Wednesday, April 16, 2008

This day in Noreaster History 4/16

April 16-

1975-Fast moving system dropped rain and snow on Nantucket.
1989- Tail end of previous day's system. Peak wind gust was 48 miles.
1992- Southeast storm brought snow to Nantucket. It would change to all rain some time in the pre dawn hours of the next day.
1996-Coastal Storm brought winds of 34 MPH. The rain began to fall at 10 AM. Peak gust was 46 mph.
2007- The second day of the April 2007 noreaster. Rain fell for a good portion of the day. Esther's Island; part of Smith's Point became severed from the rest of Nantucket. The storm "Departed" later that afternoon.

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