Drifts … In 1888, the Blizzard of '88, also known as the "Great White Hurricane," began inundating the northeastern United States, resulting in some 400 deaths. Blizzard of 1888 3.11.15 In the days before the blizzard, the temperatures in the Northeast United States hovered around 50°F with rain in some places, according to the Web site, history.com. Blizzard Of 1888 In March 1888, an unprecedented blizzard hit the northeast, dumping 20 to 60 inches of snow on an unprepared New York City. The Blizzard of 1888 in New York City, via Wikimedia Commons. Under the headline, “Midnight at Noon,” the Boston Daily Advertiser reported: At Fargo…mercury 47’ below zero and a hurricane blowing….At Neche, Dak. One of the most destructive blizzards ever to strike the East Coast raged for 36 hours. Called the White Hurricane, the storm produced a combination of blinding snow, deep drifts, driving wind, and severe cold. Unofficial, and probably more accurate, measurements for this city were 36. On this day in 1888, ordinary life in Massachusetts came to a standstill.

The official snowfall measuremenet for Hartford was a mere 19 inches, but that was taken at Trinity College, where the howling winds of the Blizzard of 1888 were hurling the snow down to Broad Street. Big cities were especially hard … The storm arrived on a relatively warm day and many people were unprepared when the temperature plunged that afternoon. The blizzard caused more than $20 million in property damage in New York City alone and killed more than 400 people, including about …

Great Blizzard of 1888, winter storm that pummeled the Atlantic coast of the United States, from the Chesapeake Bay to Maine, in March 1888. the thermometer is 58’ On January 12, 1888, an unexpected blizzard rushed across the American Northwest. During New England ‘s Blizzard of 1888, also known as the Great White Hurricane , over four feet of snow fell in Connecticut and Massachusetts .

Middletown got 50 inches, Marlborough 48, New Hartford 42.