A remarkable 1979 warm spell featuring nine straight days in the 70s finally broke, with temperatures dropping back to more typical late-November levels.
Heavy snow in 1938 paralyzed the city and ushered in days of Arctic cold, while in 1950 a deadly East Coast storm brought flooding rains, crashing temperatures, and a dramatic change to snow.
In 1971, a modest snowfall in the city contrasted with much heavier totals to the west, where a Thanksgiving-eve storm stranded travelers and caused widespread disruption.
