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October 6, 1841. Over a foot of snow fell in CT and parts of New England because of this storm. Late 1800s was a wild time for weather events. Must of been the CO2 from the Horse & Buggies.
The storm wrecked at least 190 vessels. Property loss was estimated at $2 million (about $55.6 million today). The Green Mountains of Vermont and the White Mountains of New Hampshire were covered with snow the next day. A foot and a half of snow fell in Middletown, Conn.
Sidney Perley, describing the Great October Gale in Historic Storms of New England, wrote,
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The ocean roared as though with an unbridled madness, and its waves ran mountain high, throwing their spray far into the sky, and forming a majestic yet fearful sight.
October Gale
The wind kicked up on Saturday, October 2, and by midnight it blew a gale, with rain in Massachusetts and snow in New Hampshire. The sun rose to a clear sky on Sunday morning, but immediately disappeared behind black clouds. The sky took on a wild look. By 11 a.m., heavy seas were throwing vessels onto rocks and beaches.
The gale reached its fiercest at 2 a.m. Monday, October 4, and continued to blow hard until that afternoon.
In the east part of Middletown, Conn., as much as two feet of snow fell. The trees, in full leaf, 'broke the forest and shade trees in an extraordinary manner.' The oldest residents of the town couldn't remember seeing any snow so early and so destructive.
A vessel named Maine broke loose of her moorings in Portsmouth, N.H., and wrecked on Scituate Beach, killing the captain, his daughter, five passengers and one crewman.
On the North Shore of Massachusetts, as many as 40 vessels, mostly fishing schooners, were lost in the October gale. Only two of the 16 fishing vessels in Rockport, Mass., survived the storm. The wreck of the Forest, in which the entire crew perished, left 31 children fatherless in Gloucester, Mass.
The October gale flooded Nantucket streets, demolished its ropewalks and threw its barns into the sea.
Cape Cod suffered the most. The beach from Chatham to the highlands was strewn with the parts of 50 wrecks. In one day after the October gale, 100 bodies were taken up and buried. The Truro Insurance Company failed for a lack of men to take charge of its vessels.
The Town of Dennis lost 26 men, 18 of which had been schoolmates. Eighteen vessels from West Harwich were destroyed.
Reading this was interesting. Forgot about the leaves on trees thing and the crops that were still around! Lots of power outages everywhere and crop damage!
I am sure in the 1980s models were showing it 1-2 days before at least, and they never bought it.
About the event and reports. And interestingly they mention a blizzard happening in October 1836 while there was another one October 1841. Late 1800's was wild.
October 6, 1841. Over a foot of snow fell in CT and parts of New England because of this storm. Late 1800s was a wild time for weather events. Must of been the CO2 from the Horse & Buggies.
I don't think this relates to climate change since these storms, while rare and notable, seem well-spaced through the pre-industrial 1800's, the 1900's and the 2000's.
There was also a notable storm on October 29, 2011, a year to the day before Sandy, that brought destructive accumulations of up to 6" on leafed-out trees into parts of northern New York City (as opposed to state). I drove from Scarsdale to Pelham that day aroind 11:00 a.m. in a normal amount of time of around 20 minutes. The return trip took over an hour.
The first picture was shot at my destination in Pelham/New Rochelle, visiting a sick congregant in rehab, during the storm. The second two were shot the next day, cataloguing the beautiful devastation in Rye Brook, about 26 miles east-northeast of New York City, on the CT border.
The first picture was shot at my destination in Pelham/New Rochelle, visiting a sick congregant in rehab, during the storm. The second two were shot the next day, cataloguing the beautiful devastation in Rye Brook, about 26 miles east-northeast of New York City, on the CT border.
I grew up in New Ro and lived in Rye Brook for 2 yrs. Know the areas well. Nice to see pics from there because I wasn't in Westchester County at the time. It was a memorable event for sure. There was like a million customers without power in CT alone and it was a chilly night with the snowpack. They cancelled Trick or Treating that yr and school.
Looking through my weather logs I found something interesting...
Mother Nature Anniversary date??
Oct 29, 2011: Big Snowstorm to the coast
Oct 29, 2012: Hurricane Sandy which produced big snows in Maryland & Virginias
Oct 28, 2015: Lake Cutter storm some snow for MN & WI
Oct 27, 2016: Clipper snows for NY, CT, MA, VT
Oct 29, 2017: Big Coastal storm maybe snows for Blue ridge mountains, Poconos & Adirondacks
A historic cold front plunged through Plains and Midwest on Nov. 11, 1911.
