after the blizzard on the evening of January 29. Snow drifts were almost as high as in some areas. Blizzard conditions occurred, as confirmed by the National Weather Service, from Friday evening to Saturday afternoon along the coasts of Delaware and New Jersey and throughout Suffolk County on Long Island, as well as throughout most of Saturday in
New London on Connecticut's coast, throughout
Rhode Island, throughout eastern
Massachusetts as far west as Worcester and Cape Code to the east, and in most areas of Maine. Most of these areas received between of snow, with eastern Massachusetts receiving as much as . Blizzard conditions also occurred in significant areas of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia although snow fall amounts were less, the most being .
Southeastern United States The northeastern area of North Carolina and Norfolk and Virginia Beach in Virginia received between of snow from early evening on January 28 until mid-morning on January 29, with winds gusts of up to bringing down tree branches. Freezing temperatures as low as caused icy road conditions until the morning of January 30 with the Virginia Department of Transportation asking drivers to stay off the roads.
Mid-Atlantic United States Maryland and Delaware Ocean City on the
Atlantic coast of Maryland received of snow with high winds of up to 45 miles per hour making travel treacherous for motorists. The school district of Sussex County in southern Delaware cancelled classes for Monday, January 31.
New Jersey and Pennsylvania Atlantic City, New Jersey was battered by blizzard conditions which dumped of snow, the third highest snowfall in the city's history. This, combined with nor’easters earlier in the month, led January 2022 to become the snowiest January on record there. Atlantic City's Fire Chief indicated that a number of
ambulances and police cars were getting stuck in the heavy snow. The
Bayville section of
Berkeley Township, on the coast north of Atlantic City, had the highest snowfall in New Jersey with . The National Weather Service verified that the entire southern New Jersey coastline had blizzard conditions on the night of January 28 to the afternoon on January 29. New Jersey banned commercial vehicles, including
tractor-trailers, from using Interstate highways in the state until the blizzard passed. Inland, in
Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia received of snow and over 300 flights in or out of Philadelphia airport had to be cancelled.
Northeastern United States New York Suffolk County, which comprises the central and eastern areas of Long Island, bore the brunt of the storm with snowfalls as high at
MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma and winds approaching creating blizzard conditions. The on January 29 made it the snowiest day on record there, narrowly eclipsing
January 23, 2016. This snow pushed January’s snow total in Islip up to , making it the second snowiest January there. Roads described as treacherous due to whiteout conditions resulted in 126 car accidents being reported in Suffolk County and many cars needing assistance after getting stuck in deep snow. The National Weather Service verified wind and visibility conditions in the county throughout most of January 29 constituted a blizzard. A man in
Cutchogue, Long Island drowned while shoveling snow in a pool area after falling into a pool. An elderly woman died in
Nassau County due to being stuck in her car. Two others died while shoveling snow on Long Island, one of them in
Syosset.
New York Subway service to
Rockaway, Queens and service on a handful of other above-ground sections was suspended. The
New York Islanders hockey game against the
Seattle Kraken that night was rescheduled for the following Wednesday.
LaGuardia Airport indicated that 556 flights (98%) on January 29 had to be cancelled, while
John F. Kennedy reported nearly 900 flights (about 75%) were cancelled. With a total of of snow falling in Providence from late January 28 until the afternoon of January 29, this blizzard dropped the fourth-largest snowfall on record, only surpassed by blizzards in
1978,
1996, and
2005. Warren, a southern suburb of Providence, had the highest snowfall amount in
Rhode Island at and wind gusts as high as 75 miles per hour were recorded in the state. Most school boards in Rhode Island closed their schools for January 31 due to snow clearing not being completed. In
Connecticut, the highest snowfalls were in the southeast of the state such as
New London and
Norwich seeing , respectively, while
Bridgeport to the west saw and
Hartford to the north saw . All bus service in Connecticut was suspended for Saturday.
Massachusetts conditions in
Seekonk, MA during the peak of the blizzard. Approximately of snow had fallen at the time.|left The blizzard deposited in
Boston from late Friday night until Saturday late afternoon, making it the seventh-largest snowstorm for Boston, behind storms in
2003,
1978,
1969,
1997,
2013, and
2015. The of snow the city received on Saturday, January 29 tied its all-time one-day snowfall record first set on North American blizzard of 2003|. Snow was falling at rates of between an hour, and was being blown by winds up to resulting in blizzard and near zero visibility conditions for most of Eastern Massachusetts, including Cape Cod, for most of Saturday's daylight hours. Approximately 91% of arrivals and departures, 617 flights in total, were cancelled at Boston's Logan Airport on January 29. Many flights for the morning of January 30 were also cancelled. Cities on the southern edge of the Boston metropolitan area had the heaviest snowfalls in Massachusetts with
Stoughton being hit with ,
Sharon with , and
Quincy with , while
Plymouth on the east shore got and
New Bedford on the south shore received . At one point more than 120,000 homes were out of power in southeastern Massachusetts, including the entire town of Provincetown on
Cape Cod. The departure of the blizzard left behind frigid temperatures across the region, with a minus 3 F wind chill temperature in Boston the morning of January 30. The night of January 31, many streets in Boston were still clogged with snow, so the city moved hundreds of truckloads of snow from clogged areas to nine designated "snow farms". Temperatures were so low that windshield wipers on snow plows were freezing, forcing drivers to pull over to clear them. Most public transportation systems, including those in Portland and Bangor, suspended service. About 5,500 households experienced power outages due to tree branches falling onto power lines. Multiple snow sightings were reported in
Vermont reported including of in southwestern Vermont.
Canada New Brunswick The storm lashed much of
New Brunswick with snow and high winds from the late morning hours of January 29 until the morning of January 30.
Moncton received the highest amount of snow with , while
Saint John,
Fredericton and
Grand Manan Island each saw about of snow; in northern New Brunswick,
Edmunston received about and
Miramichi received . Peak gusts of winds reached as high as 96 km/h on Grand Manan Island and about 90 km/h in both Moncton and Saint John. Several cities in New Brunswick declared overnight parking bans, Fredericton and Saint John suspended transit service, and ferry services to the islands in the Grand Manan area were suspended. Snow-clearing crews in New Brunswick and across the Canadian Maritimes were still clearing roads and sidewalks on January 31.
Prince Edward Island Soon after the storm hit
Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) on January 29, police warned all drivers to stay off the roads due to the whiteout conditions and reported stranded and abandoned vehicles.
Nova Scotia Blowing snow caused whiteout conditions on many highways in Nova Scotia on January 29 with some cars getting stuck in heavy snow. Police urged residents to stay home and advised that if they had to drive, to drive slowly and use their four-way flashing lights. Halifax pulled its buses off the roads for several hours midday. At one point, 8,000 households province-wide were without electricity and various organizations, including public libraries, recreational facilities, manufacturers and universities, closed for the day. ==See also==