The Great Blizzard of 1947 Brings New York City to a crawl
December of 1947 brought an incredible blizzard when a record 25 inches of snow fell in less than 24 hrs. The city that never sleeps was blanketed with snow that started falling at approximately 3:00 a.m. and didn’t stop until the following night. When most people were getting up to go to work there was only a few inches, but by mid-day, the snow picked up drastically.