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title="GOES-16">GOES-16</a> satellite image of the nor'easter off the <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a> coast at 15:56 UTC (10:56 a.m. <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EST</a>) on December 17, with an <a href="/wiki/Eye_(cyclone)" title="Eye (cyclone)">eye-like</a> feature</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding:0px 2px"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-top:#aaa 1px solid;"></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding:0px 2px;white-space:nowrap">Type</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding:0px 2px"><a href="/wiki/Extratropical_cyclone" title="Extratropical cyclone">Extratropical cyclone</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Nor%27easter" title="Nor'easter">Nor'easter</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Winter_storm" title="Winter storm">Winter storm</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ice_storm" title="Ice storm">Ice storm</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding:0px 2px;white-space:nowrap">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding:0px 2px">December 14, 2020</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding:0px 2px;white-space:nowrap">Dissipated</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding:0px 2px">December 19, 2020</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding:0px 2px"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-top:#aaa 1px solid;"></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding:0px 2px;white-space:nowrap">Highest winds</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding:0px 2px"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maximum_sustained_wind" title="Maximum sustained wind">1-minute sustained</a>:<br />60 mph (95 km/h)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding:0px 2px;white-space:nowrap">Highest gust</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding:0px 2px">63 mph (101 km/h) in <a href="/wiki/Mantoloking,_New_Jersey" title="Mantoloking, New Jersey">Mantoloking</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding:0px 2px;white-space:nowrap">Lowest pressure</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding:0px 2px">995 <a href="/wiki/Bar_(unit)" title="Bar (unit)">mb</a> (29.38 <a href="/wiki/Inch_of_mercury" title="Inch of mercury">inHg</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding:0px 2px"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-top:#aaa 1px solid;"></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding:0px 2px;white-space:nowrap">Tornadoes<br />confirmed</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding:0px 2px">2 on December 16</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding:0px 2px;white-space:nowrap"><abbr title="Maximum">Max.</abbr> rating<sup>1</sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding:0px 2px"><a href="/wiki/Fujita_scale" title="Fujita scale">EF2</a> tornado</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding:0px 2px;white-space:nowrap">Duration of<br />tornado outbreak<sup>2</sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding:0px 2px">1 hour, 26 minutes</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding:0px 2px"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-top:#aaa 1px solid;"></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding:0px 2px;white-space:nowrap">Maximum snowfall<br />or ice accretion</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding:0px 2px">Snow – 48 in (120 cm) near <a href="/wiki/Danbury,_NH" class="mw-redirect" title="Danbury, NH">Danbury, NH</a><br />Ice – 0.60 in (1.5 cm) near Pipers Gap, <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding:0px 2px"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; border-top:#aaa 1px solid;"></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding:0px 2px;white-space:nowrap">Fatalities</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding:0px 2px">7 fatalities</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding:0px 2px;white-space:nowrap">Damage</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding:0px 2px">> $125 million (2021 <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">USD</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Aon_Benfield_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aon_Benfield-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding:0px 2px;white-space:nowrap">Power outages</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding:0px 2px">230,000 in Maine alone<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding:0px 2px;white-space:nowrap">Areas affected</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding:0px 2px"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Plains" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Plains">Southern Plains</a>, <a href="/wiki/Upland_South" title="Upland South">Upland South</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_United_States" title="Southeastern United States">Southeastern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_United_States" title="Northeastern United States">Northeastern United States</a> (primarily <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_(United_States)" title="Mid-Atlantic (United States)">Mid-Atlantic</a>), <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Canada" title="Atlantic Canada">Atlantic Canada</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top:1px solid #aaaaaa;"><div style="padding:0.1em;">Part of the <b><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_North_American_winter" title="2020–21 North American winter">2020–21 North American winter</a></b></div><br /><sup>1</sup><i>Most severe tornado damage; see <a href="/wiki/Fujita_scale" title="Fujita scale">Fujita scale</a></i><br /><sup>2</sup><i>Time from first tornado to last tornado</i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>December 15–17, 2020 nor'easter</b> was a powerful <a href="/wiki/Nor%27easter" title="Nor'easter">nor'easter</a> that hammered the <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_United_States" title="Northeastern United States">Northeastern United States</a> and produced widespread swaths of over 1 foot (12 in) of <a href="/wiki/Snow" title="Snow">snow</a> 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. The system developed out of a weak area of low-pressure that first developed over the <a href="/wiki/Central_United_States" title="Central United States">Central United States</a> producing some snowfall before moving eastward, and by December 16, a new, dominant area of low pressure began to develop along the <a href="/wiki/Southeast_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Southeast United States">Southeast</a> coast. This low steadily deepened as it moved along and impacted the <a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_(United_States)" title="Mid-Atlantic (United States)">Mid-Atlantic</a> coastline, prompting several winter-related advisories and warnings for much of the Northeast. </p><p>Multiple states that were expected to be impacted by the nor'easter, including <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> declared states of emergencies on December 15–16 in advance of the storm. <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> declared a <a href="/wiki/Snow_emergency" title="Snow emergency">snow emergency</a> the day of the storm as well. The nor'easter brought significant snowfall to metropolitan areas such as <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, which eclipsed the entire snowfall total from the previous winter season, as well as <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Maine" title="Portland, Maine">Portland</a> that saw over a foot of snow from the storm. Tens of thousands lost power during the storm, and the storm caused high wind gusts along the <a href="/wiki/Jersey_Shore" title="Jersey Shore">Jersey Shore</a>, in addition to rough surf and even storm surge in coastal <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>. At least 7 people have been confirmed killed as a result from the storm, and it is estimated to have caused over $125 million (2021 <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">USD</a>) in damages.<sup id="cite_ref-Aon_Benfield_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aon_Benfield-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The winter storm was rated Category 2 winter storm on the <a href="/wiki/Regional_Snowfall_Index" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional Snowfall Index">Regional Snowfall Index</a> (RSI) scale, the first such storm for the Northeastern United States since <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_North_American_winter#March_12–14_nor'easter" title="2017–18 North American winter">a nor'easter in March 2018</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-event_review_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-event_review-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The system was unofficially named <i>Winter Storm Gail</i> by <a href="/wiki/The_Weather_Channel" title="The Weather Channel">The Weather Channel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-forecast_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forecast-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Meteorological_history">Meteorological history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_15%E2%80%9317,_2020_nor%27easter&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Meteorological history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mid-December_2020_nor%27easter_track.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Mid-December_2020_nor%27easter_track.png/275px-Mid-December_2020_nor%27easter_track.png" decoding="async" width="275" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Mid-December_2020_nor%27easter_track.png/413px-Mid-December_2020_nor%27easter_track.