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2021 Winter Storm was the deadliest winter storm since the Blizzard of 1996 impacting most of the midwest and southcentral United States. The state of Texas gained notable publicity due to the failure of the state's power grid, causing blackouts and power outages for 7–10 days across the state.
Winter storms can produce both ice and snow, but are usually more notable in one of these two categories. The "Maximum accumulation" sections reflect the more notable category which is represented in inches of snow unless otherwise stated. Only category 1 and higher storms as defined by their regional snowfall index are included here.
The storm, and its related cold wave, killed at least 100 people, with six additional deaths occurring due to a simultaneous, smaller storm in the Pacific Northwest (British Columbia, Oregon, Washington). 41 of the deaths from the main storm occurred in the Buffalo area where lake-effect snowfall exceeded 56 in (140 cm) over a five-day period ...
[a] The storm total there was 1.6 in (4.1 cm). [31] The winter storm led to ground stops at John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport, where snow totals were slightly higher than Central Park. [32] [33] Schools were closed on January 16 in Jersey City, New Jersey. [34]
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. [20] Some insurance firms had estimated a damage total of between 195 and 295 billion dollars. [46] [47]
The first winter storm, named Winter Storm Finn by The Weather Channel, hit the Midwest, Southeast, and East Coast on January 8–10, 2024. [29] Interstate 70 was closed from Watkins, Colorado to the Kansas state line due to the storm. [30] Winds in Colorado gusted up to 80 mph (130 km/h), while winds in New Mexico reached 76 mph (122 km/h).
The 2021–22 North American winter was not as significant and record-breaking as the previous winter season.Despite this, several notable and significant events still occurred, including two separate record-breaking tornado outbreaks in mid-December, a significant winter storm in the South in mid-January, a powerful blizzard that impacted the Northeast coast at the end of January and a wide ...
A winter storm, unofficially named Winter Storm Olive by The Weather Channel, [92] was impacting the Midwestern United States from February 21–24. [93] Another winter storm associated with the broader system moved through the same general area shortly thereafter.