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October 29-30, 2011
The Boston Post Road (Route 1) in Larchmont, New York. 


Snowfall amounts included:

Connecticut: Bakersville: 18.6"; Bridgeport: 4.0"; Bristol: 17.0"; Burlington: 12.5"; Danbury: 18.2"; Greenwich: 12.0"; Hartford: 12.3"; Litchfield: 16.5"; Oxford: 12.3"; Shelton: 12.8"; and, Winsted: 18.0"

Delaware: Greenville: 0.9"; Newark: 0.2"; and, Wilmington: 0.3"

District of Columbia: Washington: Trace

Maine: Bangor: 7.0"; Caribou: 1.4"; Farmington: 8.0"; Fort Kent: 1.0"; Gardiner: 3.0"; and, Portland: 5.2"

Maryland: Baltimore: Trace; Frostburg: 9.5"; Gaithersburg: 0.5"; Manchester: 4.5"; Norrisville: 5.3"; Sabillasville: 11.5"; Taneytown: 5.5"; and, Wolfsville: 7.0"

Massachusetts: Ashburnham: 21.0"; Ashfield: 25.5"; Becket: 21.0"; Boston: 1.0"; Brockton: 3.0"; Buckland: 24.0"; Chesterfield: 28.0"; Colrain: 20.0"; Dalton: 20.0"; Goshen: 25.0"; Great Barrington: 20.6"; Heath: 24.0"; Hinsdale: 20.0"; Hubbardston: 20.0"; Leyden: 22.0"; Pepperell: 15.0"; Pittsfield: 18.0"; Plainfield: 30.8"; Royalston: 22.0"; Savoy: 24.0"; Shelburne: 21.9"; Taunton: 2.3"; Templeton: 22.0"; Townsend: 18.0"; Tyringham: 23.0"; Westhampton: 19.3"; Windsor: 26.0"; Worcester: 14.6"; and, Worthington: 24.0"

New Hampshire: Bedford: 20.8"; Concord: 22.2"; Fitzwilliam: 23.0"; Hillsboro: 21.5"; Jaffrey: 31.4"; Keene: 18.1"; Milford: 20.0"; Nashua: 11.0"; New Ipswich: 26.2"; Peterborough: 24.0"; Troy: 25.0"; West Swanzey: 24.0"; and, Winchester: 18.5"

New Jersey: Cedar Grove: 6.4"; Cherry Hill: 1.0"; Holland Township: 12.5"; Hopewell Township: 7.0"; Lake Hopatcong: 17.0"; Marcella: 16.6"; Mount Holly: 1.1"; Newark: 5.2"; North Caldwell: 12.0"; Ringwood: 12.5"; Rockaway: 16.4"; Sparta: 16.8"; Tenafly: 5.8"; Verona: 7.5"; Wantage: 15.5"; Warren Glen: 15.5"; West Milford: 19.0"; and, West Orange: 8.0"

New York: Armonk: 12.5"; Clifton Park: 3.5"; Elka Park: 16.0"; Florida: 12.0"; Harriman: 16.0"; Highland Mills: 12.0"; Islip: 0.3"; Mamaroneck: 7.0"; Middletown: 12.0"; Millbrook: 21.6"; Millwood: 12.4"; Monroe: 15.0"; New York City: 2.9"; North Hillsdale: 18.0"; Pine Plains: 17.5"; Saratoga Springs: 2.0"; Somers: 12.0"; Taghkanic: 13.1"; Upton: 0.2"; Warrensburg: 1.2"; Warwick: 15.5"; and, White Plains: 7.5"

Pennsylvania: Allentown: 6.8"; Huffs Church: 16.0"; Philadelphia: 0.3"; Salisbury Township: 14.0"; Springtown: 16.0"; Summit Hill: 13.5"; and, Tobyhanna: 13.3"

Rhode Island: Cumberland: 2.0"; North Foster: 6.5"; Providence: 2.3"; West Glocester: 6.6"; West Warwick: 2.9"; and, Woonsocket: 3.8"

Vermont: Bellows Falls: 10.0"; Guilford: 14.0"; Marlboro: 15.8"; Rockingham: 11.5"; West Halifax: 16.0"; Wilmington: 13.0"; and, Woodford: 14.0"

Virginia: Bluemont: 4.5"; Cross Junction: 3.5"; Fishersville: 2.9"; Front Royal: 6.0"; Manassas: Trace; Skyland: 9.0"; Sterling: 0.6"; Vienna: Trace; and, Winchester: 5.0"

West Virginia: Bayard: 7.5"; Jones Springs: 5.0"; Lost River: 8.5"; Ranson: 6.0"; and, Shepherdstown: 4.3"


News accounts:

The October nor'easter that roared through Connecticut late Saturday [October 29] left a heavy blanket of slush and snow that downed tree limbs and power lines, wreaked havoc on the roads and cut power to more than 650,000 customers... It was the largest snowstorm in Greater Hartford history in October—dwarfing any previous storm in the region.

Source: Christopher Keating, "Another Power Hit," Hartford Courant, October 30, 2011.

It was a storm of record consequence, disrupting large swaths of the Northeast in ways large and small: towns were buried in dense snowfalls, closing down streets, schools and even, in some cases, Halloween celebrations... 

People emptied stores of generators and chain saws and flocked to town halls to charge phones on emergency power. The chilled and the hungry drove miles looking for a cup of coffee, or for barbecued meat inexorably defrosting in powerless freezers. In Worcester, Mass., a wedding with cranberry dresses and flowers the colors of fall foliage ended up soggy and white. In Glen Rock, N.J., orderly suburban blocks became a maze, with fallen branches draped across nearly every street.

Source: Anne Barnard and Sarah Maslin Nir, "Cleaning Up After Nature Plays a Trick," The New York Times, October 31, 2011.

Heavy snow and steam rising from the Long Island Sound at Manor Park (Larchmont, New York)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church (Mamaroneck, New York)
The Peter Augustus Jay Mansion (Rye, New York)
Mamaroneck, New York
Mamaroneck, New York
Mamaroneck, New York

A special thanks to MOCKBA1 for the above three photos
White Plains, New York
White Plains, New York

A special thanks to MOCKBA1 for the above two photos