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Mid-December_2020_nor%27easter_track.png/550px-Mid-December_2020_nor%27easter_track.png 2x" data-file-width="2826" data-file-height="2241" /></a><figcaption>Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale<br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="">Map key</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""><div style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; max-width: 51em; width: 100%"> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_scale" title="Saffir–Simpson scale">Saffir–Simpson scale</a></b></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#6EC1EA; color:black;"> </span> Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#4DFFFF; color:black;"> </span> Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFFCC; color:black;"> </span> Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFE775; color:black;"> </span> Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFC140; color:black;"> </span> Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF8F20; color:black;"> </span> Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF6060; color:black;"> </span> Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#C0C0C0; color:black;"> </span> Unknown </div> </div> <div style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; max-width: 20em; width: 100%;"> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Storm type</b></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="circle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Disc_Plain_black.svg/18px-Disc_Plain_black.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Disc_Plain_black.svg/27px-Disc_Plain_black.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Disc_Plain_black.svg/36px-Disc_Plain_black.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tropical_cyclone" title="Tropical cyclone">Tropical cyclone</a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="square" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Solid_black.svg/18px-Solid_black.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Solid_black.svg/27px-Solid_black.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Solid_black.svg/36px-Solid_black.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Subtropical_cyclone" title="Subtropical cyclone">Subtropical cyclone</a></div> <div><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="triangle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/ArrowUp.svg/18px-ArrowUp.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/ArrowUp.svg/27px-ArrowUp.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/ArrowUp.svg/36px-ArrowUp.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Extratropical_cyclone" title="Extratropical cyclone">Extratropical cyclone</a>, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression</div> </div></div></div></figcaption></figure> <p>The nor'easter originated from a disorganized winter storm in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Plains" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Plains">Southern Plains</a> of the United States, late on December 14. The winter storm became more widespread the next day, as a <a href="/wiki/Low-pressure_area" title="Low-pressure area">low-pressure system</a> developed, and it began to spread snowfall in <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>. The system slowly moved eastward across the Southern Plains throughout the day on December 15.<sup id="cite_ref-forecast_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forecast-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the next day, the system reached the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_United_States" title="Eastern United States">Eastern United States</a> and began spreading snow, ice, and rain across the region.<sup id="cite_ref-tracker_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tracker-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early on December 17, the system then moved off the coast and developed strong winds and heavier precipitation, while the snowfall spread northward.<sup id="cite_ref-tracker_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tracker-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the low-pressure system began to strengthen, the rain-snow line pushed northward as well.<sup id="cite_ref-tracker_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tracker-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The center of low pressure moved northeastward, parallel to the coast,<sup id="cite_ref-event_review_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-event_review-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before reaching its peak intensity at 12:00 <a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a> on December 17, while situated off the coast of <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>, with a minimum central pressure of 995 millibars (29.4 inHg). The nor'easter also developed an <a href="/wiki/Eye_(cyclone)" title="Eye (cyclone)">eye-like feature</a> around this time.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A combination of moisture from the tropical eastern <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>, very strong low- to mid-level warm air <a href="/wiki/Advection" title="Advection">advection</a>, and strong <a href="/wiki/Weather_front" title="Weather front">frontogenesis</a> led to strong <a href="/wiki/Mesoscale_convective_system" title="Mesoscale convective system">mesoscale banding</a>, which resulted in heavy snowfall rates for several hours over parts of the Northeastern United States.<sup id="cite_ref-event_review_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-event_review-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The nor'easter developed a secondary low to the east later that day and gradually began to weaken, as it began moving away from the Northeastern U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/High-pressure_area" title="High-pressure area">high-pressure system</a> to the east of <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Canada" title="Atlantic Canada">Atlantic Canada</a> then steered the nor'easter away from the coast, after it passed south of <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a>, and the storm raced off eastward into the Atlantic.<sup id="cite_ref-forecast_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forecast-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the next couple of days, the nor'easter continued moving eastward, before the original low was absorbed into the developing secondary low to the east, on December 20. This new storm subsequently strengthened, and the system was named <i>Greta</i> by the <a href="/wiki/Free_University_of_Berlin" title="Free University of Berlin">Free University of Berlin</a> on the same day.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Europe_weather_analysis_Dec_20_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Europe_weather_analysis_Dec_20-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Preparations">Preparations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_15%E2%80%9317,_2020_nor%27easter&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Preparations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin:1em; margin-top:0;"> <caption style="text-align:center;">All warnings and advisories issued in the Northeastern United States due to the storm </caption> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gail_Weather_Alerts.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Gail_Weather_Alerts.png/225px-Gail_Weather_Alerts.png" decoding="async" width="225" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Gail_Weather_Alerts.png/338px-Gail_Weather_Alerts.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Gail_Weather_Alerts.png/450px-Gail_Weather_Alerts.png 2x" data-file-width="1407" data-file-height="1504" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:10px; height:10px; background:#ff69b4;"></td> <td> <a href="/wiki/Winter_Storm_Warning" class="mw-redirect" title="Winter Storm Warning">Winter Storm Warning</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:10px; height:10px; background:#4682b4;"></td> <td> <a href="/wiki/Winter_Storm_Watch" class="mw-redirect" title="Winter Storm Watch">Winter Storm Watch</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:10px; height:10px; background:#7b68ee;"></td> <td> <a href="/wiki/Winter_Weather_Advisory" class="mw-redirect" title="Winter Weather Advisory">Winter Weather Advisory</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:10px; height:10px; background:#238b23;"></td> <td> Coastal Flood Advisory </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:10px; height:10px; background:#fde3b5;"></td> <td> <a href="/wiki/Special_Weather_Statement" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Weather Statement">Special Weather Statement</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>On December 14, <a href="/wiki/Winter_Storm_Watch" class="mw-redirect" title="Winter Storm Watch">Winter Storm Watches</a> were placed into effect in a large swath from <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> up through southern <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-forecast_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forecast-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early the next day, watches located from Virginia to Western New Jersey were updated to <a href="/wiki/Winter_Storm_Warning" class="mw-redirect" title="Winter Storm Warning">Winter Storm Warnings</a>. Simultaneously, Winter Weather Advisories were issued for the southern end of the storm. Later winter storm warnings were issued up through most of southern New England.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mid-Atlantic_states">Mid-Atlantic states</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_15%E2%80%9317,_2020_nor%27easter&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Mid-Atlantic states"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 16, Governor <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Northam" title="Ralph Northam">Ralph Northam</a> of <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> declared a state of emergency.