{"id":610793,"date":"2026-02-23T16:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/610793\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T16:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:31:15","slug":"historic-storm-brings-nyc-to-a-standstill-as-bomb-cyclone-dumps-more-than-13-inches-of-snow-with-more-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/610793\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic storm brings NYC to a standstill as bomb cyclone dumps more than 13 inches of snow \u2014 with more expected"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York City\u00a0was brought to a standstill Monday as a\u00a0monster bomb\u00a0cyclone dumped double-digit snow totals<\/a>\u00a0throughout the area \u2014 with much more expected throughout the day.<\/p>\n

The snow was still falling heavily through mid-morning, with more than 15 inches were reported in Central Park and more than 22 inches recorded in parts of Long Island, forecasters told The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The flakes should begin to taper off around lunchtime and a big melt was expected later in the week, Accuweather senior meteorologist Carl Erickson said.<\/p>\n

New York City was brought to a standstill Monday morning after a monster bomb cyclone dumped double-digit snow totals throughout the\u00a0area,\u00a0with much more expected throughout the day. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n

A commuter walking in heavy snow on Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside, Queens. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n

The historic storm,\u00a0Winter Storm Hernando,\u00a0is expected to continue dumping snow for most of the rest of the day, according to reports. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n

There \u201cmay be just some light snow showers and flurries for the rest of the afternoon,\u201d he said, \u201cBut the winds are going to remain quite strong, so they\u2019ll continue to be a factor from the storm heading through the rest of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n

A majority of the metropolitan area saw between 12 and 18 inches, but a high of 22.5 was reported in Islip, in Suffolk County, which caught the brunt of the heaviest snow\u00a0with another inch or two still expected, Erickson said.<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s totals already far exceeded last month\u2019s major snowstorm, when over 11 inches were recorded in Central Park, he said.<\/p>\n

If Monday\u2019s total surpasses 20.9 inches in the park, it would be among the top 5 snowfalls from a single storm ever recorded in New York. The record was 27.5 inches in 2016.<\/p>\n

Freehold in Monmouth County, New Jersey \u2014 located in the heart of the winter blast \u2014 topped two feet with 24.2 inches reported, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n

Building workers clear snow on Park Avenue in Manhattan as heavy snow continues to fall on Monday morning. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n

The snow fell at an incredible rate of 2 to 3 inches per hour early Monday from New York through Massachusetts, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n

The NWS called travel conditions \u201cnearly impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe combination of heavy snowfall and strong winds will continue to produce blizzard conditions along the Northeastern Seaboard,\u201d the weather service said Monday. \u201cSharply reduced visibility will make travel extremely treacherous across these areas.\u201d<\/p>\n

A man with no jacket on Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside, Queens, during the historic snowstorm. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n

The blizzard, which brought wind gusts of up to 60 miles per hour, knocked out power to more than 250,000 people on the east coast, including over 100,000 in New Jersey.<\/p>\n

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has declared a state of emergency for all five boroughs, Long Island, and several other counties.<\/p>\n

The entire state of New Jersey is also under a state of emergency.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe combination of heavy snowfall and strong winds will continue to produce blizzard conditions along the Northeastern Seaboard,\u201d the weather service said Monday. \u201cSharply reduced visibility will make travel extremely treacherous across these areas.\u201d AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

A blizzard warning remains in effect in the region until 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

The streets of the Big Apple were eerily empty with the exception of snowplows as a travel ban \u2014 announced to New Yorkers with a blaring cell phone alert\u00a0 Sunday night \u2014 was put in effect beginning Sunday at 9 p.m. and continuing through noon on Monday.<\/p>\n

All NJ Transit services have been suspended, and Long Island Railroad and NYC subways are also experiencing cancellations, delays, and service changes, according to agency officials.<\/p>\n

More than 5,500 flights were canceled across the country on Monday due to the weather, with another 9,000 delayed,\u00a0according to flight tracking website FlightAware<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jacqueline Perez and fellow Parks Department workers clear snow near City Hall during a Feb. 23, 2026, snowstorm expected to dump up to a foot of snow. Robert Mecea for New York Post<\/p>\n

Airports in New York City and Boston saw the most cancellations and delays.<\/p>\n

The snow also forced New York City schools to close in what Mayor Zohran Mamdani called the \u201cfirst old-school snow day since 2019\u201d after giving students a disappointing virtual learning day during the last storm.<\/p>\n

The city, still reeling from its last major snow debacle, recruited people to shovel snow, with some beginning work Sunday night to get an early start on the first wave of snowfall, Mamdani said.<\/p>\n

A man clears snow in Kew Gardens, Queens, on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n

Unlike last month\u2019s storm, which\u00a0 was followed by more than a week of sub-freezing temperatures, this week offers a chance for the snow to actually melt.<\/p>\n

Commuters wait for the subway at 125th Street on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Snow falls in Times Square on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. John Angelillo\/UPI\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

The forecast for the rest of the week is \u201cactually kind of an ideal melting situation where temperatures for today will be above freezing, and we get kind of the close to or slightly below freezing at night. So we\u2019ll just be a gradual melting of the snow here throughout the week,\u201d Erickson said.<\/p>\n

Snowplows on 42nd Street near the Chrysler Building on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. Robert Mecea for New York Post<\/p>\n

City Hall is covered in snow on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. Robert Mecea for New York Post<\/p>\n

A snowplow is seen in Times Square as NYC is pummeled with snow on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. Robert Mecea for New York Post<\/p>\n

A subway train travels on snow-covered tracks on Feb. 22, 2026, in New York City. Getty Images<\/p>\n

But spring is not right around the corner as meteorologists are keeping a close eye on another possible snow shower later this week and a possible storm in early March<\/p>\n

\u201cThe snow is not over with yet for the season,\u201d Erickson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City\u00a0was brought to a standstill Monday as a\u00a0monster bomb\u00a0cyclone dumped double-digit snow totals\u00a0throughout the area \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":610794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,28319,8071,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,71178,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969,177393],"class_list":{"0":"post-610793","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-blizzard","10":"tag-extreme-weather","11":"tag-metro","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-snow","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-us-news","25":"tag-usa","26":"tag-winter-storm"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116120904873964922","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}