To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. Blizzard hits and misses The Farmers’ Almanac recently published a list of what it considers the worst blizzards in U.S. history: Blizzard of ‘88 (1888) East coast cities, including New York City Blizzard - March 1, 1914 New York City and Asbury Park, NJ Armistice Day Storm November 11, 1940 Manitoba, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and western Ontario Severest Blizzard of Modern Era March 15, 1941 North Dakota and Minnesota Pre-Winter Blizzard in Northeast December 12, 1960 Newark, New York City, Boston, and Nantucket, MA The Kennedy Inaugural Snowstorm January 19-20, 1961 Second of three huge snows to hit the Northeast during the winter of 1960-61. Washington, DC, Baltimore, New York City, Connecticut and New Hampshire Third Big Snow of the Winter of ‘60-’61 February 3–4, 1961 Washington, DC, Baltimore, New York City, Boston, and Cortland, NY Severe Northern Plains Blizzard March 4, 1961 North Dakota, Minnesota, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and western Ontario The Groundhog Day Storm February 2, 1976 From the Delmarva Coast (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia) to Nova Scotia Buffalo Blizzard 0f ’77 January 28-30, 1977 East side of Lakes Erie and Ontario Blizzard of ‘78 February 6-7, 1978 Rhode Island, Washington, DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston The Presidents’ Day Storm February 19, 1979 Middle Atlantic states The Blizzard of ‘93 March 13-14, 1993 Birmingham, AL to Syracuse, NY The Blizzard of ‘96 January 7-9, 1996 Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states. Buffalo caught the tail-end. Presidents’ Day Storm II February 14-19, 2003 East Coast of the US and spread into Canada; all cities from Washington, DC to Boston. Blizzard of 2006 February 11-13, 2006 Northeast United States from Virginia to Maine Left: The caryatids on the Albright-Knox Art Gallery’s east façade. Augustus Saint-Gaudens sculpted them in flimsy robes with bare arms – totally inappropriate attire for Buffalo winters page 17