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>300 snow plows were deployed to apply salt to many major roads and bridges due to expected snowfall.<sup id="cite_ref-weather1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weather1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 15, Governor <a href="/wiki/Tom_Wolf" title="Tom Wolf">Tom Wolf</a> declared a state of emergency for <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PA_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PA-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 100 pieces of equipment to treat roads were also deployed at the beginning of the storm. In Philadelphia, classes that were already in virtual learning due to <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Pennsylvania" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Pennsylvania">COVID-19</a> were instructed to continue with classes December 17.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 16, the Governor of <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Murphy" title="Phil Murphy">Phil Murphy</a>, declared a state of emergency.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NJ Transit suspended bus and train travel beginning at 6:30 p.m. EST as a result of the degrading conditions.<sup id="cite_ref-Njttransit_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Njttransit-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state also imposed travel restrictions across several interstates, including <a href="/wiki/Interstate_78_in_New_Jersey" title="Interstate 78 in New Jersey">Interstates 78</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_80_in_New_Jersey" title="Interstate 80 in New Jersey">80</a> and <a href="/wiki/Interstate_280_(New_Jersey)" title="Interstate 280 (New Jersey)">280</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In New York City, mayor <a href="/wiki/Bill_de_Blasio" title="Bill de Blasio">Bill de Blasio</a> announced that schools in the city would transition to online learning for the day of December 17, citing the snow.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-weather1_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weather1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Governor Andrew Cuomo declared states of emergency in 18 counties, all upstate.<sup id="cite_ref-newyork1_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newyork1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Thruway" title="New York State Thruway">New York State Thruway</a> speed limits were reduced to 45 mph (72 km/h) from upstate cities such as <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York" title="Syracuse, New York">Syracuse</a>, to areas to the south such as New York City.<sup id="cite_ref-newyork1_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newyork1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_England">New England</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_15%E2%80%9317,_2020_nor%27easter&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: New England"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a> Governor <a href="/wiki/Ned_Lamont" title="Ned Lamont">Ned Lamont</a> ordered all large trucks off the state's highways beginning at 9:00 PM EST on December 16. The truck ban was lifted at 9:00 AM on December 18. The <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Department_of_Transportation" title="Connecticut Department of Transportation">Connecticut Department of Transportation</a> mobilized hundreds of <a href="/wiki/Snowplow" title="Snowplow">snowplows</a> to keep the state's roads open during the storm.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> Governor <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Baker" title="Charlie Baker">Charlie Baker</a> urged residents in his state to stay at home during the nor'easter. The <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Department_of_Transportation" title="Massachusetts Department of Transportation">Massachusetts Department of Transportation</a> fully deployed its resources to clear the roads, including 3,800 pieces of snow-fighting equipment to be used on some 15,000 miles of roads. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency's emergency operations center was activated.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> Mayor <a href="/wiki/Marty_Walsh" title="Marty Walsh">Marty Walsh</a> declared a snow emergency in the city ahead of the storm. A parking ban was implemented and all school buildings were closed on December 16. City departments and some <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> testing sites were also closed as a result of the storm.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Impact">Impact</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_15%E2%80%9317,_2020_nor%27easter&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Impact"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:December_16-17_nor%27easter_snowfall_totals_map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/December_16-17_nor%27easter_snowfall_totals_map.png/300px-December_16-17_nor%27easter_snowfall_totals_map.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/December_16-17_nor%27easter_snowfall_totals_map.png/450px-December_16-17_nor%27easter_snowfall_totals_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/December_16-17_nor%27easter_snowfall_totals_map.png/600px-December_16-17_nor%27easter_snowfall_totals_map.png 2x" data-file-width="1240" data-file-height="702" /></a><figcaption>Observed snowfall accumulation from December 16–17 across the Eastern United States</figcaption></figure> <p>Due to icy conditions on the roadways as well as heavy snow and sleet, the distribution of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_vaccine" title="COVID-19 vaccine">COVID-19 vaccine</a> became more difficult.<sup id="cite_ref-PA_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PA-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_15%E2%80%9317,_2020_nor%27easter&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Southeast">Southeast</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_15%E2%80%9317,_2020_nor%27easter&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Southeast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Severe weather from the warm sector of the storm was reported near <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay" title="Tampa Bay">Tampa Bay</a> in <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>. <a href="/wiki/Tornado_warning" title="Tornado warning">Tornado warnings</a> were issued in <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_County,_Florida" title="Hillsborough County, Florida">Hillsborough County</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pinellas_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinellas County">Pinellas County</a>, Florida. A large and damaging tornado was confirmed in <a href="/wiki/Pinellas_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinellas County">Pinellas County</a>, though no casualties were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, tornadoes resulted in $16.28 million in damage. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Confirmed_tornadoes">Confirmed tornadoes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_15%E2%80%9317,_2020_nor%27easter&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Confirmed tornadoes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"> <caption>List of confirmed tornadoes – Wednesday, December 16, 2020<sup id="cite_ref-Date/Time_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Date/Time-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:3%; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Enhanced_Fujita_scale" title="Enhanced Fujita scale">EF#</a> </th> <th scope="col" style="width:7%; text-align:center;" class="unsortable">Location </th> <th scope="col" style="width:6%; text-align:center;" class="unsortable">County / Parish </th> <th scope="col" style="width:5%; text-align:center;">State </th> <th scope="col" style="width:6%; text-align:center;">Start Coord. </th> <th scope="col" style="width:6%; text-align:center;">Time (<a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a>) </th> <th scope="col" style="width:6%; text-align:center;">Path length </th> <th scope="col" style="width:6%; text-align:center;">Max width </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:48%; text-align:center;">Summary </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="FFD98C">EF2 </td> <td>NE of <a href="/wiki/Seminole,_Florida" title="Seminole, Florida">Seminole</a> to SSW of <a href="/wiki/Tampa_International_Airport" title="Tampa International Airport">Tampa International Airport</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pinellas_County,_Florida" title="Pinellas County, Florida">Pinellas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_County,_Florida" title="Hillsborough County, Florida">Hillsborough</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">FL</a> </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=December_15%E2%80%9317,_2020_nor%27easter&params=27.8637_N_82.7524_W_&title=Seminole+%28Dec.+16%2C+EF2%29"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">27°51′49″N</span> <span class="longitude">82°45′09″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">27.8637°N 82.7524°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">27.8637; -82.7524</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Seminole (Dec. 16, EF2)</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td>20:49-21:11 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004210824064000000♠"></span>13.1 mi (21.1 km) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002274320000000000♠"></span>300 yd (270 m) </td> <td>Two buildings were destroyed, and five had major damage. At a boat storage facility, 2-ton boats were tossed, and the buildings they were housed in had major damage. As the tornado approached <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_19_in_Florida" title="U.S. Route 19 in Florida">US 19</a>, damage became spottier. Insulation from buildings collected along a fence near the <a href="/wiki/St._Pete%E2%80%93Clearwater_International_Airport" title="St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport">St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport</a>. The tornado crossed <a href="/wiki/Interstate_275_(Florida)" title="Interstate 275 (Florida)">I-275</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Howard_Frankland_Bridge" title="Howard Frankland Bridge">Howard Frankland Bridge</a>. Video from social media showed the tornado bending a light pole. Damage was $16 million.