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1977: Powerful snowstorm strikes Northeast US

1977: Powerful snowstorm strikes Northeast US

Author: AccuWeather May 9, 2022 Duration: 1:38
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One of the most powerful May snowstorms to strike the Northeast hit on May 9, 1977. 13" fell at Gardiner, MA; 12.7" at Worchester, MA; 1/2 million people lost power. Officially 1/2" in Boston, but thunderstorms with snow in the suburbs dumped 10" in the Wellesley area. A foot of snow fell at Foster, RI. Bare grass did not reappear in Wellesley, MA until the afternoon of the 11th and it was the heaviest snow of the entire winter there...all the plows were activated although in many cases the plows had already been removed for the season from the trucks...schools were closed in the western suburbs of Boston, it was the latest school "snow day" ever...because of the convective nature of the storm, like hit and miss thunderstorms in the summer, some weird local variations occurred...with one town getting almost a foot of snow while just 5 miles away only a couple of inches fell. Vivid lightning accompanied the snowfall in many communities. Slide Mountain, NY had 27". Heavy snow also covered parts of New York. Cooperstown picked up 12.7" and in Connecticut 20" fell at Norfolk.One of the most powerful May snowstorms to strike the Northeast hit on May 9, 1977. 13" fell at Gardiner, MA; 12.7" at Worchester, MA; 1/2 million people lost power. Officially 1/2" in Boston, but thunderstorms with snow in the suburbs dumped 10" in the Wellesley area. A foot of snow fell at Foster, RI. Bare grass did not reappear in Wellesley, MA until the afternoon of the 11th and it was the heaviest snow of the entire winter there...all the plows were activated although in many cases the plows had already been removed for the season from the trucks...schools were closed in the western suburbs of Boston, it was the latest school "snow day" ever...because of the convective nature of the storm, like hit and miss thunderstorms in the summer, some weird local variations occurred...with one town getting almost a foot of snow while just 5 miles away only a couple of inches fell. Vivid lightning accompanied the snowfall in many communities. Slide Mountain, NY had 27". Heavy snow also covered parts of New York. Cooperstown picked up 12.7" and in Connecticut 20" fell at Norfolk.

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Duration: 1:50
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Duration: 2:42
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Duration: 3:02
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Duration: 1:42
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1889: Destructive tornado touches down in Reading, PA [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:36
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Duration: 1:49
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1840: Deadly Tornado strikes Natchez, MS [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:33
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1937: The Hindenburg Disaster [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:18
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1761: 5" of snow falls in Ashford, CT [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:53
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1774: 4" of snow falls in Germantown, Philadelphia [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:37
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