Al Fenn—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Blizzard, New York City, December 1947. Al Fenn—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Jan. 5, 1948, issue of LIFE magazine.

On Dec. 26, 1947, New York City woke up to a record-breaking snowstorm that dumped over 22 inches of snow in less than 24 hours. Revisit what was called The Great Blizzard of 1947 in New York ...

The blizzard of 1947 killed 77 people in New York City. 2. JANUARY 2016. Forecasts predicting a crippling blizzard warned New Yorkers nearly a week in advance before the storm finally dumped a ...

One of the biggest snowstorms to hit the city was on December 26th and 27th of 1947. By the end of those two days, Central Park was blanketed in a whopping 26.4 inches of snow. According to NYC ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — With 2 feet in the cards for this week’s blizzard, this storm has the potential to be one of the top ten snowiest storms on record at Central Park. The storm with the… ...

National Weather Service meteorologist Adrienne Leptich said this year's blizzard was the sixth-worst storm since the agency began keeping records in 1869.

The blizzard of 2006 has dropped the most snow ever on New York City, a record 26.9 inches as of 4:10 pm at Central Park. The previous biggest snowstorm of all time was 26.4", set Dec 26-27 1947.

The Great Blizzard of 1888, also known as the Great White Hurricane, paralyzed the East Coast from March 11 to 14, as snow fell from 10 to 58 inches in parts of New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts ...

NEW YORK — With as much as 30 inches predicted for parts of the New York City area, the Blizzard of 2016 has a shot at ... The previous record was held by the blizzard after Christmas in 1947.