<sup id="cite_ref-TBW1216_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TBW1216-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="FFFFD9">EF1 </td> <td>N of <a href="/wiki/Plant_City,_Florida" title="Plant City, Florida">Plant City</a> to <a href="/wiki/Gibsonia,_Florida" title="Gibsonia, Florida">Gibsonia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_County,_Florida" title="Hillsborough County, Florida">Hillsborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Polk_County,_Florida" title="Polk County, Florida">Polk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">FL</a> </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818" /><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=December_15%E2%80%9317,_2020_nor%27easter&params=28.061_N_82.1662_W_&title=Plant+City-Gibsonia+%28Dec.+16%2C+EF1%29"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">28°03′40″N</span> <span class="longitude">82°09′58″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">28.061°N 82.1662°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">28.061; -82.1662</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Plant City-Gibsonia (Dec. 16, EF1)</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td>21:53-22:15 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004207605376000000♠"></span>12.9 mi (20.8 km) </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002228600000000000♠"></span>250 yd (230 m) </td> <td>A home was damaged in <a href="/wiki/Lakeland,_Florida" title="Lakeland, Florida">North Lakeland</a>, just north of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Gibson_(Florida)" title="Lake Gibson (Florida)">Lake Gibson</a>. Two small barns were destroyed. Video posted on social media of this tornado showed the tornado as a "wedge". Most damage was done to trees as the tornado's rotation stayed elevated for most of its path. Damage was $280,000.<sup id="cite_ref-TBW1216_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TBW1216-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Mid-Atlantic_states_2">Mid-Atlantic states</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_15%E2%80%9317,_2020_nor%27easter&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Mid-Atlantic states"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SnowNJ_2020-12-17.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/SnowNJ_2020-12-17.jpg/220px-SnowNJ_2020-12-17.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/SnowNJ_2020-12-17.jpg/330px-SnowNJ_2020-12-17.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/SnowNJ_2020-12-17.jpg/440px-SnowNJ_2020-12-17.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption>Snowfall accumulation in <a href="/wiki/Essex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Essex County, New Jersey">Essex County, New Jersey</a>, on December 17, 2020</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Virginia_State_Police" title="Virginia State Police">Virginia State Police</a> responded to about 200 crashes and 125 disabled vehicles across the state. By 6:45 p.m. local time, <a href="/wiki/Dominion_Energy" title="Dominion Energy">Dominion Energy</a> reported nearly 20,000 power outages, mainly across the <a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_Valley" title="Shenandoah Valley">Shenandoah Valley</a>, western <a href="/wiki/Piedmont_Mountains" title="Piedmont Mountains">Piedmont</a>. <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Power" class="mw-redirect" title="Appalachian Power">Appalachian Power</a> reported roughly 3,000 outages in southwestern Virginia, and more than 6,800 customers were without power in the Rappahannock Electric Cooperative area. The National Weather Service received a report of up to 0.6 in (1.5 cm) of <a href="/wiki/Freezing_rain" title="Freezing rain">freezing rain</a> east of <a href="/wiki/Galax,_Virginia" title="Galax, Virginia">Galax</a> and a half-inch in western <a href="/wiki/Bedford_County,_Virginia" title="Bedford County, Virginia">Bedford County</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Maryland_State_Police" title="Maryland State Police">Maryland State Police</a> responded to 489 service calls on December 16 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. local time, including 161 crashes and 60 abandoned or disabled vehicles. The <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Police_Department" title="Baltimore Police Department">Baltimore Police Department</a> responded to 88 calls for accidents around the city Wednesday since 12:00 p.m. local time.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was a very wide range of snowfall, from one foot of snow in <a href="/wiki/Sabillasville" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabillasville">Sabillasville</a>, to 0.7 inches (1.8 cm) of snow in <a href="/wiki/Olney,_Maryland" title="Olney, Maryland">Olney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the morning of December 17, <a href="/wiki/Spirit_Airlines" title="Spirit Airlines">Spirit Airlines</a> Flight 696 skidded off the taxiway after landing at <a href="/wiki/Baltimore/Washington_International_Airport" title="Baltimore/Washington International Airport">Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall Airport</a> due to snow and ice accumulations. There were no injuries from the crash.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Snowfall_Newark_Valley,_NY_December_2020.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Snowfall_Newark_Valley%2C_NY_December_2020.jpg/220px-Snowfall_Newark_Valley%2C_NY_December_2020.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Snowfall_Newark_Valley%2C_NY_December_2020.jpg/330px-Snowfall_Newark_Valley%2C_NY_December_2020.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Snowfall_Newark_Valley%2C_NY_December_2020.jpg/440px-Snowfall_Newark_Valley%2C_NY_December_2020.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3120" data-file-height="4160" /></a><figcaption>Snowfall accumulation in <a href="/wiki/Newark_Valley,_New_York" title="Newark Valley, New York">Newark Valley, NY</a> on December 17, 2020</figcaption></figure> <p>By late December 16, power outages peaked around 14,000 in <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>, before decreasing by the following morning.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Strong gusty winds were reported as well, especially close to the <a href="/wiki/Jersey_Shore" title="Jersey Shore">Jersey Shore</a>, where a peak gust of 62 mph (100 km/h) in <a href="/wiki/Mantoloking,_New_Jersey" title="Mantoloking, New Jersey">Mantoloking</a> was recorded late on December 16. At times, snowfall rates within the state averaged 2–3 inches (5.1–7.6 cm) an hour, particularly in the northern portion.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 11.4 inches (29 cm) of snow was recorded at <a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, Pennsylvania, the city recorded 6.3 inches (16 cm) of snow, the highest since 2018 and more than the entirety of the previous winter season.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Pittsburgh area got 9.3 inches (24 cm), the most since the 2010 storm. North of there got over a foot of snow.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The snowstorm became the largest on record in <a href="/wiki/Williamsport,_Pennsylvania" title="Williamsport, Pennsylvania">Williamsport, Pennsylvania</a>, with 24.7 inches (63 cm) of snow.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The snowstorm caused a pickup truck to crash into an EMS truck in <a href="/wiki/Collier_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Collier Township, Pennsylvania">Collier Township, Pennsylvania</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh metropolitan area">Pittsburgh metropolitan area</a>. The crew cleared before the truck hit, according to footage.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two people in <a href="/wiki/Clinton_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Clinton County, Pennsylvania">Clinton County</a> were killed in a multi-dozen car pileup on <a href="/wiki/Interstate_80_in_Pennsylvania" title="Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania">Interstate 80</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fox_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fox-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Binghamton" class="mw-redirect" title="Binghamton">Binghamton</a>, New York area saw a record-breaking 40 inches (102 cm) of snow, which caused severe travel headaches, as the system was predicted to bring only a maximum of 20 inches (51 cm) to the southern region of the state.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A travel ban was issued in <a href="/wiki/Broome_County,_New_York" title="Broome County, New York">Broome County, New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany</a> saw 22.9 inches (58 cm) of snow.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This became the 8th largest snowstorm in Albany, and the 4th largest in the month of December.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One fatality occurred in the area along <a href="/wiki/Interstate_787" title="Interstate 787">Interstate 787</a> when a tractor-trailer crashed into a snowplow.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ice accumulations of up to half an inch occurred in the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_Valley" title="Hudson Valley">Hudson Valley</a>, and up to two-tenths of an inch of ice accumulated on <a href="/wiki/Long_Island" title="Long Island">Long Island</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> State police responded to more than 600 accidents and disabled vehicles overnight stuck in snow and sleet as the storm passed over, resulting in two fatal accidents.