A Christmas-week winter storm and Arctic blast for the ages, by the numbers

Historic cold and a huge footprint of strong winds and fierce blizzard conditions impacted hundreds of millions of Americans.

As the blizzard got going Friday morning, Buffalo clocked a top wind gust of 71 mph with heavy snow falling. Another gust of 70 mph was recorded during the afternoon. Numerous gusts above 60 mph continued into the night.

Visibility was as low as zero miles at times.Wind gusts of near or above 50 mph were recorded all over the place, including in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and New York City. Winds in Boston gusted to 60 mph and in Providence to 64 mph.Lackawanna, N.Y. — 79 mphBarton, Md. — 69 mph

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