DNAInfo.com reports that the blizzard that hit the city in January, at first considered the second largest in history, was actually its biggest ever, according to new data. The National Weather Service initially reported that Central Park received 26.8 inches of snow in the 2016 blizzard.
But Central Park actually got a whopping 27.5 inches of snow during the Jan. 22-23 blizzard, making it the heaviest snow accumulation the city has seen since it started keeping records in 1869, according to a report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The slight inaccuracy was due to a communication error between the Conservancy, which correctly measured the snowfall, and the National Weather Service office in Upton, N.Y., according to the report. To read the article in its entirety, as well as to learn about how snow is measured, click here.