A look at the brutal 'bomb cyclone' snowstorm by the numbers

ByMAX GOLEMBO ABCNews logo
Friday, January 5, 2018

The monster "bomb cyclone" storm that battered the East Coast this week, shuttering schools and halting travel, brought gale-force winds to the Northeast and more snow in parts of the South than in nearly 30 years.

Here's a closer look at the storm by the numbers:

Snow totals

Tallahassee, Florida: 0.1 inches -- the most snow since 1989 when the city had 0.9 inches

Savannah, Georgia: 1.2 inches -- the most snow since 1989 when the city had 3.2 inches

Charleston, South Carolina: 5.3 inches -- the most snow since 1989 when the city had 6 inches

Summerville, South Carolina: 7.3 inches

Rockyhock, North Carolina: 12 inches

Ocean City, Maryland: 11 inches

Philadelphia: 4.1 inches

Bayville, New Jersey: 18 inches

Staffordville, Connecticut: 16 inches

Terryville, New York: 16.4 inches

Central Park in New York City: 9.8 inches -- the new daily record

Queens in New York City: up to 13.6 inches

Logan International Airport in Boston: 13.2 inches -- the new daily record

Bangor, Maine: up to 18.3 inches

Strong wind gusts

Nantucket, Massachusetts: 76 mph

Cape Henry, Virginia: 74 mph

Block Island, Rhode Island: 71 mph

Scotchtown, New York: 68 mph

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