How could there have possibly been a blizzard in March 1888 in NYC? We all know that the US was a Garden of Eden before fossil fuels destroyed the climate. I understand that the entire US had a perfectly balmy climate, rarely deviating from the annual mean temperature of 72 F, rain fell year-round as pleasant spring showers, and the wind never blew harder than a gentle breeze.
There was also a series of intense HEAT WAVES in NYC for several years back then. They happened in the summer when things are supposed to be cool. Maybe it was the first power plants that started up about that time.
sarc/off