{"id":144160,"date":"2026-02-24T21:10:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/144160\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T21:10:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:10:20","slug":"does-new-york-city-have-a-snowy-666-curse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/144160\/","title":{"rendered":"Does New York City have a snowy 666 curse?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"docs-internal-guid-171fe21b-7fff-fe87-fc5f-d4d150a5da12\">On Feb. 23, New Yorkers awoke to the city covered in over a foot of snow. Many were stuck inside, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/mayors-office\/news\/2026\/02\/mayor-mamdani-declares-local-state-of-emergency--snow-day-for-ny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">state of emergency<\/a>. This major snowstorm isn\u2019t New York\u2019s first of the year, but the blizzard\u2019s arrival follows a creepy trend of New York City being hit with a big snow during years ending in a six, as The Weather Channel meteorologist Paul Goodloe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/mayors-office\/news\/2026\/02\/transcript--mayor-mamdani-appears-live-on-the-weather-channel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">noted<\/a>. In thinking about a lot of the most consequential storms \u2013 1996, 2006, 2016, and now 2026 \u2013 numerologists might ask: Is New York City cursed?<\/p>\n<p>1996<\/p>\n<p>This blizzard was called <a href=\"https:\/\/vlab.noaa.gov\/web\/nws-heritage\/-\/the-blizzard-of-96-in-retrospect-25-years-later\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cA storm like no other\u201d<\/a> and was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/weather\/biggest-snowstorms-ever-nyc-central-park\/6448450\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the sixth biggest snowstorm in the city\u2019s history.<\/a> From Jan. 7-8, 1996, New York City received about 20 inches of snow and powerful winds of 50 miles per hour, impacting travel and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/story\/196100-when-did-nyc-public-schools-close-because-of-snow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">leading to school closures for the first time since 1982<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>2006<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/02\/13\/nyregion\/a-record-snow-269-inches-fall-in-new-york-city.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cThe Blizzard of \u201906<\/a>,\u201d from Feb. 11-12, 2006, broke records at the time with 26.9 inches of snow at Central Park. The previous record was set in 1947 with 26.4 inches. Despite technically not being a blizzard in New York City, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baruch.cuny.edu\/nycdata\/disasters\/blizzards-2006.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">it was officially deemed a nor\u2019easter with 20-30 mile per hour winds<\/a>. Flights out of LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy airports were canceled, and service was suspended for the Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2016<\/p>\n<p>From Jan. 22-24, 2016, Central Park was hit with 27.5 inches of snow \u2013 breaking the record set 10 years earlier, becoming the largest blizzard in New York City since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/media\/okx\/Climate\/CentralPark\/BiggestSnowstorms.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">recordkeeping began in 1869<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/danidiplacido\/2026\/01\/18\/tiktoks-2016-is-the-new-2026-trend-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2026 is indeed the new 2016<\/a>, as New Yorkers were hit with a blizzard that has already made it into the city\u2019s top 10 storms. Along with a travel ban, power outages and a traditional snow day for students, at least 19.7 inches of snow fell on Central Park. Although this winter storm didn\u2019t smash records (yet), this trend made us wonder, is it fate that another blizzard will slam into New York City in 2036?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Feb. 23, New Yorkers awoke to the city covered in over a foot of snow. 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