According to NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, the January 22–24, 2016, snowstorm ranked as a Category 5 —“crippling”—event for both the Northeast and Southeast.
If you're thinking of bemoaning today's weather, comfort yourself with some history: today's the anniversary of the most severe Northeast snowstorm in the historical record. Guest blogger Mike Squires talks about how the February 22-26, 1969, snowstorm ranks head and shoulders above any other storm to hit the region since records began in 1900.