The snowstorm of December 1 to 3, 2025

The Regional Snowfall Index is NOAA’s ranking of snowstorms east of the Rockies by how much snow fell, over how wide an area and on how many people, region by region: the area and the population above four snowfall thresholds set for each region, weighted against that region’s own history. A storm is scored in each region it reached, on a scale from 1, notable, to 5, extreme.

Events

370

Deaths

6

Injuries

64

Damage

None recorded

Episodes

43

Every winter weather episode the Weather Service filed east of the Rockies in these dates. A few may belong to another system on the same days. Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

• Winter Weather in North Carolina, November 30, 20256 eventsLight rain developed across the southern Appalachians during the early morning hours in association with a frontal system over the Tennessee Valley.
• Heavy Snow in Kansas, December 1, 20252 eventsA powdery snow fell on Monday December 1st across northeast Kansas. It was the first snow of the year and fell on a Monday morning after a holiday weekend so travel impacts were greater than perhaps would have been expected.
• Winter Weather in Oklahoma, December 1, 20252 deaths · 27 injured · 3 eventsStrong isentropic ascent promoted the development of scattered precipitation cores, including freezing rain and sleet, across Oklahoma on the morning of the 1st. This resulted in slick and hazardous travel conditions during the morning commute across the area.
• Winter Weather in Arkansas, December 1 to 4, 202514 eventsIsentropic upglide via a stationary boundary positioned across the Gulf Coast states led to moisture being fed into a region of temperatures that supported a brief, but minor winter weather event across parts of central and northern Arkansas.
• Winter Weather in Missouri, December 1, 202529 injured · 9 eventsA storm system and brought the first light snowfall to the area during the morning. While total snowfall amounts were generally one inch or less, cold ground temperatures and Monday morning traffic allowed for several vehicular accidents and school closures.
• Winter Weather in Indiana, December 1 to 2, 20255 eventsA period of light snow spread across northwest Indiana during the early afternoon of December 1st and continued into the early morning of December 2nd. Snowfall amounts were generally 2 to 4 inches.
• Winter Weather in Missouri, December 1, 20252 deaths · 7 injured · 7 eventsSnow began during the mid morning hours on Monday, December 1, just 2 days after a much heavier snow fell on November 29.
• Winter Weather in Illinois, December 1, 202517 eventsA period of light snow spread across all of northern Illinois during the afternoon of December 1st and continued through the late evening, affecting the afternoon commute.
• Winter Weather in Illinois, December 1, 20251 death · 1 eventAn upper-level disturbance brought a period of light snow to central and southeast Illinois during the afternoon and evening of December 1st.
• Heavy Snow in Indiana, December 1 to 2, 20256 eventsA mid to upper level trough moved through central Indiana late on December 1st into early December 2nd producing widespread snow across central Indiana. Multiple rounds of snow occurred from the late afternoon hours on the 1st to the early morning hours on the 2nd.
• Winter Storm in Michigan, December 1 to 2, 20254 eventsUp to a foot of lake effect snow resulted in travel disruption and isolated power outages December 1-2, 2025.
• Winter Storm in Michigan, December 1 to 2, 20253 eventsTroughing crossing the region on the evening of the 1st into the 2nd resulted in southwest flow lake enhanced snowfall off Lake Michigan.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Ohio, December 1 to 2, 202532 eventsAn upper level disturbance passed across the Ohio Valley during the early morning hours of the second. Ahead of this snow spread from west to east, beginning in the evening and ending shortly after daybreak.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Kentucky, December 1 to 2, 202510 eventsAn upper level disturbance passed across the Ohio Valley during the early morning hours of the second. Ahead of this snow spread from west to east, beginning in the evening and ending shortly after daybreak.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Indiana, December 1 to 2, 20258 eventsAn upper level disturbance passed across the Ohio Valley during the early morning hours of the second. Ahead of this snow spread from west to east, beginning in the evening and ending shortly after daybreak.
• Heavy Snow in Indiana, December 1 to 2, 20255 eventsAn upper level trough and potent mid-level vorticity maximum rotated over the Ohio Valley December 1-2, 2025. The deep mid-level trough helped increase lower level southwesterly winds and moisture advection into southern Indiana.
• Heavy Snow in Kentucky, December 1 to 2, 20254 eventsAn upper level trough and potent mid-level vorticity maximum rotated over the Ohio Valley December 1-2, 2025. The deep mid-level trough helped increase lower level southwesterly winds and moisture advection into central Kentucky.
• Winter Weather in Ohio, December 2, 20259 eventsA late night arrival of a winter storm marched into southeast Ohio around midnight on December 2nd and resulted in snow showers into the late morning hours.
• Winter Weather in Kentucky, December 2, 20254 eventsSnow showers spread into northeast Kentucky shortly after midnight on December 2nd as a low pressure system swept through the region. This set forth a period of snow showers into the late morning hours before quickly dashing to the east by midday.
• Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 2, 202536 eventsA low pressure sweeping through West Virginia beginning in the early morning hours of December 2nd set forth a combination of freezing rain and snow.
• Winter Weather in Virginia, December 2, 202520 eventsAn area of low pressure moved south of the area while cold air remained in place across Virginia. This resulted in a period of snow, sleet, and freezing rain. Snow amounts were generally less than one inch.
• Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 2, 202511 eventsAn area of low pressure moved south of the area while cold air remained in place across the eastern West Virginia Panhandle. This resulted in a period of snow, sleet, and freezing rain.
