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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.
Among most significant winters in UK history; the snowfalls of 16-22 January 1615 were particularly notable [3] Most of Europe Most of Europe 16 December 2009 Winter of 2009–10 in Europe: England, Wales, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany United Kingdom, Central Europe, Eastern Europe 18 January 2018 Cyclone David/Friederike
Description of the NESIS scale. The Northeast snowfall impact scale (NESIS) is a scale used to categorize winter storms in the Northeast United States. [1] The scale was developed by meteorologists Paul Kocin and Louis Uccellini, and ranks snowstorms from category 1 ("notable") to category 5 ("extreme").
The 1958 and 2003 Presidents' Day storms were two of just 11 Northeast winter storms since 1950 to be classified as Category 4 on the Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale , a 1-5 scale ranking of how ...
Ice Storm of 1994 [6] Considered one of the worst ice storms in US History. ... 2022 North American winter storm; January 31 – February 2, 2023, ice storm;
Great Appalachian Storm of 1950: 1950: 6. 318: 1993 Storm of the Century: 1993: 7. 299–978: 2021 North American winter storm: United States and Mexico: 2021: 8. 286: December 1960 nor'easter: United States 1960: 9. 250: Great Lakes Storm of 1913: United States and Canada (Great Lakes region) 1913: 10. 235: Schoolhouse Blizzard: United States 1888
As a massive winter storm is rolling through regions of the United States on Monday, ... Pedestrians walk along 71st Street during the first major snow of 2025, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025 in Indianapolis.
City of Austin and Travis County officials estimated that the winter storm caused at least $195 billion in damage in Texas, making the winter storm the single-costliest natural disaster in the history of Texas and the United States as a whole. [21] Some insurance firms had estimated a damage total of between 195 and 295 billion dollars. [47] [48]