The Blizzard of ’78 Begins — Monday, February 6, 1978

Writing the day —

Snowfall

9.2"

Humidity

88%

Wind

51 mph

Daylight

10.2 hrs

High / Low

34° / 24°F

Felt like

18° / −2°F

Rain

0.00"

Pressure

29.97 inHg

Gusting to

74 mph

Wind from

northeast

Sunrise / Sunset

6:52 am / 5:04 pm

Day's character

light snow

Pre-satellite record — solid, not exact. From the Gen E L Logan Airport station, 2 mi away.

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Cold and quiet in the small hours, the air feeling near 14°F with only a light wind. The morning stayed grey. Then the wind began to build after noon and the cold came with it, the snow starting by midafternoon and coming hard from dusk, the gusts near 74 mph by 7pm and the air feeling near 0° in them. A roaring white dark. The snow and the wind ran on together into the night, near 6° by late.

Writing the day —

Snowfall

9.2"

Humidity

88%

Wind

51 mph

Daylight

10.2 hrs

High / Low

34° / 24°F

Felt like

18° / −2°F

Rain

0.00"

Pressure

29.97 inHg

Gusting to

74 mph

Wind from

northeast

Sunrise / Sunset

6:52 am / 5:04 pm

Day's character

light snow

Pre-satellite record — solid, not exact. From the Gen E L Logan Airport station, 2 mi away.

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