Snowfall Totals: Nearly 2 Feet Bury NYC
The first major snowstorm of the season packed quite a wallop, dumping almost two feet of snow on New York City and paralyzing morning commutes through the city and much of the region.
National Weather Service meteorologist Matt Scalora said Central Park had gotten 20 inches as of 7 a.m. and Bedford Park in the Bronx was hit with 22 inches.
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The winds were strongest overnight and into the early morning hours, blowing up to 59 mph at John F. Kennedy International Airport and 55 mph at LaGuardia Airport.
White Plains in Westchester County had even stronger gusts, up to 67 mph.
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In neighboring New Jersey, 15 counties reported double-digit snowfalls. Six of those counties were hit with more than 20 inches, with Lyndhurst in Bergen County reporting a high of 29 inches.
The blizzard forced New Jersey's state courts and administrative offices to close, but they are expected to reopen on Tuesday.
The state's government offices were also closed on Monday.
In Boston, snowfall was expected to top out at up to 18 inches. Elsewhere in the state, tens of thousands of residents were without electricity as high winds gusting up to 80 miles per hour in some places added to the misery of the post-Christmas blizzard.
Electric utility National Grid reported nearly 28,000 of its 1.2 million customers without power late Monday morning, mostly in Norfolk, Plymouth and Essex counties.
NStar reported about 10,000 outages out of about 1.1 million customers as of 8 a.m. on Monday, concentrated on Cape Cod and the South Shore.
Western Mass. Electric reported scattered outages across a region that saw much lighter snow.
Back in New York City, mass transit was crippled in places, creating nightmares for commuters. Passengers have been stuck for several hours on two New York City subway trains stalled in snow drifts near Kennedy Airport.
NYC Transit spokesman Charles Seaton says that snow drifts and ice on the third rail have stalled trains at two stops in Queens, north and south of Kennedy Airport.
A rescue train has been sent to one train, and passengers have been stranded since about 1 a.m. on the second train.
Christopher Mullen tells NY1 cable TV that he took the subway after he couldn't get a car service or taxi out of Kennedy on Sunday night. He says passengers are stuck aboard the train without food, water or heat.
Light snow was still falling in New York Monday morning, but the rest of the week is supposed to bring nicer weather, with some sunshine and temperatures in the mid 30s.