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1997 April Fool's Day blizzard

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297:'s 26.3 inches (67 cm). The storm was the biggest on record in the month of April and made April 1997 Boston's snowiest April on record, nearly doubling the previous record of 13.3 inches (34 cm). It also set a record for Boston's greatest April 24-hour snowfall. Parts of New England received 50-to-70-mile-per-hour (80 to 110 km/h) wind gusts at the height of the storm. Providence recorded 18 inches (46 cm) of snow which was the fourth greatest on record at the time. Other parts of 42: 325:. The snow came down too fast for road crews to keep up with and roads became impassable and thousands of cars were stranded. Commuter trolleys in Boston were closed for the first time in nearly twenty years, public transportation was crippled, about 1,000 motorists spent the night stranded in their cars and 4,000 stayed in shelters. Some of the narrow side streets of Boston were completely buried and portions of 255:
passed early next day (Monday March 31), dropping the temperature into the 40s, and just before dawn light rain began to fall. In Boston the rain began to mix with wet snow mid-morning and eventually turned to wet snow and became heavier just after 7 p.m. From 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. the snow fell at at
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When the storm arrived in eastern New York and western New England, the areas received light rain. The storm moved off the coast of New Jersey on March 31 and began rapidly strengthening. As the storm intensified, air began rising around the storm very rapidly, which cooled in the atmosphere and
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were shut down because of the snow. The main roads and highways were cleared within a couple of days but the secondary roads remained a mess making travel difficult. Two days after the storm, subways and commuter rails were still sluggish because of fallen trees and signal problems.
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The wet and heavy snow caused tree limbs and even whole trees to fall. Some fell on power lines, and many people were left without power. Electricity was knocked out for nearly 700,000 people. Nearly 13% of
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changed the rain into heavy snow. The low moved very slowly along the coast gaining strength throughout the day, and with a continuous supply of moisture, this allowed for an extended period of heavy snow.
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that was generated by an area of strong jet stream energy carving out an active upper air low pressure trough on Sunday March 30. The low pressure system brought rain to much of the Ohio Valley.
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accompanied the extremely heavy snow, which accumulated 1 foot (30 cm) in those four hours. Moderate to heavy snow continued through midmorning before tapering off.
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had received just 26.5 inches (67 cm) of snow for the season. On Sunday March 30, Boston was sunny with a high temperature of 63 Β°F (17 Β°C). A
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During the peak of the storm from about 11 p.m. March 31 to 3 a.m. April 1, snow fell in Boston at the rate of 3 inches (7.6 cm) per hour. Numerous
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receiving 33 inches (84 cm), the city's largest snowfall in history until 2015. With 36 inches (91 cm) in
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two feet of snow fell causing delays on commuter trains. A disaster was declared in eight northeast counties by
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lost power, mainly due to trees falling on power lines and utility poles. Power crews from as far away as
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leaving hundreds of thousands without power and as much as three feet of snow on the ground.
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on March 31 and April 1, 1997. The storm dumped rain, sleet, and snow from
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being hit by falling ice, and hand injuries including missing fingers from
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Logan Airport was also shut down from 2 p.m. March 31 to 10 p.m. April 1.
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At the time the 25.4 inches (65 cm) of snow that fell at Boston's
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reported more than 30 inches (76 cm) and up to three feet with
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Looking back on the April Fools Day Blizzard, 25 years later
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reported weather-related injuries including back sprains,
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Nunn, Katherine; MacIntyre, Grant, eds. (February 2003).
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had to be shut down because of a ten vehicle accident.
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was the third-biggest snowstorm in Boston history, the
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received 32 inches (81 cm) and in some parts of
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April Fool's Day Blizzard snowfall accumulation map.
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Index

RSI
NOAA

Nor'easter
Blizzard
Winter storm
New England
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Northeastern United States
Maryland
Maine
Due to the date
hardware stores
shovels
patio furniture
commuter
Mother Nature's
April Fools'
low pressure system
Ohio River Valley
Boston
cold front
lightning strikes
thunderclaps
Logan International Airport
Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978
February 1969 nor'easter
New England

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