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LI Blizzard Update: Close To 30 Whopping Inches Shatters Unofficial Record As Massive Storm Winds Down
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LONG ISLAND, NY — As a blizzard that slammed Long Island Sunday into Monday begins to wind down, the National Weather Service has released new snowfall totals for the region.
According to the National Weather Service on X, up to 30 inches fell in the Central Islip area — breaking an unofficial record for largest snowstorm to hit Islip's MacArthur Airport since 1963. The previous highest total for that area in recent years was 27.8 inches in 2013, the NWS said.
Here are the new totals as of Monday afternoon:
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Nassau County
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Lynbrook: 24 inches
Plainview: 23.8 inches
East Meadow: 23.7 inches
Plainview: 23.2 inches
South Massapequa: 22.4 inches
East Massapequa: 22.2 inches
Wantagh: 22.0 inches
Bellmore: 21 inches
Bethpage: 21.0 inches
Levittown: 19 inches
Malverne: 18.5 inches
Westbury: 18 inches
Glen Cove: 18 inches
East Williston: 16.9 inches
Syosset: 16.2 inches
Jericho: 15.2 inches
Suffolk County
Babylon: 29.5 inches
Islip: 29.1 inches
Nesconset: 28.8 inches
North Patchogue: 28.6 inches
Bay Shore: 28.2 inches
Montauk: 28.1 inches
Remsenburg-Speonk: 27.5 inches
Orient: 26.5 inches
Quogue: 26 inches
Lindenhurst: 25 inches
Shinnecock Hills: 25 inches
Ridge: 24 inches
Southampton: 24 inches
Mattituck: 23.3 inches
Flanders: 23 inches
Islip Terrace: 23 inches
Lake Ronkonkoma: 23 inches
Middle Island: 23.0 inches
Riverhead: 22.5 inches
Shelter Island: 21.1 inches
Copiague: 20 inches
Nesconset: 20 inches
Upton: (NWS Office) 19.8 inches
Commack: 19 inches
Amityville: 19 inches
North Bellport: 18 inches
Port Jefferson Station: 18 inches
Smithtown: 17.1 inches
Rocky Point: 17 inches
Oakdale: 17 inches
Jamesport: 16.6 inches
Centerport: 16 inches
1pm Snowfall Observation Update from Major Reporting Sites: Islip, NY: 29.1" - PRELIM, UNOFFICIAL record for largest snowstorm since 1963. Will be re-examined. Previous 27.8" Feb 9-10, 2013. Newark, NJ: 27.1" LGA: 22.2" JFK: 19.8" Central Park, NY: 19.7"
— NWS New York NY (@NWSNewYorkNY) February 23, 2026
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