On Feb. 5-7, 1978, Old Man Winter gave Massachusetts a beating it would not forget. The Blizzard of 1978, sometimes known more formally as the Northeastern United States Blizzard of 1978, dropped ...

A highway in Massachusetts was buried in snow on Feb. 6, 1978, following the historic "Blizzard of 78". The storm dropped 23.6 inches of snow on Boston over 32 hours and 40 minutes, between Feb. 5 ...

BOSTON (CBS) -- The "benchmark of winter storms," that's how many refer to the Blizzard of 1978. Just ask anybody who was around during that time, what they were doing, and they'd most likely ...

Although it was only an inch-and-a-half away from the record set by the most catastrophic storm in Boston’s history—the Blizzard of 1978—Juno didn’t come close in resulting damages. In February of ...

The Blizzard of 1978 brought 27.1 inches of snow to Boston over two days, but the fact that 21 inches of snow fell in the city on Jan. 20, 1978, a couple weeks before the Feb. 6 storm arrived ...

The unexpected winter disaster 40 years ago that came to be known as the Blizzard of ’78 left its mark on the region and had a lasting impact beyond its 32-hour snowfall. Hundreds of drivers ...

Blizzard of 1978 pummeled Massachusetts with feet of snow 41 years ago this week Posted: Feb 6, 2019 / 02:08 PM EST Updated: Feb 7, 2019 / 04:02 PM EST ...

The average age in Massachusetts is 40 and so it’s likely that many of you reading this don’t even remember the Blizzard of ‘78 when it struck on Feb. 6-7 nearly five decades ago, or weren ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The blizzard of 1978 hit on this day, February 6, in Massachusetts, and it’s a day that’s hard to forget for long-time residents.

BOSTON — New England’s Blizzard of 1978 forever changed how people in the region react to forecasts calling for snow. Why? Simply put, it was a crazy, wild storm.

Boston received 27.1 inches of snow during the blizzard, which held the city’s highest snowfall record until it was broken in 2003 when 27.6 inches fell.

At the time, the Blizzard of ‘78 brought the highest recorded snowfall to Boston. The President’s Day storm of 2003 topped that record with 27.6 inches of snow, but ‘78 is still remembered ...