Apogee

In regards to the Feb 12, 1983 storm, you will see that rather than occuring at the perigee, it occurs at the apogee (the nmoon's far point from the earth) following a perigee-syzygee combination that occured on January 28th. Looking at the following list we see several historic snow storms that also occured near apogees or at the opposite syzygy near per-syg combos.

10 worst snow storms Old Farmer's Almanac

3) 1717 Feb 27 - Mar 7         Per Feb 23 - Full Feb 25

4) 1798 Nov 17-21                Ap Nov 18 - Full Nov 23     The perigee was on the 6th and the new moon on the 8th

5) 1831 Jan 14-16                Ap Jan 8 - New Jan 14        Perigee was on 12-27 and the full moon 12-29

6) 1857 Jan 18-19                Ap Jan 18 - New Jan 25

1) 1888 Jan 11-13                Per Jan 8 - New Jan13

2) 1888 Mar 11-14                New Mar 12 - Ap Mar 16      Full Moon 3-27 Perigee 3-28

7) 1895 Feb 14-15                Per - Full Feb 9

8) 1899 Feb 12-14                Per Feb 9 - New Feb 10

9) 1940 Nov 11                    Ap Nov 11 - Full Nov 15       New Moon and Perigee Oct 30th

10) 1978 Feb 6-7                  Per Feb 5 - New Feb 7

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