this morning here in new york, the cleanup in full swing after the record october snowfall. only the fourth time in recordkeeping history there s even within snow in october. nbc s ron allen is in new york central park this morning. ron, good morning to you, sir. reporter: good morning, craig. there s the sound of chainsaws and chippers all over the northeast. these guys behind us have been hard at work for the past couple of hours, trying to clear this mess on the edge of central park. at one point, the park was not really closed, but they were asking people not to go in there, because there were so many trees that were in danger of falling or limbs falling off them, at least. this area got about 3 inches of snow, which is a record. the most in about 135 years. here s what it all looked like. yale and columbia s football teams had an instant classic. they called it snow bowl. are your parents watching? reporter: plows in the field at time-outs so the field
corner, and you can take a look down at what happened with all these other trees. there s a huge maple tree, which had a lot of the branches knocked down. that knocked down the power lines and all the homes in this neighborhood now are in the dark. a lot in the cold as well, because there is no power. and this is just one of umpteen neighborhoods, just here in hartford, but also in connecticut as a whole without dealing with power right now. again, record amounts of snow, the record for snow in any day the here in connecticut, in october, 1.7 inches. from this storm alone, at bradley airport just north of here, about 20 minutes or so, 12.3 inches of snow. all-time record for the day, for the month, and for the city as well. and just about 20 minutes to the west of here, bristol, connecticut, home of espn, a lot of folks watching football today, watching a free game show there. 17 inches of snow. so this has definitely shattered records all across the state, not only here in connecticut
fortunately, the last of that snow is about ready to leave maine. so we ll be drying out in the northeast today, but as you just heard, it will be windy and chilly. sunshine for most of the rest of the east. a little bit of snow, not rain. a beautiful day across the southern plains and a little rain in the pacific northwest. the hottest weather feels like summer in the southwest. 91 here in phoenix, 73 in los angeles. so if you re tired of the snow already in the northeast, you can always jet out here to the west. craig? that d be nice. jeff, thank you. appreciate that report, buddy. one of the states hardest hit by the big snowstorm, massachusetts. reporter sigourney has the very latest from one town that really got slammed. good morning. reporter: hey, craig. we are sitting here in a park in a town called ashburnham. it s basically in the middle of massachusetts, for people who aren t familiar with the area. sitting on a park bench, right
bucket. he s been working for a while now, just getting those gutters clear and trying to make sure that no leaks and floods and stoppage is going to happen, because you re not only dealing with the snow here, you re dealing with leaves. that s the problem. the leaves are still on the trees, and that makes the snow just be able to catch so much more. if you take a look right here, this pretty much says it all as far as the situation. you ve got a snowball in october and green leaves. so we re keeping a close watch on the situation here. parents say they ll have to bundle up their kids to take them trick or treating. but, of course, the good news in this particular town is that the power outages aren t that widespread. massachusetts on hold, though. a lot of work to get people back online. in ashburnham, massachusetts, back to you, craig. all right. thank you for that report from massachusetts. for more on the cleanup effort in connecticut, where more than half a million people donate
the backlog of passengers this morning after about 1,000 flights were canceled nationwide because of the storm. in all, three deaths have been blamed on the storm. states of emergencies have been declared in massachusetts, connecticut, new york, and new jersey. let s go live right now to hartford, connecticut, and the weather channel s paul goodloe. paul, 760,000 people without power in connecticut. how are things where you are right now? reporter: well, right now things are warming up. and again, that number, craig, it translates to basically six out of every ten homes here in connecticut in the dark and in the cold as well without power, all thanks to things like this. it s a huge maple branch that came down because of all the heavy, wet snow, bringing down power line as well. the wind bringing down some of the snow from this tree. but the snow is still heavy, wet snow, great more making snowmen and snowballs, snowball fights, but horrible for these trues. i ll walk down toward thi