Back Stories: Biggest Blizzard In NYC History
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The largest blizzard in the history of New York City happened only in the past year. On January 23, 2016, New York City was blanketed in 27.5 inches of snow.
It was a storm WCBS Chief Meteorologist Craig Allen remembers seemed to stall in place and was not originally measured as the biggest.