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amounts of 4–10 inches (10–25 cm) of snow and sleet fell on Long Island and the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> area, with 10.5 inches (27 cm) of snow falling in <a href="/wiki/Central_Park" title="Central Park">Central Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sleet made the cleanup efforts particularly difficult on Long Island, due to its weight.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_45-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The snowfall totals from this storm in New York City were greater than the snow total from the previous winter, which was just 4.8 inches (12 cm) of snowfall.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The snowstorm led to a 19-car pileup on the <a href="/wiki/Henry_Hudson_Parkway" title="Henry Hudson Parkway">Henry Hudson Parkway</a>, resulting in six injuries and the closure of all southbound lanes on the <a href="/wiki/Henry_Hudson_Bridge" title="Henry Hudson Bridge">Henry Hudson Bridge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Newark_Valley,_New_York" title="Newark Valley, New York">Newark Valley</a> saw 44 inches (110 cm) of snow, the maximum snowfall accumulation during the event.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="New_England_2">New England</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_15%E2%80%9317,_2020_nor%27easter&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: New England"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Snow_eastern_Massachusetts_2020-12-18.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Snow_eastern_Massachusetts_2020-12-18.jpg/400px-Snow_eastern_Massachusetts_2020-12-18.jpg" decoding="async" width="400" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Snow_eastern_Massachusetts_2020-12-18.jpg/600px-Snow_eastern_Massachusetts_2020-12-18.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Snow_eastern_Massachusetts_2020-12-18.jpg/800px-Snow_eastern_Massachusetts_2020-12-18.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9935" data-file-height="3221" /></a><figcaption>A panoramic view of 14 inches (36 cm) of snow blanketing <a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Massachusetts" title="Lexington, Massachusetts">Lexington, MA</a> on December 18, 2020</figcaption></figure> <p>The greatest snow totals in the state of <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a> were reported in <a href="/wiki/Fairfield_County,_Connecticut" title="Fairfield County, Connecticut">Fairfield</a> and <a href="/wiki/Litchfield_County,_Connecticut" title="Litchfield County, Connecticut">Litchfield</a> Counties in the western part of the state, where up to 15 inches (38 cm) of snow fell. Snow totals ranged between 6 inches along coastal southeastern Connecticut to over a foot over interior sections of central and eastern Connecticut.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The greatest snowfall total in Massachusetts was in the town of <a href="/wiki/Florida,_MA" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida, MA">Florida</a>, where 24 inches (61 cm) of snow were recorded. Snowfall totals of at least 8 inches (20 cm) were recorded in most of the state, with the exception of <a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod" title="Cape Cod">Cape Cod</a>. The heaviest snowfall was in the northwestern portion of Massachusetts.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Boston set a record one-day snowfall accumulation on December 17, where 12.7 inches (32 cm) of snow was recorded from the nor'easter.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Near-blizzard conditions were reported across areas of Massachusetts.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further north in <a href="/wiki/Concord,_New_Hampshire" title="Concord, New Hampshire">Concord, New Hampshire</a>, a one day snowfall record was set, with 24.2 inches (61 cm) of snow.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Atlantic_Canada">Atlantic Canada</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_15%E2%80%9317,_2020_nor%27easter&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Atlantic Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Nova_Scotia">Nova Scotia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_15%E2%80%9317,_2020_nor%27easter&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Nova Scotia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 17–18, as the nor'easter passed to the south of the province, winter weather caused various delays and closures, particularly in the Provincial capital, Halifax, where schools, government offices, recreational programs and public parks had delayed openings after 20 centimetres (7.9 in) of snow fell.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Annapolis county and the South Shore, the snow was disruptive enough to close schools for the day.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A bus in Laurencetown drove off the road, although the student aboard and driver weren't injured. Many parents were worried about their children's safety, preferring they stay home for the day. According to local police, traffic was lighter than usual and very few collisions were reported as residents took the storm seriously.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Snowfall_totals">Snowfall totals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_15%E2%80%9317,_2020_nor%27easter&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Snowfall totals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Highest observed snow totals from each affected state </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>State </th> <th>Town </th> <th>Amount </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Newark_Valley,_New_York" title="Newark Valley, New York">Newark Valley</a> </td> <td>44 inches (110 cm) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Croydon,_New_Hampshire" title="Croydon, New Hampshire">Croydon</a> </td> <td>44 inches (110 cm) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alba,_Pennsylvania" title="Alba, Pennsylvania">Alba</a> </td> <td>43.3 inches (110 cm) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Landgrove,_Vermont" title="Landgrove, Vermont">Landgrove</a> </td> <td>42 inches (110 cm) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Acton,_Maine" title="Acton, Maine">Acton</a> </td> <td>28 inches (71 cm) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Florida,_Massachusetts" title="Florida, Massachusetts">Florida</a> </td> <td>24 inches (61 cm) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winsted,_Connecticut" title="Winsted, Connecticut">Winsted</a> </td> <td>16.5 inches (42 cm) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glocester,_Rhode_Island" title="Glocester, Rhode Island">Glocester</a> </td> <td>14 inches (36 cm) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Highland_Lakes,_New_Jersey" title="Highland Lakes, New Jersey">Highland Lakes</a> </td> <td>12.3 inches (31 cm) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sabillasville,_Maryland" title="Sabillasville, Maryland">Sabillasville</a> </td> <td>12 inches (30 cm) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hambleton,_West_Virginia" title="Hambleton, West Virginia">Hambleton</a> </td> <td>12 inches (30 cm) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basye,_Virginia" title="Basye, Virginia">Basye</a> </td> <td>11.5 inches (29 cm) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bridgeport,_Ohio" title="Bridgeport, Ohio">Bridgeport</a> </td> <td>7.5 inches (19 cm) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Talleyville,_Delaware" title="Talleyville, Delaware">Talleyville</a> </td> <td>5.7 inches (14 cm) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tipton,_Indiana" title="Tipton, Indiana">Tipton</a> </td> <td>5 inches (13 cm) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="District of Columbia">District of Columbia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, 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#CCCCCC;"><span>N/A</span></div><div title="cat0 Oct 29–30" class="season-bar-name"><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Zeta" title="Hurricane Zeta">Oct 29–30</a></div></div> <div class="season-bar-button"><div title="cat0 Nov 29–Dec 2" class="season-bar-intensity mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #CCCCCC;"><span>N/A</span></div><div title="cat0 Nov 29–Dec 2" class="season-bar-name"><a href="/wiki/November_2020_North_American_storm_complex" title="November 2020 North American storm complex">Nov 29–Dec 2</a></div></div> <div class="season-bar-button"><div title="cat0 Dec 4–6" class="season-bar-intensity mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #CCCCCC;"><span>N/A</span></div><div title="cat0 Dec 4–6" class="season-bar-name"><a href="/wiki/December_5%E2%80%936,_2020_nor%27easter" title="December 5–6, 2020 nor'easter">Dec 4–6</a></div></div> <div class="season-bar-button"><div title="cat2 Dec 14–18" class="season-bar-intensity mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #FFD98C;"><span>2</span></div><div title="cat2 Dec 14–18" class="season-bar-name"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dec 14–18</a></div></div> <div class="season-bar-button"><div title="cat0 Dec 23–25" class="season-bar-intensity mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #CCCCCC;"><span>N/A</span></div><div title="cat0 Dec 23–25" class="season-bar-name"><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_North_American_winter#Christmas_Week_blizzard" title="2020–21 North American winter">Dec 23–25</a></div></div> <div class="season-bar-button"><div title="cat1 Dec 30–Jan 2" class="season-bar-intensity mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #FFFFD9;"><span>1</span></div><div title="cat1 Dec 30–Jan 2" class="season-bar-name"><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_New_Year%27s_North_American_winter_storm" title="2020–21 New