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Record-Breaking Snow Totals, Wind Gusts Recorded Across LI During Blizzard Of 2026

See how much fell in your area when all was said and done.

The National Weather Service has released updated snowfall, wind gust totals for Long Island.
The National Weather Service has released updated snowfall, wind gust totals for Long Island. (Courtesy Sheri Zarba)

LONG ISLAND, NY — Tuesday dawned sunny and bright as Long Islanders continued the big dig-out after a blizzard slammed the area with up to 31 inches of snow and wind gusts of up to 84 miles an hour on Sunday into Monday.

Here are the current snow totals and wind gusts recorded for Long Island, according to the National Weather Service on X.

SNOW TOTALS

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Nassau County

North Merrick: 25.4 inches

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East Massapequa: 24.5 inches

Bethpage: 24.4 inches

Lynbrook: 24 inches

Plainview: 23.8 inches

East Meadow: 23.7 inches

South Massapequa: 22.4 inches

Wantagh: 22 inches

Elmont: 21.5 inches

Bellmore: 21 inches

Glen Cove: 19 inches

Levittown: 19 inches

Malverne: 18.5 inches

Westbury: 18 inches

East Williston: 16.9 inches

Syosset: 16.3 inches

Sea Cliff: 15.8 inches

Jericho: 15.2 inches

Suffolk County

Central Islip: 31 inches

East Islip: 30 inches

North Patchogue: 30 inches

Babylon: 29.5 inches

Islip: 29.1 inches

Holbrook: 29 inches

Nesconset: 28.8 inches

Shirley Airport: 28.5 inches

Bay Shore: 28.2 inches

Montauk: 28.1 inches

Medford: 27.8 inches

East Farmingdale: 27.5 inches

Remsenburg-Speonk: 27.5 inches

Fort Salonga: 27.2 inches

Orient Point: 26.5 inches

Quogue: 26 inches

Southampton: 26 inches

Islip: 25.3 inches

Lindenhurst: 25 inches

Shinnecock Hills: 25 inches

Bay Shore: 24.7 inches

Lindenhurst: 24.3 inches

Davis Park: 24.2 inches

Ridge: 24 inches

Islandia: 23.5 inches

Mattituck: 23.3 inches

Flanders: 23.0 inches

Hauppauge: 23 inches

Islip Terrace: 23 inches

Lake Ronkonkoma: 23 inches

Middle Island: 23 inches

Selden: 1.6 inches

West Islip: 22.8 inches

Manorville: 22 inches

Shelter Island: 21.1 inches

East Northport: 21 inches

Oakdale: 20.5 inches

Riverhead: 20.2 inches

East Patchogue: 20.0 inches

Nesconset: 20.0 inches

Upton (NWS Office): 19.8 inches

Stony Brook: 19.7 inches

Bellport: 18 inches

WIND GUSTS

Nassau County

Bayville: 59 MPH

Uniondale: 49 MPH

Wantagh: 49 MPH

Bellmore: 48 MPH

John W. Dodd Middle School: 45 MPH

Long Beach: 43 MPH

Massapequa Park: 42 MPH

Manhasset: 41 MPH

Valley Stream: 40 MPH

Suffolk County

Montauk Point: 84 MPH

Stony Brook: 74 MPH

Southold: 69 MPH

Baiting Hollow: 68 MPH

Eatons Neck: 67 MPH

Great Gull Island: 64 MPH

Napeague: 62 MPH

Blue Point: 60 MPH

Westhampton Airport: 56 MPH

Shoreham: 55 MPH

Islip Airport: 54 MPH

Montauk Airpor:t 54 MPH

Farmingdale Airport: 53 MPH

Sinai Harbor: 53 MPH

Fire Island: 52 MPH

Shirley Airport: 52 MPH

Mecox Bay: 51 MPH

Brookhaven: 49 MPH

Fair Harbor: 49 MPH

Great South Bay: 49 MPH

Remsenburg: 48 MPH

West Gilgo Beach: 48 MPH

Fishers Island Airport: 45 MPH

Islip: 44 MPH

Mattituck: 44 MPH

Babylon: 42 MPH

Sayville: 42 MPH

Orient: 41 MPH

Shirley: 40 MPH

According to the National Weather Service on X, totals recorded in the Central Islip area broke 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.

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