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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 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 system quickly ...
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 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 ...
February 6–8, 2021 nor'easter; February 9–11, 2017 North American blizzard; February 12–14, 2017 North American blizzard; February 15–20, 2021 North American winter storm; February 1952 nor'easter; February 1987 nor'easter; February 2013 North American blizzard; February 2022 North American winter storm; February 2024 nor'easter
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 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]
The February 2013 North American blizzard, also known as Winter Storm Nemo [5] [6] and the Blizzard of 2013, [7] was a powerful blizzard that developed from the combination of two areas of low pressure, [8] primarily affecting the Northeastern United States and parts of Canada, causing heavy snowfall and hurricane-force winds.