Beginning with the Blizzard of 1888: 5 storms that dumped 20-plus inches of snow on NYC
Updated Feb 02, 2021;
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. As this week’s massive nor’easter continues into Tuesday, threatening to drop an additional four inches or more of snow across the borough, the Staten Island Advance/SILive.com is taking a look back at some of the most significant snowfalls the city has seen throughout the years.
Staten Island was already buried in 15 inches of snow measured in Westerleigh on Monday evening, according to the National Weather Service.
With that in mind, we searched through our archives for some of the storms that have dumped 20-plus inches of snow on Staten Island, dating back as far as 1888.