Historic Blizzard 2026 Timelapse | New York

#hurricane #tornado #severeweather #weather #nature #rain #snow #snowstorm #blizzard #clouds #december #boxingday #hiphop #rap #icestorm #newyork #hernado #blizzard2026 A historic snowstorm has impacted the tristate region. The setup for this storm played out perfectly to produce a storm of this magnitude, and many weather models were writing this storm off until 48-72 hours before the actual storm occurred. The biggest impacts were mainly in coastal New Jersey, Long Island, and Connecticut with strong winds (50-70 mph wind gusts), widespread blizzard conditions, and significant coastal flooding. These areas have gotten a general 12-24 inches, with some areas getting 30-31 inches! Areas in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts saw the highest totals from this storm, with some reaching over 3 feet of snow, breaking records dating back decades! To top it off, there were many reports of Thundersnow, and I personally saw lightning during the height of the storm. Unfortunately, the timelapse didn't capture the lightning but was still very impressive, needless to say. Long Island did particularly well with most areas ending up with a general 15-30 inches, with higher amounts the farther south and east you were. I ended up with 2 feet, and this is the biggest snowfall I've gotten since Winter Storm Jonas (January 2016)! Snowfall totals cut off dramatically once passing through central New Jersey, down to 12-18 inches and then 4-8/6-12 inches across the New Jersey/Pennsylvania border. Areas further north of the Tristate region generally saw less snow as well, but still significant (6-12/10-15 inches). This timelapse was taken from 2 PM on 2/22/2026 to 3 PM on 2/23/2026. Temperatures started in the mid 30s, but dropped to the upper 20s with snow rapidly picking up in intensity during the evening hours. The peak of this storm (3AM-7AM) produced 2-4 inches per hour snowfall rates and complete whiteout conditions! Winds were very strong and I easily saw gusts of 50-60 mph. Snow started to slowly wind down in intensity after 7 AM and then eventually stopped at around 2 PM on 2/23/2026. This storm will definitely be one for the books and will often be revisited.