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The second of back-to-back snow storms smothered the East Coast and easily eclipsed record seasonal snow totals. More than a month remains in winter but already Washington D.C., Philadelphia and Baltimore logged their snowiest winters in history. capital, and forcing school closures from Virginia to New York. A second major snowstorm struck the eastern U.S., paralyzing travel for millions, shutting down the U.S. Tidal flooding also occurred along the coast.A woman struggles through a blizzard in Washington, D.C. May, Morris, Passaic and Somerset counties, 4 to 19 inches inīurlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer and Salem counties,Īnd 3 to 10 inches in Hunterdon, Sussex and Warren counties. Monmouth, Ocean and Union counties, 5 to 29 inches in Atlantic, Cape Total reported snowfallĪccumulations were 14 to 32 inches in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Morris and Somerset counties in particular. Gradient in snowfall reports was also observed over northern andĬentral New Jersey, with a huge range between the opposite ends of Snowfall reports varied widely due to the high winds which made Strong winds with gusts into the 50 mph range continued state-wide allĬausing significant blowing and drifting of snow through the day. State during the early morning hours of the 27th, though extremely The snow finally began to dissipate across the Midnight on the 27th, the heaviest bands across eastern New Jerseyīegan to weaken, but another heavy band of snow developed across State, though winds were weaker across western New Jersey. Snow to produce blizzard conditions across the eastern half of the At the same time, winds became very strong and combined with the While rates in western New Jersey were generally 1 inch per hour or Snowfall rates inĮastern New Jersey reached 3 to 4 inches per hour during the evening,

Snowfall affected western portions of the state. Of snow developing across eastern New Jersey while generally lighter The snow continued through the afternoon and evening hours of Started in northwestern New Jersey during the early afternoon, it hadīeen falling heavily for several hours already along the southernĬoast. Snow began to overspread the state from southeast to northwest during By the evening of the 27th it had reached Nova Scotia The morning of the 27th it had strengthened a bit more and was located Intensified and was positioned just south of eastern Long Island. Had also begun to accelerate, having reached the North Carolina coast.īy the evening of the 26th it had explosively The low pressure had continued to strengthen and Pressure began to strengthen significantly. It was only as it reached Florida that the low

Mexico before coming ashore in northern Florida during the evening On Christmas Day it continued trackingĮast just south of the northern shore of the Gulf of The day on Christmas Eve it tracked east across the state of Texas, The low pressure and associated surface fronts first developed near theīig Bend of Texas during the pre-dawn hours of Christmas Eve. Significant snow also fellĪcross western portions of the state, though both snowfall and wind was Record breaking snow and blizzard conditions to much of eastern New Which brought extremely heavy and in some cases The "Boxing Day Blizzard of 2010" was a rapidly developing nor'easter Snowfall Totals from December 26-27, 2010 Pressure and 1000 to 500 Millibar Thickness Maps Surface Weather Maps - Pressure and Fronts Only Snowfall totals, and images courtesy of the National Climatic Data Center, the National Centers of Environmental Prediction, the Climate Prediction Center, the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center, the Mount Holly National Weather Service Office, the Upton National Weather Service Office, Rutgers University, Plymouth State University, the University of Illinois, the American Meteorological Society, Weather Graphics Technologies, AccuWeather, and the Weather Channel.