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Compass card (1607), featuring the spelling "Noreast" The term nor'easter came to American English by way of British English.Early recorded uses of the contraction nor (for north) in combinations such as nor'-east and nor-nor-west, as reported by the Oxford English Dictionary, date to the late 16th century, as in John Davis's 1594 The Seaman's Secrets: "Noreast by North raiseth a degree in ...
Nor'easters can be classified into 2 categories, Miller Type-A and Miller Type-B, depending on their point of origin, and the type helps determine who experiences winter weather from the storm.
A nor'easter is a macro-scale extratropical cyclone that travels along the East Coast of the United States and Atlantic Canada. The cyclones are called nor'easters because the winds over the coastal area are typically from the northeast. [3] [4] These storms may occur at any time of year, but are most frequent and severe between September and ...
Nor'easter (strong storm with winds from the northeast on the north eastern coast of the United States (particularly New England states) and the east coast of Canada (Atlantic Canada)) Texas Norther (fast-moving, stormy Arctic cold front that strikes Texas in winter, dropping freezing rain or sleet, a.k.a. Blue Norther because it sometimes ...
A nor’easter storm develops within 100 miles of the East Coast and moves toward land. The most powerful nor’easters can punish land with multiple feet of snow and high winds, causing damage ...
The early-season nor'easter, called "Snowtober" and "Oktoberblast," evolved into a nightmare as it left long-term power outages in areas that took a direct hit by Hurricane Irene just two months ...
March 18–22, 1958, nor'easter; 1959 Escuminac disaster; December 1960 nor'easter; February 1969 nor'easter; March 1969 nor'easter; December 1969 nor'easter; 1991 Perfect Storm; 1993 Storm of the Century; Christmas 1994 nor'easter; February 1995 nor'easter; 1997 April Fool's Day blizzard; 2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm; April ...
December 1992 Nor'easter blizzard December 10–12, 1992; 1993 Storm of the Century March 12–15, 1993. While the southern and eastern U.S. and Cuba received the brunt of this massive blizzard, the Storm of the Century impacted a wider area than any in recorded history. February 1995 Nor'easter blizzard February 3–6, 1995