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During December 10-13, 1992, a severe weather system of snow, sleet, rain, and high winds struck Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, and West Virginia. The highest recorded winds from this winter storm, called a nor'easter, were 80 miles per hour (mph) gusts at Cape May, New Jersey, with sustained winds of 20-30 mph. The tidal surge was 1-4 feet above normal, and wave heights were 20-25 feet near the shore. The 24-hour snowfall was 27 inches in the hills west of Boston. Flooding was recorded at 4-5 feet in both Boston and New York City. In the Berkshire Mountains in western Massachusetts, 4 feet of snow fell, with drifts as high as 10 feet.

 

 Top Ten Storms 1958-2002
Storm Date Storm Name Lowest
Central Pressure
(mb)
Flood Heights
(m)
Wind Speed
(mph)
Track Description
September 12, 1960 Hurricane Donna 932 2.55 115 No data available
April 13, 1961 Nor'easter 1961 979.17 2.03 50 to 75 Started in western US over Nevada, traveled east and passed over NY from the southwest; ending on 17th over the Atlantic, east of Canada.
March 7, 1962 Ash Wednesday Storm 980.87 2.21 76
(84mph gust)
Started in the 6th north of NY over the Atlantic by Charlotte, North Carolina. It traveled southeast direction and made a counterclockwise semicircle to the east of Newfound Land.
February 7, 1978 Great Blizzard '78 980.11 2.10 86
(111 mph gust)
Commenced on the 6th by NC and traveled northward by NY, changed course to the east and semicircle back to Quebec.
March 29, 1984 Nor'easter 1984 N.A. 2.10 80 Started over Nevada on 27th, traveled southeast, changed course traveling northeast. Passed NY on the 29th ending 31st over the sea, south east of Nova Scotia.
October 31, 1991 Perfect Storm 972 2.14 49 knots
(65 knot gusts)
Started over the Atlantic on 29th east of NY, traveling southwest and ended on the 31st, east of Virginia.
December 11, 1992 Nor'easter 1992 991.57 2.45 49 knots
(65 knot gusts)
Started over Nevada on 27th, traveled southeast, changed course traveling northeast. Passed NY on the 29th ending 31st over the sea, south east of Nova Scotia.
December 11, 1992 Nor'easter 1992 991.57 2.45 40 to 60 Started west of Lake Erie in Michigan on the 10th, traveling northeast and then southeast, ending over the ocean on the 15th.
March 14, 1993 Nor'easter 1993 963.90 2.04 40 to 60
(gusts >100)
Started on the 12th in Mexico, traveling Southeast, changing course on the 12th. Traveled from the northeast over NY and ended on the 17th north east of Iceland.
March 20 1996 Nor'easter 1996 987.10 2.03 35 Started on the 18th in Mexico, traveling north east, passing NY on the 21st, changing course over Montreal traveling northward.

 

 

Someone asked me about how Hurricanes are named. I don't remember who but my information was correct, and who ever bet me owes me money. So send me a check if it was you. Information provided by: www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml 


Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Names


Atlantic Names

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Alex
Bonnie
Charley
Danielle
Earl
Frances
Gaston
Hermine
Ivan
Jeanne
Karl
Lisa
Matthew
Nicole
Otto
Paula
Richard
Shary
Tomas
Virginie
Walter
Arlene
Bret
Cindy
Dennis
Emily
Franklin
Gert
Harvey
Irene
Jose
Katrina
Lee
Maria
Nate
Ophelia
Philippe
Rita
Stan
Tammy
Vince
Wilma
 
Alberto
Beryl
Chris
Debby
Ernesto
Florence
Gordon
Helene
Isaac
Joyce
Kirk
Leslie
Michael
Nadine
Oscar
Patty
Rafael
Sandy
Tony
Valerie
William
Andrea
Barry
Chantal
Dean
Erin
Felix
Gabrielle
Humberto
Ingrid
Jerry
Karen
Lorenzo
Melissa
Noel
Olga
Pablo
Rebekah
Sebastien
Tanya
Van
Wendy
Arthur
Bertha
Cristobal
Dolly
Edouard
Fay
Gustav
Hanna
Ike
Josephine
Kyle
Laura
Marco
Nana
Omar
Paloma
Rene
Sally
Teddy
Vicky
Wilfred
Ana
Bill
Claudette
Danny
Erika
Fred
Grace
Henri
Ida
Joaquin
Kate
Larry
Mindy
Nicholas
Odette
Peter
Rose
Sam
Teresa
Victor
Wanda

Experience shows that the use of short, distinctive given names in written as well as spoken communications is quicker and less subject to error than the older more cumbersome latitude-longitude identification methods. These advantages are especially important in exchanging detailed storm information between hundreds of widely scattered stations, coastal bases, and ships at sea.

Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms have been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Center and now maintained and updated by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization. The lists featured only women's names until 1979, when men's and women's names were alternated. Six lists are used in rotation. Thus, the 2004 list will be used again in 2010. Here is more information on the history of naming hurricanes.

The only time that there is a change in the list is if a storm is so deadly or costly that the future use of its name on a different storm would be inappropriate for reasons of sensitivity. If that occurs, then at an annual meeting by the WMO committee (called primarily to discuss many other issues) the offending name is stricken from the list and another name is selected to replace it.

Several names have been changed since the lists were last used. Four names from the 1995 list have been retired. On the 2001 list, Lorenzo has replaced Luis, Michelle has replaced Marilyn, Olga has replaced Opal, and Rebekah has replaced Roxanne. Three names from the 1996 list have been retired. On the 2002 list, Cristobal has replaced Cesar, Fay has replaced Fran, and Hanna has replaced Hortense. Two names from the 1998 list have been retired. On the 2004 list, Gaston has replaced Georges and Matthew has replaced Mitch. On the 2006 list, Kirk has replaced Keith. Here is more information on the retirement of hurricane names.

 


 

Eastern North Pacific Names

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Agatha
Blas
Celia
Darby
Estelle
Frank
Georgette
Howard
Isis
Javier
Kay
Lester
Madeline
Newton
Orlene
Paine
Roslyn
Seymour
Tina
Virgil
Winifred
Xavier
Yolanda
Zeke
Adrian
Beatriz
Calvin
Dora
Eugene
Fernanda
Greg
Hilary
Irwin
Jova
Kenneth
Lidia
Max
Norma
Otis
Pilar
Ramon
Selma
Todd
Veronica
Wiley
Xina
York
Zelda
Aletta
Bud
Carlotta
Daniel
Emilia
Fabio
Gilma
Hector
Ileana
John
Kristy
Lane
Miriam
Norman
Olivia
Paul
Rosa
Sergio
Tara
Vicente
Willa
Xavier
Yolanda
Zeke
Alvin
Barbara
Cosme
Dalila
Erick
Flossie
Gil
Henriette
Ivo
Juliette
Kiko
Lorena
Manuel
Narda
Octave
Priscilla
Raymond
Sonia
Tico
Velma
Wallis
Xina
York
Zelda
Alma
Boris
Cristina
Douglas
Elida
Fausto
Genevieve
Hernan
Iselle
Julio
Karina
Lowell
Marie
Norbert
Odile
Polo
Rachel
Simon
Trudy
Vance
Winnie
Xavier
Yolanda
Zeke
Andres
Blanca
Carlos
Dolores
Enrique
Felicia
Guillermo
Hilda
Ignacio
Jimena
Kevin
Linda
Marty
Nora
Olaf
Patricia
Rick
Sandra
Terry
Vivian
Waldo
Xina
York
Zelda

These lists are also re-cycled every six years (the 2004 list will be used again in 2010).