Year's North American winter storm">Dec 30–Jan 2</a></div></div> <div class="season-bar-button"><div title="cat0 Jan 12–17" class="season-bar-intensity mw-no-invert" style="background-color: 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6–8" class="season-bar-intensity mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #CCCCCC;"><span>N/A</span></div><div title="cat0 Feb 6–8" class="season-bar-name"><a href="/wiki/February_6%E2%80%938,_2021_nor%27easter" title="February 6–8, 2021 nor'easter">Feb 6–8</a></div></div> <div class="season-bar-button"><div title="cat0 Feb 10–12" class="season-bar-intensity mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #CCCCCC;"><span>N/A</span></div><div title="cat0 Feb 10–12" class="season-bar-name"><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_North_American_winter#February_10–12_and_11–14_ice_storms" title="2020–21 North American winter">Feb 10–12</a></div></div> <div class="season-bar-button"><div title="cat0 Feb 11–14" class="season-bar-intensity mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #CCCCCC;"><span>N/A</span></div><div title="cat0 Feb 11–14" class="season-bar-name"><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_North_American_winter#February_10–12_and_11–14_ice_storms" title="2020–21 North American winter">Feb 11–14</a></div></div> <div class="season-bar-button"><div title="cat3 Feb 13–17" class="season-bar-intensity mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #FF9E59;"><span>3</span></div><div title="cat3 Feb 13–17" class="season-bar-name"><a href="/wiki/February_13%E2%80%9317,_2021_North_American_winter_storm" title="February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm">Feb 13–17</a></div></div> <div class="season-bar-button"><div title="cat3 Feb 15–20" class="season-bar-intensity mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #FF9E59;"><span>3</span></div><div title="cat3 Feb 15–20" class="season-bar-name"><a href="/wiki/February_15%E2%80%9320,_2021_North_American_winter_storm" title="February 15–20, 2021 North American winter storm">Feb 15–20</a></div></div> <div class="season-bar-button"><div title="cat3 Mar 10–16" class="season-bar-intensity mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #FF9E59;"><span>3</span></div><div title="cat3 Mar 10–16" class="season-bar-name"><a href="/wiki/March_2021_North_American_blizzard" title="March 2021 North American blizzard">Mar 10–16</a></div></div> <div class="season-bar-button"><div title="cat0 Mar 16–17" class="season-bar-intensity mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #CCCCCC;"><span>N/A</span></div><div title="cat0 Mar 16–17" class="season-bar-name"><a href="/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_March_16%E2%80%9318,_2021" title="Tornado outbreak of March 16–18, 2021">Mar 16–17</a></div></div> <div class="season-bar-button"><div title="cat0 Apr 15–17" class="season-bar-intensity mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #CCCCCC;"><span>N/A</span></div><div title="cat0 Apr 15–17" class="season-bar-name"><a href="/wiki/April_2021_nor%27easter" title="April 2021 nor'easter">Apr 15–17</a></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><b><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" 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href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_North_American_winter" title="2009–10 North American winter">2009–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_North_American_winter" title="2010–11 North American winter">2010–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_North_American_winter" title="2011–12 North American winter">2011–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_North_American_winter" title="2012–13 North American winter">2012–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_North_American_winter" title="2013–14 North American winter">2013–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_North_American_winter" title="2014–15 North American winter">2014–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_North_American_winter" title="2015–16 North American winter">2015–16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_North_American_winter" title="2016–17 North American winter">2016–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_North_American_winter" title="2017–18 North American winter">2017–18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_North_American_winter" title="2018–19 North American winter">2018–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_North_American_winter" title="2019–20 North American winter">2019–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_North_American_winter" title="2020–21 North American winter">2020–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_North_American_winter" title="2021–22 North American winter">2021–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_North_American_winter" title="2022–23 North American winter">2022–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_North_American_winter" title="2023–24 North American winter">2023–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_North_American_winter" title="2024–25 North American winter">2024–25</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">18th–19th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>1717</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Snow_of_1717" title="The Great Snow of 1717">Feb 27–Mar 7</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1804</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1804_New_England_hurricane" title="1804 New England hurricane">Oct 4–11</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1886</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_1886_blizzard" title="January 1886 blizzard">Jan 6–10</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1888</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Schoolhouse_Blizzard" title="Schoolhouse Blizzard">Jan 12–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Blizzard_of_1888" title="Great Blizzard of 1888">Mar 11–14</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1899</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Blizzard_of_1899" title="Great Blizzard of 1899">Feb 11–14</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">20th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>1900</b> <ul><li>Feb 27 – Mar 3</li></ul></li> <li><b>1905</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mataafa_Storm" title="Mataafa Storm">Nov 27–28</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1913</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_Storm_of_1913" title="Great Lakes Storm of 1913">Nov 6–11</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1920</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1920_North_Dakota_blizzard" title="1920 North Dakota blizzard">Mar 15–18</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1922</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Knickerbocker_storm" title="Knickerbocker storm">Jan 27–28</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1940</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1940_Armistice_Day_Blizzard" title="1940 Armistice Day Blizzard">Nov 10–12</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1947</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_blizzard_of_1947" title="North American blizzard of 1947">Dec 25–26</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1950</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Appalachian_Storm_of_1950" title="Great Appalachian Storm of 1950">Nov 24–30</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1952</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_1952_nor%27easter" title="February 1952 nor'easter">Feb 17–18</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1956</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/March_18%E2%80%9320,_1956,_nor%27easter" title="March 18–20, 1956, nor'easter">Mar 18–19</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1958</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/March_18%E2%80%9322,_1958,_nor%27easter" title="March 18–22, 1958, nor'easter">Mar 18–22</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1960</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/March_1960_nor%27easter" title="March 1960 nor'easter">Mar 2–5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_1960_nor%27easter" title="December 1960 nor'easter">Dec 11–13</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1961</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_ice_storm_of_January_1961" title="North American ice storm of January 1961">Jan 11–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_1961_nor%27easter" title="January 1961 nor'easter">Jan 18–21</a></li> <li>Feb 2–5</li></ul></li> <li><b>1962</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ash_Wednesday_Storm_of_1962" title="Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962">Mar 6–8</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1963</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Ginny" title="Hurricane Ginny">Oct 25–30</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1964</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Year%27s_Eve_1963_snowstorm" title="New Year's Eve 1963 snowstorm">Dec 30, 1963 – Jan 4</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1966</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_blizzard_of_1966" title="North American blizzard of 1966">Jan 27–31</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1967</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1967_Chicago_blizzard" title="1967 Chicago blizzard">Jan 26–27</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1969</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_1969_nor%27easter" title="February 1969 nor'easter">Feb 8–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_1969_nor%27easter" title="March 1969 nor'easter">Mar 5–8</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/December_1969_nor%27easter" title="December 1969 nor'easter">Dec 25–28</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><b>1971</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Canadian_blizzard_of_March_1971" title="Eastern