On this date, fourteen years ago, the Northeast was bracing for an unprecedented early season snowstorm . For our area, snow before Halloween was very rare and a major snowstorm was basically unheard of. Winter Storm Warnings were up for most of Southern New England and the Tri-State Area with snowfall amounts expected to be at least 6"+ for most. IEM Radar Animation October 29-30th, 2011 Snow began just after daybreak on the 29th and continued throughout the day with winds i

11/1/25 Update: Since this post went up nearly two months ago we have finished ten more winter seasons going back to 1998. There are now over 250 storms published in the Winter Storm Archive . This is way ahead of schedule as it was estimated this wouldn't be completed until early 2026. Because of this we've decided to extend the Winter Storm Archive back to 1995, with 1998 currently in progress. The Historic Snowstorm Archive has been updated with 58 unique events that accu