The northeast has just been hit by a historic snowstorm. Could a white Christmas be next?

A historic nor’easter, one for the records, has just buried portions of the northeast and New England under record amounts of snow.

The highest snow total was a tie between two cities, Newark Valley, New York and Croydon, New Hampshire, both of which recorded a whopping 44 inches of snowfall.

With snowfall rates at times as intense as 5-7 inches per hour, more than 160 reported locations picked up more than 30 inches of snow, while portions of at least 6 states saw a foot of snow or more.

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The snow was so intense in places that two new state records could have been set for most snow in a 24 hour period.

Binghamton, New York, finished with a remarkable 40 inches of snow, placing the Nor’easter Dec. 16-17 in first place for its biggest snowstorm on record.

Albany’s 22.7-inch was its eighth-largest snowstorm on record, and Boston’s 13.1-inch was the city’s fourth-largest snowstorm on record.

New York picked up 10.5 inches of snow, creating dazzling and magical scenes around the city.

In fact, with that total, the Big Apple has now seen more snow so far this season than notoriously snow-capped cities such as Buffalo, Chicago and Green Bay, Wisconsin.

A weekend storm system will move from the Rockies to the East Coast from Friday to Sunday, but this storm will not be as strong as the more recent ones.

The storm system on Friday will produce 6 to 12 inches of snow over portions of the Rockies. On Saturday, the Great Lakes will receive snow showers as heavy rains and storms hit the south. On Sunday there could be a few patchy flurries in the northeast and storms in Florida before the storm hits off the Atlantic coast.

The amounts of rain and snow are expected to have minimal and low impact.

Beyond this weekend’s storm, forecast models hint at another potential storm affecting the Midwest and Northeast next Thursday and Friday (Christmas Eve and Christmas Day). This storm is too far away in time to confidently say who may have rain or snow, but meteorologists, as well as people wanting a little snowfall for the holidays, will be monitoring this storm system to see if it is. wetter or whiter.

Even if next week’s storm does not materialize or produce snow, millions of people could still look forward to a White Christmas.

With between 10 and 40 inches of snow on the ground after the mighty northeast and cold temperatures expected to keep snow in, many residents of the Northeast and New England will likely still have enough snow on the ground to enjoy. a white Christmas. closing 2020.