KENILWORTH — Following a snowfall on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 1947, Kenilworth residents were enjoying a rare white Christmas. No one, not even the weather man., anticipated just how very white it ...

It's still going strong further north, though, with towns in Massachusetts measuring up to 26 inches — which, interestingly, sounds strikingly similar to the Blizzard of 1947.

Eberwine said the scope of the worst weather in 1947 was much smaller than the 1888 storm. The 1888 blizzard affected a vast area evenly. The 1947 storm concentrated on one spot along the East Coast.

Associated Press file photoNew Yorkers dig out from the blizzard of 1947. Today is Wednesday, Dec. 26. There are five days left in the year. On this date in 1947, 60 years ago, a blizzard dropped ...

On today's podcast, Chris Mei discusses the Great Blizzard of 1947 and how it impacted New York City and the infamous tennis match that no one wanted to miss, despite the heavy snow.

HNN notes that the 1947 blizzard was what's known as a mesoscale: "instead of a fairly even distribution over a vast area, this 'big snow' fell squarely over New York City.