Nor'easter Snow Blast, Feb. 22-23, 2026

Got about 16" here. Rhode Island got bombed with 38". The following article has an interactive chart that can be searched and sorted for different states and locations.

Sounds like a good snowfall to bring out the snowmobiles.

According to the map we got about 9 inches, which sounds about right. Looks like I was just outside of the worst of the accumulation. They got about 14" in the town I work, so driving into that Monday morning was an adventure.

It was a big disappointment for me...At home in Colonie (between Albany and Schenectady, NY) we got maybe 3 inches.
Not that I necessarily wanted a full driveway, but big snows at home equates to great back country skiing at Petersburg Pass. (out of business since the '80's)
There are no reliable reports for P'burg, but Readsboro and Benington, VT got about 7", and snows were deeper the farther south and east.
So, maybe this latest storm will turn out to be not so disappointing after all. I'll find out myself in a day or two!!

East of Lake Ontario, I've had enough of 4'+ lake effect snow events for this season. Was glad to have missed any real effect from this Nor'easter. and that Lake Erie is frozen over and Lake Ontario has at least some coverage to cut down on the L.E. machine.

I am in northern RI, and we got somewhere between 2-3 feet. Hard to get an accurate measurement because the wind blew it around so much - some places there is bare ground, other places 4-5 foot drifts. One of those big drifts was right in front of my garage door. Of course, I couldn't get my snowblower started and had to shovel.



Fortunately, we didn't lose power. RI got it bad, but sections of southeastern MA got it even worse. Be interesting to hear from @Pseudonym - Nantucket had hurricane force winds.

Good news is we got ice to clear out the strainers and lots of snowmelt to fill up the rivers. Should be great paddling this spring.

We received NOTHING, yea!

Here in far nortern VT, we got nothing. The ski area (Jay Peak) eight miles up the road from me has more snow than any other area in the country so far, so we already have enough. Being a askier, snow is a good thing.

Our part of central NYS was supposed to be on the western edge of the storm but in the end, nothing happened. My daughter lives in southern RI (Bristol) and while she never lost power, it seems like she lost the street in front of her house (LOL). By now a plow must have come by but the other night, they were still waiting. Luckily for her, she only has a small sidewalk and driveway to shovel.

That's all for now. Take care and until next time...be well.

snapper