On December 26, 1947, snowflakes began their descent unexpectedly and within the next 24 hours the city was covered by 26.4 inches of white mounds, with snow falling at the rate of 3 inches per hour.

On Dec. 26, 1947, New York City woke up to a record-breaking snowstorm that dumped over 22 inches of snow in less than 24 hours. Revisit what was called The Great Blizzard of 1947 in New York ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — With 2 feet in the cards for this week’s blizzard, this storm has the potential to be one of the top ten snowiest storms on record at Central Park. The storm with the… ...

The 2016 blizzard beat the seasonal average in just one storm. The next three biggest snowstorms in New York City’s history happened in December 1947 (25.8 ... Preps underway for NYC Pride March ...