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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 ...
The system then began rapid deepening as a nor’easter it moved offshore early on February 13, bringing heavy snowfall to much of the Mid-Atlantic. The system departed later that day, but not before bringing impacts to Atlantic Canada before peaking and gradually weakening thereafter, eventually dissipating on February 18.
The January 19–20, 2025 nor'easter was a fast-moving and quickly-developing nor'easter that brought accumulating snowfall to much of the Northeastern United States.The origins of the storm were complex, with an area of low pressure developing on the backside of a cold front that had swept through the region on January 19.
The nor'easter became a bomb cyclone [8] on October 26–27, when its central barometric pressure dropped from 996 mbar (29.41 inHg) to 973 mbar (28.73 inHg) over a 24 hour period. During this time, at 00:00 UTC on October 27, the system also reached its peak strength with sustained winds of 70 mph (110 km/h), while located about 125 mi ...
January 3–4, 2022 nor'easter; January 14–17, 2022 North American winter storm; January 31 – February 3, 2021 nor'easter; January 1961 nor'easter; January 1992 nor'easter; January 2015 North American blizzard; January 2016 United States blizzard; January 2018 North American blizzard; January 2020 North American storm complex
The January 31 – February 3, 2021 nor'easter, also known as the 2021 Groundhog Day nor'easter, [6] was a powerful, severe, and erratic nor'easter that impacted much of the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada from February 1–3 with heavy snowfall, blizzard conditions, strong gusty winds, storm surge, and coastal flooding. [7]
A nor'easter occurred in the East Coast of the United States, bringing heavy rain to Florida, Georgia, and other states in the Southeastern United States, as well as the Northeastern United States, during December 2023.
The December 15–17, 2020 nor'easter was a powerful nor'easter that hammered the Northeastern United States and produced widespread swaths of over 1 foot (12 in) of snow in much of the region from December 15–17, 2020, ending a 1,000+ day high-impact snowstorm drought in much of the Mid-Atlantic and coastal New England regions.