachusetts. Watch Video: Watch snow cover NYC streets in 30 seconds ![]()
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