Canadian blizzard of March 1971">Mar 3–5</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1973</b> <ul><li>Feb 9–11</li></ul></li> <li><b>1975</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Storm_of_1975" title="Great Storm of 1975">Jan 9–12</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1976</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Groundhog_Day_gale_of_1976" title="Groundhog Day gale of 1976">Feb 2</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1977</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blizzard_of_1977" title="Blizzard of 1977">Jan 28 – Feb 1</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1978</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Blizzard_of_1978" title="Great Blizzard of 1978">Jan 25–27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeastern_United_States_blizzard_of_1978" title="Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978">Feb 5–7</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1979</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_Chicago_blizzard" title="1979 Chicago blizzard">Jan 13–14</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1983</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_1983_North_American_blizzard" title="February 1983 North American blizzard">February 9–12</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1989</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/December_1989_United_States_cold_wave" title="December 1989 United States cold wave">Dec 22 – 24</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1991</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1991_Halloween_blizzard" title="1991 Halloween blizzard">Oct 31 – Nov 3</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1992</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/December_1992_nor%27easter" title="December 1992 nor'easter">Dec 10–12</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1993</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1993_Storm_of_the_Century" title="1993 Storm of the Century">Mar 12–15</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1995</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_1995_nor%27easter" title="February 1995 nor'easter">Feb 2–6</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1996</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_blizzard_of_1996" title="North American blizzard of 1996">Jan 6–10</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1997</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1997_April_Fool%27s_Day_blizzard" title="1997 April Fool's Day blizzard">Mar 31 – Apr 1</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/1997_Western_Plains_winter_storms" class="mw-redirect" title="1997 Western Plains winter storms">Oct 24–26</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1998</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_1998_North_American_ice_storm" title="January 1998 North American ice storm">Jan 4–10</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1999</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_blizzard_of_1999" title="North American blizzard of 1999">Jan 2–4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_1999_North_American_ice_storm" title="January 1999 North American ice storm">Jan 14–15</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">21st century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>2000</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2000_North_American_blizzard" title="January 2000 North American blizzard">Jan 18–30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2000_nor%27easter" title="December 2000 nor'easter">Dec 27–31</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2002</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2002_Central_Plains_ice_storm" title="2002 Central Plains ice storm">Jan 29–31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Valley_Surprise_of_2002" title="South Valley Surprise of 2002">Feb 7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_ice_storm_of_2002" title="North Carolina ice storm of 2002">Dec 4–5</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2003</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_blizzard_of_2003" title="North American blizzard of 2003">Feb 14–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2003_nor%27easter" title="December 2003 nor'easter">Dec 5–8</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2004</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/White_Juan" title="White Juan">Feb 17–23</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/December_21%E2%80%9324,_2004,_North_American_winter_storm" title="December 21–24, 2004, North American winter storm">Dec 21–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Christmas_Eve_United_States_winter_storm" title="2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm">Dec 24–28</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2005</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_blizzard_of_2005" title="North American blizzard of 2005">Jan 20–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2005_North_American_ice_storm" title="December 2005 North American ice storm">Dec 14–16</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2006</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_blizzard_of_2006" title="North American blizzard of 2006">Feb 11–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Storm_Aphid" title="Lake Storm Aphid">Oct 11–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2006_nor%27easter" title="November 2006 nor'easter">Nov 20–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_Winter_2006_North_American_storm_complex" title="Early Winter 2006 North American storm complex">Nov 26 – Dec 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Colorado_Holiday_Blizzards" title="2006 Colorado Holiday Blizzards">Dec 20 – Jan 1</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2007</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2007_North_American_ice_storm" title="January 2007 North American ice storm">Jan 11–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2007_North_American_blizzard" title="February 2007 North American blizzard">Feb 12–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2007_nor%27easter" title="April 2007 nor'easter">Apr 13–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Coastal_Gale_of_2007" title="Great Coastal Gale of 2007">Nov 29 – Dec 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_December_2007_North_American_winter_storm" title="Early December 2007 North American winter storm">Nov 29 – Dec 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-December_2007_North_American_winter_storms" title="Mid-December 2007 North American winter storms">Dec 8–18</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2008</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2008_North_American_storm_complex" title="January 2008 North American storm complex">Jan 3–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_blizzard_of_2008" title="North American blizzard of 2008">Mar 6–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2008_Northeastern_United_States_ice_storm" title="December 2008 Northeastern United States ice storm">Dec 11–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2008_North_American_snowstorms" title="December 2008 North American snowstorms">Dec 19–25</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2009</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2009_North_American_ice_storm" title="January 2009 North American ice storm">Jan 25–30</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/October_2009_North_American_storm_complex" title="October 2009 North American storm complex">Oct 13–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2009_North_American_blizzard" title="December 2009 North American blizzard">Dec 16–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_North_American_Christmas_blizzard" title="2009 North American Christmas blizzard">Dec 22–28</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>2010</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2010_North_American_winter_storms" title="January 2010 North American winter storms">Jan 17–26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_5%E2%80%936,_2010_North_American_blizzard" title="February 5–6, 2010 North American blizzard">Feb 1–6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_9%E2%80%9310,_2010_North_American_blizzard" title="February 9–10, 2010 North American blizzard">Feb 7–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_25%E2%80%9327,_2010_North_American_blizzard" title="February 25–27, 2010 North American blizzard">Feb 24–27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2010_nor%27easter" title="March 2010 nor'easter">Mar 12–16</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/October_2010_North_American_storm_complex" title="October 2010 North American storm complex">Oct 23–28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2010_North_American_blizzard" title="December 2010 North American blizzard">Dec 5–29</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2011</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_8%E2%80%9313,_2011_nor%27easter" title="January 8–13, 2011 nor'easter">Jan 8–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_25%E2%80%9327,_2011_nor%27easter" title="January 25–27, 2011 nor'easter">Jan 24–28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Groundhog_Day_blizzard" title="2011 Groundhog Day blizzard">Jan 29 – Feb 3</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/2011_Halloween_nor%27easter" title="2011 Halloween nor'easter">Oct 28 – Nov 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2011_Bering_Sea_cyclone" title="November 2011 Bering Sea cyclone">Nov 8–10</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2012</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2012_Pacific_Northwest_snowstorm" title="January 2012 Pacific Northwest snowstorm">Jan 16–20</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy" title="Hurricane Sandy">Oct 29 – Nov 