Temperature drops of more than 70 degrees were recorded in a matter of hours.
Strong tornadoes were followed by blizzard conditions in the Midwest.
This weekend marks the anniversary of one of the most notorious cold fronts in U.S. history, which sent temperatures plummeting more than 70 degrees in a matter of hours and also whipped up blizzard conditions immediately after a tornado outbreak in the Midwest.
The so-called "blue norther" cold front sliced its way from the Plains states during the morning of Nov. 11, 1911, to near the Mississippi River by that evening. Behind the front was a bitterly cold arctic air mass that originated near the North Pole which quickly wiped away warm, humid conditions in place from the southern Plains to the mid-Mississippi and Ohio Valleys.
The term "blue norther" is sometimes used by meteorologists to describe a fast-moving cold front that sends temperatures quickly into a nosedive across the Great Plains states. This type of cold front occurs every year, but the event 106 years ago was in a league of its own.
Record High and a Record Low on the Same Day
At least two cities accomplished an incredible feat by setting both daily high- and low-temperature records on Nov. 11, 1911, that stand to this day.
Oklahoma City: A record high temperature of 83 degrees was set during the afternoon. Just before midnight on Nov. 11, a record low of 17 degrees was observed. The front was also accompanied by a dust storm.
Springfield, Missouri: At 3:45 p.m. local time, the temperature was a record 80 degrees. It then fell 67 degrees in 10 hours to a record-setting low of 13 degrees just before midnight on Nov. 11. Winds gusted up to 74 mph in the city as the front swept through, causing damage to buildings, the National Weather Service said.
Farther east, St. Louis saw its temperature plunge an incredible 26 degrees in just 10 minutes. At 6:10 p.m., it was warm enough for a t-shirt, with a temperature of 74 degrees. By 6:20 p.m., it had dropped to a chilly 49 degrees. The blast of cold air was preceded by strong, damaging winds and hail, according to the NWS.
The drastic temperature plunge continued as the front pushed through the Ohio Valley the next day.
Louisville, Kentucky, recorded its high temperature of 74 degrees around midnight on Nov. 12, but by dawn, it was in the 20s. In Lexington, Kentucky, the morning began with a temperature of 70 degrees before slipping into the 20s through the day.
In the mild air ahead of the cold front, an outbreak of tornadoes struck portions of Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa and Indiana.
The south-central Wisconsin town of Janesville was hit hard by an F4 tornado that killed nine people.
Only a few hours after the tornado struck, blizzard conditions developed, severely impacting recovery efforts. In addition to the snow and strong winds, temperatures plummeted into the single digits.
Overall, the outbreak spawned several tornadoes of F2 to F4 intensity and killed 13 people.
From November 22 to 30, 1950, a slow-moving, powerful storm system dumped heavy snow across much of the central Appalachians. Known as “The Great Appalachian Storm of 1950,” the storm blanketed areas from western Pennsylvania southward deep into West Virginia with over 30 inches of snow. Several locations even received more than 50 inches of snow. Coburn Creek, West Virginia, reported the greatest snowfall total—a staggering 62 inches
Frigid Cold, Fierce Winds, and Far-Reaching Floods
Frigid cold also stretched from the Northeast into the Ohio Valley and all the way down into the far Southeast. Temperatures fell to 22°F in Pensacola, Florida, 5°F in Birmingham, Alabama, 3°F in Atlanta, Georgia, and 1°F in Asheville, North Carolina. And, this record cold led to widespread crop damage, particularly in Georgia and South Carolina.
Further north, intense winds associated with the storm caused extensive tree damage, power outages, and coastal flooding in New England. In New Hampshire, Mount Washington observed gusts as high as 160 mph. And, onshore winds along the coast caused extreme high tides and flooding in New Jersey and Connecticut.
After the storm, the eastern half of the country saw above normal temperatures during the first week of December. This led to a fast snowmelt, which flooded several tributaries and major rivers.The Ohio River reached 28.5 feet, 4 feet above flood stage, in Pittsburgh. In Cincinnati, it reached 56 feet, 4 feet above flood stage.
this powerful storm ranked as a Category 5—the worst category—for the Ohio Valley and a Category 4 for the NortheastAt the time, the Great Appalachian Storm of 1950 was one of the costliest storms on record, and it contributed to at least 160 deaths. Overall, on our Regional Snowfall Index, or RSI, this powerful storm ranked as a Category 5—the worst category—for the Ohio Valley and a Category 4 for the Northeast
Wish i would have been around for this. 30+" of snow in Pittsburgh, our largest in recorded history. It also brought our all time record November low of -1°
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