Northeastern Winter Storm

Losses, 2024 dollars

$1.3 billion

Losses at the time

$925 million

Deaths

1

The losses and deaths are NCEI’s, counting everything the disaster did. The episodes below are only what the Weather Service filed in its Storm Events record, which counts damage differently and often not at all, so the two never add up and are shown apart.

• Winter Weather in West Virginia, October 28 to 29, 20115 eventsA developing coastal storm off the mid Atlantic coast deposited a 2 to 6 inch accumulation of snow over Randolph and Pocahontas Counties. These amounts varied depending on elevation. One to 3 inches of snow fell over Upshur, Webster, and Nicholas Counties.
• Winter Storm in Virginia, October 28 to 29, 20119 eventsHigh pressure over New England pumped in an abundant amount of cold air while low pressure developed along the Mid-Atlantic Coast. Precipitation well ahead of the low overspread northern and central Virginia during the evening hours of the 28th.
• Heavy Snow in Maryland, October 28 to 29, 2011$100,000 · 1 eventAs powerful low pressure moved up the Mid Atlantic seaboard heavy wet snow fell over the higher elevations of Northern West Virginia, Garrett county Maryland, and Western Pennsylvania.
• Heavy Snow in West Virginia, October 28 to 29, 2011$50,000 · 2 eventsAs powerful low pressure moved up the Mid Atlantic seaboard heavy wet snow fell over the higher elevations of Northern West Virginia, Garrett county Maryland, and Western Pennsylvania.
• Winter Storm in West Virginia, October 28 to 29, 201111 eventsHigh pressure over New England pumped in an abundant amount of cold air while low pressure developed along the Mid-Atlantic Coast. Precipitation well ahead of the low overspread eastern West Virginia during the evening hours of the 28th.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, October 28 to 29, 20119 eventsHigh pressure over New England pumped in an abundant amount of cold air while low pressure developed along the Mid-Atlantic Coast. Precipitation well ahead of the low overspread Maryland on the evening of the 28th.
• Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, October 28 to 29, 20112 eventsAs powerful low pressure moved up the Mid Atlantic seaboard heavy wet snow fell over the higher elevations of Northern West Virginia, Garrett county Maryland, and Western Pennsylvania.
• Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, October 29, 20111 death · 28 eventsAn early season, high-impact, winter storm delivered heavy, wet snow to southern and eastern sections of the CWA on Saturday, October 29, 2011.
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, October 29, 20118 deaths · 2 injured · 10 eventsAn unprecedented winter storm for late October not only dropped heavy snow across most of Eastern Pennsylvania, but caused widespread power outages and road closures as many deciduous trees still had foliage.
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New Jersey, October 29, 201110 eventsAn unprecedented winter storm for late October not only dropped heavy snow across parts of central and all of northwest New Jersey, but caused widespread power outages as many deciduous trees still had leaves.
• Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, October 29 to 30, 20117 eventsAn early season winter storm dumped wet snow across northeast Pennsylvania, as deepening low pressure moved up the coast. Snow amounts were very elevation-dependent.
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New York, October 29 to 30, 201111 eventsA historic and unprecedented early-season winter storm impacted the area on Saturday, October 29, with more than one foot of heavy wet snow falling on interior portions of the Lower Hudson Valley.
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New Jersey, October 29 to 30, 20111 injured · 9 eventsA historic and unprecedented early-season winter storm impacted the area on Saturday, October 29, with more than one foot of heavy wet snow falling on interior portions of northeast New Jersey. This is the first time a winter storm of this magnitude has ever occurred in October.
• Winter Storm in New York, October 29, 20112 eventsAn early season winter storm dumped wet snow across the Catskills, as deepening low pressure moved up the coast. Snow amounts were very elevation-dependent.
• Winter Weather in Delaware, October 29, 20111 eventNew Castle County Delaware was on the southwestern edge of an unprecedented winter storm on the 29th. Snowfall amounts were near an inch. A handful of outages did occur in the county and one shelter was opened in Wilmington.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Connecticut, October 29 to 30, 20111 death · $11 million · 3 eventsA rare and historic October Nor'easter brought very heavy snow to portions of southern New England on Saturday October 29. Low pressure tracked northeast from the North Carolina coast Saturday morning, rapidly strengthening as it passed well south of Nantucket Saturday evening.
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Connecticut, October 29 to 30, 20111 injured · 6 eventsA historic and unprecedented early-season winter storm impacted the area on Saturday, October 29, with more than one foot of heavy wet snow falling on interior portions of Southern Connecticut. This is the first time a winter storm of this magnitude has ever occurred in October.
• Winter Storm in New York, October 29 to 30, 201111 eventsAn early season Nor'easter dumped heavy wet snow on east central New York mainly to the south and east of the Capital District with snowfall amounts dropping off rapidly to the north and west. The storm tapped both Atlantic and subtropical moisture.
• Winter Storm in Connecticut, October 29 to 30, 20112 eventsAn early season Nor'easter dumped heavy wet snow on Litchfield County. The storm tapped both Atlantic and subtropical moisture. Snowfall rates were as high as 2 to 4 inches an hour in mesoscale snowbands. Snowfall amounts ranged from 1 to 1 1/2 feet across the county.
• Winter Storm in Massachusetts, October 29 to 30, 20112 eventsAn early season Nor'easter dumped heavy wet snow on the Berkshires. The storm tapped both Atlantic and subtropical moisture. Snowfall rates were as high as 2 to 4 inches an hour in mesoscale snowbands.
• Heavy Snow and Strong Wind in New Hampshire, October 29 to 30, 2011$155,000 · 4 eventsA rare and historic October Nor'easter brought very heavy snow to portions of southern New England on Saturday October 29. Low pressure tracked northeast from the North Carolina coast Saturday morning, rapidly strengthening as it passed well south of Nantucket Saturday evening.
• Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, October 29 to 30, 20119 eventsAn area of low pressure developed off the coast of North Carolina Saturday morning, October 29, then moved north to just east of the Delmarva Peninsula by Saturday evening, and through the Gulf of Maine Saturday night.
• Winter Storm in Vermont, October 29 to 30, 20113 eventsAn early season Nor'easter dumped heavy wet snow across southern Vermont. The storm tapped both Atlantic and subtropical moisture. Snowfall rates were as high as 1 to 3 inches an hour in mesoscale snowbands.
• Heavy Snow in Maine, October 29 to 30, 201113 eventsAn area of low pressure developed off the coast of North Carolina Saturday morning, October 29, then moved north to just east of the Delmarva Peninsula by Saturday evening, and through the Gulf of Maine Saturday night.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Vermont, October 29 to 30, 2011$30,000 · 2 eventsAn early season Nor'easter developed off the Mid-Atlantic coast on October 29th and quickly intensified as it moved just southeast of Cape Cod into the Gulf of Maine by October 30th.
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Maine, October 30, 20117 eventsIntensifying low pressure tracking across the Gulf of Maine to Nova Scotia brought the first significant snow of the season to portions of Downeast Maine...east-central Maine and the central Maine highlands.

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NOAA NCEI, U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters (2025), https://doi.org/10.25921/stkw-7w73, and the Storm Events Database for the episodes.