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The December 2009 North American blizzard was a powerful nor'easter that formed over the Gulf of Mexico in December 2009, and became a major snowstorm that affected the East Coast of the United States and Canadian Atlantic provinces. The snowstorm brought record-breaking December snowfall totals to Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Philadelphia.
Record snowiest day: Feb. 28, 2021 (30 inches) Record snow depth: Feb. 8, 2008 (48 inches) ... The Black Hills can amplify snowfall totals from slow-moving Plains winter storms as moist, cold ...
As the system moved towards the East Coast, snowfall rates began to increase to 1–2 inches (2.5–5.1 cm) per hour. The storm began to accelerate, and began to crank out the last burst of snowfall along the affected areas before moving offshore. Total snowfall accumulations ranged from 8–14 inches (20–36 cm), mainly in North Carolina. [11]
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]
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Last major snowstorm was during an El Niño: The 2015-16 season, an El Niño winter, was the most recent time that a snowstorm delivered more than a foot of snow to the Philadelphia area. On Jan ...
It dumped snow on a portion of the Mid Atlantic and New England and was officially classified as a blizzard in New York City. [8] North Carolina saw snowfall totals as high as 12 inches (30 cm). Philadelphia received 12.2 inches (31 cm) of snow and nearby Trenton, New Jersey saw upwards of 20 in (51 cm) snowfall totals.
Here's a look at the totals (not including those reported early in the morning): Snow rests on the shoulder of the tin man in downtown York after a winter storm dumped three to six inches in the ...