48 Years Ago, the Blizzard of ’78 Hit New England

48 years ago, the Blizzard of ’78 hit New England

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Do you remember where you were on February 6, 1978? We have seen our fair share of snow this year, but 48 years ago, New England was rocked by the Blizzard of ’78. That storm dropped more than 27 inches of snow over the course of 30 hours — no one [...]

This week marks 48 years since Blizzard of '78 slammed New England

Anyone who was alive at the time has a story of where they were when the Blizzard of '78 slammed New England, 48 years ago this week.

Governor Garrahy's Blizzard of '78 Shirt Lives On

Photograph courtesy of the Rhode Island Historical Society On the morning of Monday, Feb. 6, 1978, snow began falling in Rhode Island and didn’t stop until the following night. Residents woke up on Wednesday to find as many as thirty-eight inches had fallen, by official counts (though some residents reported more than four feet in the northern areas of the state). Cars were abandoned, hospital waiting rooms became shelters, and on Providence’s C…

February 6: The “Blizzard of ’78” Takes Connecticut by Storm

https://todayincthistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Feb-6-Blizzard-TodayinCTHist.mp3   Today in 1978,  Connecticans went to work well aware that snow –possibly even heavy snow –  was predicted,  if  a storm developing off the North Carolina Coast fully lived up to its “impressive potential.” But the snow that was supposed to have begun falling during the night had not materialized, nor had the predicted storm  actually registered on the  wea…