The January 22-24 blizzard, which dumped heavy snow from the Mid-Atlantic to southern New England has been rated as a Category 4 or “Crippling” winter storm on NOAA’s Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale, also known as NESIS.
![The 2016 blizzard ranked as a category 4 storm on the NESIS scale. Residents were forced to walk in the streets of Washington, D.C., during and after the snowstorm. (Image credit: Joe Flood, NOAA) The 2016 blizzard ranked as a category 4 storm on the NESIS scale. Residents were forced to walk in the streets of Washington, D.C., during and after the snowstorm.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/PHOTO-people-walk-in-dc-streets-during-2016-blizzard-by-joe-flood-012816-1120x534-landscape.jpg?itok=Dxzs4b9l)
The 2016 blizzard ranked as a category 4 storm on the NESIS scale. Residents were forced to walk in the streets of Washington, D.C., during and after the snowstorm. (Image credit: Joe Flood, NOAA)