March 12: A History of Blizzards Devastating New Jersey
March 1888's created a state of emergency in New York City and Philadelphia; March 1993 blizzard would be called 'Storm of the Century'
"It was the blizzard by which all others are measured." The National Weather Service, on its historic weather events archive for the Mount Holly forecast office, is describing March 12, 1888. That day, nearly everyone from as far south as Maryland and as far north as Connecticut and Maine awoke to snow that had begun to fall late March 11. By daybreak March 12, the 3 inches of accumulation at midnight had turned into 18 inches, according to the NWS. From there, things got even worse and didn't stop until March 14. March 11-14, 1888 "Moderate to heavy snow continued throughout the day accumulating to 33" by midnight. Snow continued on and off through Tuesday the 13th, adding roughly another foot, until finally ending around 3 a.m. on the …
