Images: Worst Winter Storms
See images from the archives of some of the most severe winter storms to strike the Northeast.
In this Feb. 7, 1961 file photo, World Heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson takes time from his usual training routine as he shovels snow at his Spring Valley, N.Y. training camp. More than 20 inches fell in the New York City region, with up to 40 inches in the central part of the state and lesser but still substantial amounts of more than a foot throughout New England.
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In this Jan. 25, 2005 file photo, Sam Germaine, of Hull, Mass., surveys ice formations on houses along the oceanfront, in Hull. The 2005 storm brought up to 3 feet of snow in southern New England, including 22.5 inches in Boston. Some areas around the city reported snowfall rates of 3 to 5 inches per hour and wind gusts up to 85 mph, leading to white-out conditions.
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In this Feb. 17, 2003 file photo, Francis Miller shovels snow from his sidewalk into the street after a winter storm dumped two feet of snow in the area, in Baltimore. This storm on Presidents' Day weekend paralyzed an swath of the Northeast from Washington to Boston, producing the latter city's heaviest snowfall on record, a whopping 27.6 inches. The Baltimore area suffered the most, as more than 3 feet fell north of the city.
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In this Feb. 17, 2003 file photo, a woman walks through snow that has fallen onto the subway platform from overhead street grates in the Queens borough of New York. The worst blizzard to hit the mid-Atlantic and central Appalachian states in seven years shut down much of the region on Presidents Day with windblown snow that piled up as much as 4 feet deep, halting air and some rail travel and causing several deaths.
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In this Jan. 22, 2005 file photo, workers clear snow from the the Philadelphia Eagles' home field during a winter storm in preparation for the NFC championship game against the Atlanta Falcons.
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In this Jan. 8, 1996 file photo, two cars remain buried in the snow as pedestrians walk on 21st Street in Philadelphia. A widespread blanket of 2 to 3 feet of snow fell from the Mid-Atlantic states to New England, including 30.7 inches in Philadelphia, the city's highest on record.
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In this Feb. 18, 2003 file photo, heavy seas crash against the Humarock section of Scituate, Mass, during the noontime high tide on the day after a big winter storm dumped about two feet of snow in the Boston area.
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In this Feb. 16, 2003 file photo, a pedestrian makes his way up snow-covered 20th Street NW at K Street NW in the heart of the Washington business district as the most extreme winter weather in recent years hits the nation's capital. This storm on Presidents' Day weekend paralyzed an swath of the Northeast from Washington to Boston, producing the latter city's heaviest snowfall on record, a whopping 27.6 inches.
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In this Jan. 9, 1996 file photo, Central Park and Manhattan are covered in 20 inches of snow a day after the a blizzard swept across the East coast of the United States. A widespread blanket of 2 to 3 feet of snow fell from the Mid-Atlantic states to New England, including 30.7 inches in Philadelphia, the city's highest on record.
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In this Jan. 9 1996 file photo, passenger jets are grounded at the United Airlines terminal at Newark Airport. The blizzard of 1996 forced the closure of the New York City area airports in addition to bring other modes of transportation to a halt throughout the region.
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In this Feb. 7, 2003 file photo, a woman pulls her luggage across Times Square in New York. A blizzard shut down much of the mid-Atlantic region on Presidents Day with windblown snow up to 4 feet deep, halting air and some rail travel and causing at least a dozen deaths.
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In this March 14, 1993 file photo, a homeless man wraps what clothes he has on around himself as he walks along Manhattan's Sixth Avenue after a winter storm brought the city to a standstill. Wind-driven snow blanketed the city and its suburbs closing airports, cutting off transportation systems and leaving midtown Manhattan mostly deserted.
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In this Jan. 8, 1996 file photo, with the Capitol in the background, trucks with plows attempt to clean snow off Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. A widespread blanket of 2 to 3 feet of snow fell from the Mid-Atlantic states to New England, including 30.7 inches in Philadelphia, the city's highest on record.
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In this March 14, 1993 file photo, cousins Allen, bottom, and Lauren Haywood, middle, and Aubrey Parsons, all from Washington, take advantage of the snowy hill in front of the Capitol in Washington. Dubbed the "Storm of the Century," the intense 1993 storm produced tremendous amounts of snow from Tennessee to the Canadian border, with many locations breaking snowfall records.
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In this March 15, 1993 file photo, morning commuters negotiate their way over one of many walls of ice and snow that blocked street corners in New York's midtown Manhattan. Most of the secondary streets throughout the city were impassable from several inches of snow and ice.
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In this March 14, 1993 file photo, Janelle Jarous climbs a mound of packed snow in Larchmont, N.Y.to get at a hard to reach spot on the roof of her car as she digs her car out after a storm that covered the Northeast with snow and ice. Over a foot of snow and heavy winds made the for one of the worst winter storms of the century.
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In this March 13, 1993 file photo, Tim Stevenson shovels snow against a railroad tie placed in front of a friend's driveway on Foster Avenue in Marshfield, Mass. Dubbed the "Storm of the Century," the intense 1993 storm produced tremendous amounts of snow from Tennessee to the Canadian border, with many locations breaking snowfall records.
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In this Jan. 8, 1996 file photo, with the Capitol, center, and the National Arboretum, right, in the background, two people scale the snow-covered hill at the base of the Washington Monument as the snow continues to fall in Washington. A widespread blanket of 2 to 3 feet of snow fell from the Mid-Atlantic states to New England, including 30.7 inches in Philadelphia, the city's highest on record.
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