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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.
The amount of snow received at weather stations varies substantially from year to year. For example, the annual snowfall at Paradise Ranger Station in Mount Rainier National Park has been as little as 266 inches (680 cm) in 2014-2015 and as much as 1,122 inches (2,850 cm) in 1971–1972. [2]
The first major lake effect snow pounded portions of the Northeast and Midwest this past weekend, with more in the forecast in the coming days. On Saturday, parts of the New York thruway had been ...
Central Park reported 1.2 in (3.0 cm) of snow on January 16, their first inch of snow in a single day since February 13, 2022. [a] The storm total there was 1.6 in (4.1 cm). [32] 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.
The Lake Erie snowbelt town of Dewittville, New York, has already picked up 72.5 inches of snowfall through the morning of Dec. 13 from these multiple, recent lake-effect snow events.
Here's how we compiled the list: We pored through 30-year average snowfall statistics of hundreds of locations in the U.S. from 1991 through 2020. We considered only those towns and cities with a ...
The 2023–24 North American winter was the warmest winter on record across the contiguous United States, with below-average snowfall primarily in the Upper Midwest and parts of the Northeastern United States. However, some areas, especially in the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York saw considerably more snow than the previous winter.
The snow-themed moon will appear full through early Tuesday morning, according to NASA. The upcoming full moon is nicknamed for the heavy snow events that typically occur during the month of February.