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Part of the 2009–10 North American winter. 1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale. The December 2009 North American blizzard was a powerful nor'easter that formed over the Gulf of Mexico in December 2009, and became a major snowstorm that affected the East Coast of the United States and Canadian Atlantic provinces.
Part of the 2009–10 North American winter. The February 5–6, 2010 North American blizzard, commonly referred to as Snowmageddon, [1] was a blizzard that had major and widespread impact in the Northeastern United States. The storm's center tracked from Baja California Sur on February 2, 2010, to the east coast on February 6, 2010, before ...
November 13 – 21, 2014 North American winter storm. January 2016 United States blizzard (Snowzilla [11]) Winter of 2009–2010 in the United Kingdom. Winter of 2010–2011 in the United Kingdom. January 17, 2020 in St. John's, Canada blizzard (Snowmageddon) [12] [13] February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm.
It was the blizzard of December 18-19, 2009. Known locally as Snowpocalypse, it would go down as the largest December snowstorm in the recorded weather history of the nation’s capital!
WASHINGTON - Where were you 14 years ago today when Snowmageddon struck?. The strong Nor'easter brought blizzard conditions and record amounts of snow to Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia ...
Impact. High winds and blowing snow in Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C., on February 10. Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., is visible on the right. The storm affected some of the same areas that already received historic snow totals during the February 5–6, 2010 North American blizzard, slowing cleanup.
December 22, 2009: Dissipated: December 28, 2009: Lowest pressure: 985 millibars (985 hPa) Tornadoes confirmed: 28: Max. rating 1: EF3 tornado: Maximum snowfall or ice accretion: 40.0 inches (102 cm) (Lead, South Dakota) Fatalities: 21: Areas affected: Midwest, Great Plains, Parts of Ontario, Eastern Seaboard
In total, the back-to-back snowstorms produced record snowfall amounts in some areas and even pushed areas towards their snowiest season on record. They were also mentioned in the media, with the first blizzard receiving unofficial names like "Snowmageddon", "Snowpocalypse" and such, with the latter receiving an unofficial name of "Snoverkill".
The December 2010 North American blizzard was a major nor'easter [3] and historic blizzard affecting the Contiguous United States and portions of Canada from December 22–29, 2010. From January 4–15, the system was known as Windstorm Benjamin in Europe. [1] It was the first significant winter storm of the 2010–11 North American winter ...
The D.C. metro area experienced one of its snowiest in history during the Winter of 2009-2010 with a total of five or more feet of snow across much of the DC area. In the February "Snowmageddon" storm alone, AOC employees cleared more than 22 million pounds of snow from the Capitol grounds.