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The February 5–6, 2010 North American blizzard, commonly referred to as Snowmageddon, [1] was a blizzard that had major and widespread impact in the Northeastern United States. The storm's center tracked from Baja California Sur on February 2, 2010, to the east coast on February 6, 2010, before heading east out into the Atlantic.
The February 9–10, 2010 North American blizzard was a winter and severe weather event that afflicted the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and New England regions of the United States between February 9–11, 2010, affecting some of the same regions that had experienced a historic Nor'easter just three days earlier.
Snowmageddon, Snowpocalypse, and Snowzilla are portmanteaus of the word "snow" with "Armageddon", "Apocalypse", and "Godzilla" respectively. Snowmageddon and Snowpocalypse were used in the popular press in Canada during January 2009, [ 1 ] and was also used in January 2010 by The Guardian reporter Charlie Brooker to characterise the ...
Northeast snowstorms haven't been all that prolific lately, but that certainly wasn't the case in 2010. On Feb. 5, 2010, 15 years ago, the first of back-to-back snowstorms buried the mid-Atlantic ...
This resulted in a cutoff low (not influenced by the predominant jet stream currents), which took a highly unusual track, retrograding west into New York state before looping back out to sea. [14] Total snowfall accumulations were as high as 36 inches (91 cm) in areas further inland, while New York City picked up 20.9 inches of snow.
In 2011, Texas was hit by the Groundhog Day blizzard between February 1 and 5, resulting in rolling blackouts across more than 75% of the state. [27] Many roads around Houston were impassable, and boil-water advisories were issued in several areas. [28]
Snowmageddon 2017 saw 27.7 inches of snow across 28 days, starting Dec. 14, 2016, and lasting until Jan. 10, 2017. That’s opposed to the 22.1 inches that fell in just 15 days this year.
List of highest snowfall accumulations by state during the 2009 blizzard (Snowpocalypse) State Location Amount Connecticut Clinton, East Haddam, Norwich, Putnam: 20.0 in (51 cm) Washington, D.C. American University, The Mall: 16.0 in (41 cm) Delaware Dover: 18.0 in (46 cm) Kentucky Harlan: 7.0 in (18 cm) Maine Hampstead: 5.4 in (14 cm) Maryland