• Winter Weather in Maryland, December 2, 20259 eventsAn area of low pressure moved south of the area while cold air remained in place across the northern and western Maryland. This resulted in a period of snow, sleet, and freezing rain.
• Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, December 2, 20251 injured · 7 eventsSurface trough across the Mid-Atlantic continue to progress northeastward during the late evening hours of December 1st and lifting into central Pennsylvania during the early morning hours of December 2nd.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in New York, December 2 to 3, 202527 eventsA complex, relatively progressive winter storm impacted eastern New York in the preliminary days of December, bringing widespread moderate to heavy snow particularly to portions of the immediate Capital District, Eastern Catskills, Upper-Hudson Valley, Taconics, and Mohawk…
• Winter Weather in Massachusetts, December 2, 20252 eventsA complex, relatively progressive winter storm impacted western Massachusetts in the preliminary days of December, bringing widespread moderate to heavy snow particularly to portions of the Berkshire Mountains where terrain enhancement led to higher snowfall accumulations.
• Winter Storm in Vermont, December 2 to 3, 20253 eventsA complex, relatively progressive winter storm impacted southern Vermont in the preliminary days of December, bringing widespread moderate to heavy snow particularly to the highest elevations of the Southern Green Mountains.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Vermont, December 2, 202517 eventsA developing coastal low pressure off the North Carolina coast slowly moved northeast toward the 40 degree North/70 degree West benchmark on December 2nd. Light snow overspread Vermont from south to north around daybreak and exited during the evening hours from west to east.
• Winter Weather in New York, December 2, 20252 eventsA developing coastal low pressure off the North Carolina coast slowly moved northeast toward the 40 degree North/70 degree West benchmark on December 2nd.
• Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, December 2, 20258 eventsA wintry system brought widespread moderate rainfall to the region, and the first accumulating snowfall, sleet, and ice of the season to portions of northern New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania.
• Winter Storm in New Hampshire, December 2 to 3, 202512 eventsOn December 2nd an upper trough was crossing the Great Lakes and becoming negatively tilted over time. Meanwhile a strong jet streak was lifting into the mouth of the St. Lawrence River and placed much of northern New England in a favorable quadrant for lift.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New York, December 2, 20258 eventsLow pressure moving across the Ohio and Tennessee River Valleys and over the southern Appalachians transferred its energy to a surface low near the Carolina coast early on the 2nd.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, December 2, 20256 eventsLow pressure moving across the Ohio and Tennessee River Valleys and over the southern Appalachians transferred its energy to a surface low near the Carolina coast early on the 2nd.
• Winter Weather in New Jersey, December 2, 20255 eventsA wintry system brought widespread moderate rainfall to the region, and the first accumulating snowfall, sleet, and ice of the season to portions of northern New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania.
• Winter Storm in Maine, December 2 to 3, 202512 eventsOn December 2nd an upper trough was crossing the Great Lakes and becoming negatively tilted over time. Meanwhile a strong jet streak was lifting into the mouth of the St. Lawrence River and placed much of northern New England in a favorable quadrant for lift.
• Winter Weather in Connecticut, December 2, 20252 eventsA complex, relatively progressive winter storm impacted northwest Connecticut in the preliminary days of December, bringing widespread light to locally moderate snow across Litchfield County.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Maine, December 2 to 3, 202511 eventsPrimary low pressure developed south of the Gulf of Maine during the 2nd...then intensified while tracking southeast of the Gulf of Maine and east of Nova Scotia through the night of the 2nd into the morning of the 3rd.
• Winter Weather in New York, December 2, 20251 eventA progressive low pressure system developed in the SE states and moved northeast off the Mid Atlantic coast and intensified as it pulled away to the northeast.
• Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, December 2 to 3, 20256 eventsA coastal storm brought widespread snow to interior southern New England with rain in the low elevations including the I-95 corridor. The storm dropped 6-8 inches of snow across the Berkshires and Worcester Hills with a dusting of snow in Boston on the back side.
• Winter Weather in Texas, December 3 to 4, 20256 eventsAn upper level storm system moving out of the central Rockies brought widespread snowfall to Colorado, New Mexico, and parts of the Texas Panhandle.
• Winter Weather and Astronomical Low Tide in New York, December 4, 20258 eventsScattered snow squalls developed ahead of and with an arctic cold front that tracked through eastern New York from west to east from late morning through the afternoon of December 4.
• Winter Weather in New York, December 4, 20251 death · 1 eventA two vehicle crash occurred during the early afternoon on the 4th. Snow was occurring during the time of the crash with embedded heavier bands nearby at the reported time of the incident, 1:43pm.
• Winter Weather in Kansas, December 4 to 5, 20251 eventA portion of Interstate 70 closed the morning of the 4th due to very slick conditions, and a report of multiple slide offs due to freezing fog and freezing drizzle overnight. That evening melting snow refroze compounding the already slick roadways.

The snowstorm of November 28 to 30, 2025The snowstorm of January 23 to 26, 2026Snow nowEvery winter storm filed

NOAA NCEI Regional Snowfall Index, and the Storm Events Database for the episodes.