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2012_nor%27easter" title="November 2012 nor'easter">Nov 7–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_17%E2%80%9322,_2012_North_American_blizzard" title="December 17–22, 2012 North American blizzard">Dec 17–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Late_December_2012_North_American_storm_complex" title="Late December 2012 North American storm complex">Dec 25–28</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2013</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_2013_North_American_blizzard" title="February 2013 North American blizzard">Feb 7–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_North_American_winter#Late_February_winter_storm" title="2012–13 North American winter">Feb 22–29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2013_nor%27easter" title="March 2013 nor'easter">Mar 1–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Late_March_2013_North_American_storm_complex" class="mw-redirect" title="Late March 2013 North American storm complex">Mar 18–20</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/October_2013_North_American_storm_complex" title="October 2013 North American storm complex">Oct 3–5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2013_North_American_storm_complex" class="mw-redirect" title="November 2013 North American storm complex">Nov 22–28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2013_North_American_storm_complex" title="December 2013 North American storm complex">Dec 19–23</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2014</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2%E2%80%934,_2014_North_American_blizzard" title="January 2–4, 2014 North American blizzard">Dec 30, 2013 – Jan 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_20%E2%80%9322,_2014_North_American_blizzard" title="January 20–22, 2014 North American blizzard">Jan 20–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2014_Gulf_Coast_winter_storm" title="January 2014 Gulf Coast winter storm">Jan 27–31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2014_nor%27easter" title="February 2014 nor'easter">Feb 11–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_North_American_winter#Late_February_storm_complex" title="2013–14 North American winter">Feb 19–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2014_North_American_winter_storm" title="March 2014 North American winter storm">Feb 27 – Mar 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2014_nor%27easter" class="mw-redirect" title="March 2014 nor'easter">Mar 24–28</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/November_2014_Bering_Sea_cyclone" title="November 2014 Bering Sea cyclone">Nov 8–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_13%E2%80%9321,_2014_North_American_winter_storm" title="November 13–21, 2014 North American winter storm">Nov 13–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_December_2014_nor%27easter" class="mw-redirect" title="Early December 2014 nor'easter">Dec 9–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2014_North_American_storm_complex" title="December 2014 North American storm complex">Dec 10–27</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2015</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2015_North_American_blizzard" title="January 2015 North American blizzard">Jan 23–30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_31_%E2%80%93_February_2,_2015_North_American_blizzard" title="January 31 – February 2, 2015 North American blizzard">Jan 31 – Feb 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_14%E2%80%9315,_2015_North_American_blizzard" title="February 14–15, 2015 North American blizzard">Feb 12–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_North_American_winter#Late_February–early_March_winter_storms" title="2014–15 North American winter">Feb 20 – Mar 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2015_Southeastern_United_States_winter_storm" title="February 2015 Southeastern United States winter storm">Feb 25–26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2015_North_American_winter_storm" title="March 2015 North American winter storm">Mar 1–6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_sequence_of_May_5%E2%80%9310,_2015#Winter_storm_side" title="Tornado outbreak sequence of May 5–10, 2015">May 9–11</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/November_2015_North_American_ice_storm" class="mw-redirect" title="November 2015 North American ice storm">Nov 24–27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2015_North_American_storm_complex" title="December 2015 North American storm complex">Dec 26–30</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2016</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2016_United_States_blizzard" title="January 2016 United States blizzard">Jan 21–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2016_North_American_winter_storm" title="February 2016 North American winter storm">Jan 29 – Feb 7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_February_2016_nor%27easter" class="mw-redirect" title="Early February 2016 nor'easter">Feb 7–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_February_23%E2%80%9324,_2016" title="Tornado outbreak of February 23–24, 2016">Feb 23–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_North_American_winter#March_extreme_weather_events" title="2015–16 North American winter">Mar 8–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Late_March_2016_North_American_blizzard" class="mw-redirect" title="Late March 2016 North American blizzard">Mar 21–25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2016_North_American_storm_complex" title="April 2016 North American storm complex">Apr 15–23</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/2016_North_American_Christmas_blizzard" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 North American Christmas blizzard">Dec 23–26</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2017</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_4%E2%80%938,_2017,_North_American_winter_storm" class="mw-redirect" title="January 4–8, 2017, North American winter storm">Jan 4–8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_California_floods" title="2017 California floods">Jan 7–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2017_North_American_ice_storm" title="January 2017 North American ice storm">Jan 10–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_California_floods" title="2017 California floods">Jan 19–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_January_21%E2%80%9323,_2017#Non-tornadic_events" title="Tornado outbreak of January 21–23, 2017">Jan 21–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_9%E2%80%9311,_2017,_North_American_blizzard" class="mw-redirect" title="February 9–11, 2017, North American blizzard">Feb 6–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_12%E2%80%9314,_2017,_North_American_blizzard" class="mw-redirect" title="February 12–14, 2017, North American blizzard">Feb 12–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_California_floods" title="2017 California floods">Feb 8–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2017_North_American_blizzard" title="March 2017 North American blizzard">Mar 11–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_and_floods_of_April_28_%E2%80%93_May_1,_2017#Snow_impacts" title="Tornado outbreak and floods of April 28 – May 1, 2017">Apr 28 – May 1</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/October_2017_North_American_storm_complex" class="mw-redirect" title="October 2017 North American storm complex">Oct 29–31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2017_North_American_winter_storm" title="December 2017 North American winter storm">Dec 8–10</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2018</b> <ul><li><a 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American winter">Dec 23–25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_New_Year%27s_North_American_winter_storm" title="2020–21 New Year's North American winter storm">Dec 30 – Jan 2, 2021</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2021</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_North_American_winter#Mid-January_blizzard" title="2020–21 North American winter">Jan 12–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_31_%E2%80%93_February_3,_2021_nor%27easter" title="January 31 – February 3, 2021 nor'easter">Jan 25 – Feb 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_6%E2%80%938,_2021_nor%27easter" title="February 6–8, 2021 nor'easter">Feb 6–8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2021_North_American_ice_storm" class="mw-redirect" title="February 2021 North American ice storm">Feb 10–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_11%E2%80%9314,_2021_North_American_storm_complex" class="mw-redirect" title="February 11–14, 2021 North American storm complex">Feb 11–14</a></li> <li><a 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Great Lakes winter storm">Nov 17–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_December_12%E2%80%9315,_2022#Non-tornadic_impacts" title="Tornado outbreak of December 12–15, 2022">Dec 12-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2022_North_American_winter_storm" title="December 2022 North American winter storm">Dec 21–26</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2023</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_31_%E2%80%93_February_2,_2023_North_American_ice_storm" title="January 31 – February 2, 2023 North American ice storm">Jan 31–Feb 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2023_North_American_storm_complex" title="February 2023 North American storm complex">Feb 21–28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2023_North_American_winter_storm" title="March 2023 North American winter storm">Mar 9–17</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2024</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_North_American_winter#Early_January_nor'easter" title="2023–24 North American winter">Jan 6–7</a></li> <li><a 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