this date, January 10-11, 1975, occurred what some meteorologists consider as one of the worst blizzards in the state's history. From NOAA :   http://www.crh.noaa.gov/fsd/archive/centuryfsd.htm The blizzard of January 10-11, 1975 was widely considered to be the  worst blizzard  of the century in this area. There was only 7 inches of snow