The Blizzard For The Ages more than lived up to its billing: Central Park ended up with 26.8" of snow, making it the second largest snowstorm in recorded NYC history. We missed out on the record—26.9" in February 2006—by a hair. But at least a few other records were broken around the area.
Well, Central Park had 26.8" of snow but it wasn't quite the biggest snowstorm on record. #winterstorm pic.twitter.com/baQrIxPp50
— NWS New York NY (@NWSNewYorkNY) January 24, 2016
A record all time daily snowfall of 26.6 inches was set at Central Park yesterday. This breaks the old record of 24.1 set on Feb 12 2006.
— NWS New York NY (@NWSNewYorkNY) January 24, 2016
A record snowfall of 30.3 inches was set at Kennedy, NY yesterday. This breaks the old record of 3.6 from 2005.
— NWS New York NY (@NWSNewYorkNY) January 24, 2016
A record snowfall of 27.9 inches was set at LaGuardia, NY yesterday. This breaks the old record of 2.5 from 1982.
— NWS New York NY (@NWSNewYorkNY) January 24, 2016
A record snowfall of 27.5 inches was set at Newark, NJ yesterday. This breaks the old record of 4.5 from 2005.
— NWS New York NY (@NWSNewYorkNY) January 24, 2016
The travel ban on vehicles was lifted at 7 a.m. this morning. "This was a truly historic storm, and while we have made good progress we are not done working yet,” Governor Cuomo said during a morning press conference. "The travel ban has been lifted, but New Yorkers should still avoid unnecessary travel - please use caution, plan ahead and stay safe." De Blasio also gave updates about alternate side parking being suspended and more at a mid-day press conference—check out that info here.
Limited service returned to most of the MTA’s outdoor subway lines as of 9 a.m., but you should expect delays throughout the rest of the day, and possibly Monday. The MTA has been giving frequent updates on Twitter. Many of the LIRR's railroad yards are still buried in more than two feet of snow. Metro-North began resuming service around noon, and should be fully operational in and out of Grand Central Terminal by 3 p.m. At least one Metro-North train collided with a snow plow and sand truck this morning however.
Metro North Train collides with snow plow and sand truck @News12CT pic.twitter.com/oh7b640MiM
— News 12 Photogs (@News12CTPhotogs) January 24, 2016
None of this stopped New Yorkers from going where they wanted to go, or doing what they needed to do—one couple got engaged on Amsterdam Avenue, the NY Post strong-armed a reporter into delivering food for meager tips, and some Desnudas shoveled snow for the front page of the Post. "It's a little nippy," Amanda Roman noted.
Nippy desnuda cleans up Times Square https://t.co/jdfCu5gjgH #blizzard2016 pic.twitter.com/cT84CFzlHO
— Connor Ryan (@connortryan) January 24, 2016
Some people were into climbing:
This dude climbed the Mccarren Park goal posts in the middle of the storm yesterday to take a pic pic.twitter.com/0VWr6mdvgp
— Josh Morrissey (@joshmorrissey) January 24, 2016
This kid is the new King of 187th Street and I can't be mad. He did climb the highest. #restlesstoclimb pic.twitter.com/eUBrCiUVcB
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) January 24, 2016
Some made stew (or chili?):
Preparing for the blizzard with @newtgingrich. #blizzard2016 pic.twitter.com/4IdYtR3atc
— Callista Gingrich (@CallyGingrich) January 23, 2016
Some danced in the streets of Fort Greene:
ICYMI. "New York values": In Ft. Greene, Brooklyn, people are dancing in the blizzard [via @nathanTbernard] https://t.co/CsYh0DmWCe
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) January 24, 2016
One dude threw snowballs at NYU kids singing "Firework" in Washington Square Park.
NYU kids were dancing and singing the Katy Perry song, "Firework" in Washington Square Park. A dude who was drinking beer nearby decided he'd had enough. #blizzard2016
Posted by Ying Ying Li on Saturday, January 23, 2016
Some acted like snow dolphins:
Snow dolphin pic.twitter.com/g0G1p0Y3j8
— max linsky (@maxlinsky) January 24, 2016
Some acted like snow dinosaurs:
Video of the beloved dinosaur of #snowmaggedon2016 #NYC pic.twitter.com/pyakBCNxFV
— Andrew Rasiej (@Rasiej) January 23, 2016
And at least one person, albeit not in NYC, decided to go for a swim: