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NEW YORK CITY – The New York City area is bracing for a powerful winter storm<\/a> that has the potential to bring significant snowfall for the first time this year.<\/p>\n Could this weekend’s storm make history? It’s still unclear how much will actually fall, but it’s been years since the region’s last record-setting snow.<\/p>\n GET THE LATEST FORECAST HERE<\/a><\/p>\n Historic snowfalls <\/p>\n The backstory:<\/p>\n Here’s a look back at some of the biggest snowfalls in the New York City area.<\/p>\n New York City <\/p>\n Blizzard Jonas currently holds the record for New York City’s top snowfall. It dropped 27.3 inches in Central Park over the course of about three days in January 2016.<\/p>\n The 2016 storm broke the previous record of 26.9 inches, which was set by the North American Blizzard of 2006.<\/p>\n New York City experienced its earliest top-ranked storms in 1888, when 22 inches of snow caused major drifts that paralyzed the city.<\/p>\n New Jersey was hit even harder by Blizzard Jonas in 2016, with central and northern regions getting buried under 28\u201330 inches of snow.<\/p>\n However, that isn’t the state’s first snow storm to reach 30 inches of snow.<\/p>\n More than a century ago, snow fell for 24 hours, wreaking havoc across New Jersey. Then in 1996, some parts of New Jersey got pummeled with more than 30 inches of snow.<\/p>\n Top snowfall totals <\/p>\n By the numbers:<\/p>\n The New York City area has seen massive storms over the past several decades, with the greatest amount falling in northern New Jersey.<\/p>\n New York City January 22\u201324, 2016 (Blizzard Jonas): 27.3 inchesFebruary 11\u201312, 2006 Blizzard: 26.9 inchesDecember 26\u201327, 1947 Blizzard: 26.4 inchesMarch 11\u201314, 1888 (Great Blizzard of 1888): About 22 inchesJanuary 6\u20138, 1996 (North American Blizzard of 1996): About 20 inches New Jersey January 22\u201324, 2016 (Blizzard Jonas): About 30 inchesJanuary 26\u201327, 1905 Blizzard: About 30 inchesDecember 26\u201327, 1947 Blizzard: 29\u201330 inchesJanuary 6\u20138, 1996 (Blizzard of 1996): About 29 inchesFebruary 18\u201319, 1979 (Presidents\u2019 Day Storm): 24\u201327 inchesFebruary 5\u20136, 2010 (“Snowmageddon”): 20\u201324 inches Another historic snowstorm? <\/p>\n What’s next:<\/p>\n New York City could see over 10 inches of snow<\/a> this weekend as a winter storm threatens to bring heavy snowfall and colder air<\/a> to parts of the Northeast, according to forecasters.<\/p>\n New York City could see over 10 inches of snow<\/a> this weekend as a winter storm threatens to bring heavy snowfall and colder air<\/a> to parts of the Northeast, according to forecasters.<\/p>\n The Source: Information from this article was sourced from National Weather Service and previous reporting by FOX 5 NY.<\/p>\n New York City<\/a>Winter Weather<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK CITY – The New York City area is bracing for a powerful winter storm that has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,12,56,63,65,64,618,133,5820],"class_list":{"0":"post-107629","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-ny","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-nyc-headlines","13":"tag-nyc-news","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-weather","16":"tag-winter-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Snow](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kuzod5iuffx72kyg.jpg\")
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