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The following is a list of major snow and ice events in the United States that have caused noteworthy damage and destruction in their wake. The categories presented below are not used to measure the strength of a storm, but are rather indicators of how severely the snowfall affected the population in the storm's path.
Tree damage caused by the North American Ice Storm of 1998. Western and Northern NY Ice Storm of March 3–4, 1991 [5] Ice Storm of 1994 [6] Considered one of the worst ice storms in US History. January 1998 North American ice storm; January 1999 North American ice storm
The North American Ice Storm of 1998 (also known as the Great Ice Storm of 1998 or the January Ice Storm) was a massive combination of five smaller successive ice storms in January 1998 that struck a relatively narrow swath of land from eastern Ontario to southern Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada, and bordering areas from northern New York to central Maine in the United States.
One of the nation's worst ice storms in history pummeled New England in the days after Thanksgiving in 1921. More than 3 inches of ice piled up and roughly 100,000 trees were uprooted or ruined.
These massive storms made their mark on history and tragically claimed the lives of many people.
The December 2008 Northeastern United States ice storm was a damaging ice storm that took out power for millions of people in the Northeastern United States.The storm was deemed the worst ice storm in a decade for New England [2] and the most severe ice storm in 21 years for Upstate New York. [3]
New York was spared the worst of the storm. The state's southeast area received five to ten inches of snow; its north, six to twelve inches; and central New York received ten to eighteen inches. On Long Island, 250,000 residents lost power, some for up to several days.
Consumers Energy stated, "this storm was the largest Christmas-week storm in the company's 126-year history and the worst ice storm in 10 years". [61] Both Vermont and New York issued states of emergency. [62] [63] In Jefferson County, New York, officials declared a state of emergency after significant damage affected the area.