The snowstorm of February 22 to 24, 2026

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

337

Deaths

9

Injuries

1

Damage

$103,000

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 Storm in West Virginia, February 21 to 23, 20264 eventsAn upper low over the region produced scattered snow showers across the region but relatively limited forcing resulted in only and inch or two in the lowlands, mainly on elevated and grassy surfaces. However.
• Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Rhode Island, February 22 to 23, 20261 death · 8 eventsExplosive cyclogenesis of a low pressure center off the Mid Atlantic coast brought a strong winter storm with blizzard conditions to central and eastern Massachusetts as well as Rhode Island on Monday.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Indiana, February 22 to 23, 20266 eventsA multi-phased system brought a combination of system and lake enhanced snow to northwest and portions of north central Indiana Saturday night into early Sunday morning followed by more organized lake effect snow showers late Sunday into Monday.
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in New York, February 22 to 23, 202621 eventsA highly anticipated, highly impactful Nor'easter struck eastern New York on the evening of Sunday, February 22 through the afternoon of Monday, February 23, 2026.
• Cold in Alabama, February 22, 20261 death · 1 eventNews media reported a fatality due to hypothermia in Huntsville.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in West Virginia, February 22 to 24, 202635 eventsA strong low pressure system brought one more strong burst of snow to West Virginia before the winter season began winding down from February 22nd to the 24th.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, February 22 to 24, 202620 eventsA strong Nor'Easter moved northward along the Eastern Seaboard February 22nd into the 23rd. Temperatures were marginal to start outside of elevation, making the snowfall totals elevation dependent. This storm was unique as it had several local maxima across the state.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, February 22 to 24, 202617 eventsA strong Nor'Easter moved northward along the Eastern Seaboard February 22nd into the 23rd. Temperatures were marginal to start outside of elevation, making the snowfall totals elevation dependent. This storm was unique as it had several local maxima across the state.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, February 22 to 24, 20265 eventsA strong Nor'Easter moved northward along the Eastern Seaboard February 22nd into the 23rd. Temperatures were marginal to start outside of elevation, making the snowfall totals elevation dependent.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Michigan, February 22 to 23, 20264 eventsA multi-phased system brought a combination of system and lake enhanced snow to southwest Lower Michigan Saturday night into early Sunday morning followed by more organized lake effect snow showers late Sunday into Monday.
• Winter Weather in Virginia, February 22 to 24, 20262 eventsFrom February 22nd to February 24th, light snow amounts fell across southwest Virginia in the midst of a low pressure system moving up from the south.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, February 22 to 23, 202613 eventsA strong coastal storm developed offshore of the Mid-Atlantic during the daytime hours on February 22nd, bringing high winds and heavy snow to portions of the Mid-Atlantic by that evening and through the morning hours of February 23rd.
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in New Jersey, February 22 to 23, 202621 eventsA strong coastal storm developed offshore of the Mid-Atlantic during the daytime hours on February 22nd, bringing high winds and heavy snow to portions of the Mid-Atlantic by that evening and through the morning hours of February 23rd.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, February 22 to 23, 20261 injured · $57,000 · 7 eventsA coastal low stationed off the Tidewater of Virginia during the morning to afternoon hours of February 22, 2026 allowed for ample moisture influx from the Atlantic with light snow forming across portions of eastern Pennsylvania.
• Blizzard and Heavy Snow in New York, February 22 to 23, 20266 deaths · 17 eventsLow pressure in the gulf states moved northeast and intensified along and off the Mid Atlantic coast with the consolidated of mid level energy resulting in a major Nor'easter which brought blizzard and near blizzard conditions to Southeastern New York.
• Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Connecticut, February 22 to 23, 20268 eventsLow pressure in the gulf states moved northeast and intensified along and off the Mid Atlantic coast with the consolidated of mid level energy resulting in a major Nor'easter which brought blizzard and near blizzard conditions to Southern Connecticut.
• Winter Weather in Michigan, February 22 to 23, 20262 eventsLake effect snow and blowing snow occurred behind a low pressure system on the 22nd into the 23rd. Moderate snowfall amounts and blowing snow led to some school cancellations on Monday the 23rd.
• Blizzard and Heavy Snow in New Jersey, February 22 to 23, 20269 eventsLow pressure in the gulf states moved northeast and intensified along and off the Mid Atlantic coast with the consolidated of mid level energy resulting in a major Nor'easter which brought blizzard and near blizzard conditions to Northeastern New Jersey.
• Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 22 to 24, 20266 eventsStrong northwest winds pushing colder air into the area in the wake of an arctic cold front interacting with moisture banked against the western slopes of the Appalachians resulted in a protracted period of snow showers developing near the Tennessee/North Carolina border.
• Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 22 to 24, 20266 eventsA prolonged period of wintry weather impacted eastern Kentucky from February 22 into February 24, 2026, as a deep upper-level trough over the eastern United States funneled a moist, modified polar airmass into the region.
• Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 22 to 24, 20261 eventStrong northwest winds pushing colder air into the area in the wake of an arctic cold front interacting with moisture banked against the western slopes of the Appalachians resulted in a protracted period of snow showers developing near the Tennessee/North Carolina border.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Tennessee, February 22 to 24, 20265 eventsA large cyclonic trough occupying the eastern third of the US was the instigating force behind snow showers and northwest orographic snow. This snow resulted in light snow at lower elevations, with several inches of accumulating snow at higher elevations.
• Winter Weather in Virginia, February 22 to 24, 20265 eventsA large cyclonic trough occupying the eastern third of the US was the instigating force behind snow showers and northwest orographic snow. This snow resulted in light snowfall across portions of southwestern Virginia.
• Heavy Snow in Maryland, February 22 to 23, 2026$45,000 · 5 eventsA coastal low rapidly deepened off the coast of Virginia from 1004mb along the Outer Banks on the morning of February 22 to 968mb off the Mid-Atlantic and New England coastline on the morning of February 23.
• Winter Storm in Maryland, February 22 to 23, 20264 eventsA strong coastal storm developed offshore of the Mid-Atlantic during the daytime hours on February 22nd, bringing high winds and heavy snow to portions of the Mid-Atlantic by that evening and through the morning hours of February 23rd.
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in Delaware, February 22 to 23, 20264 eventsA strong coastal storm developed offshore of the Mid-Atlantic during the daytime hours on February 22nd, bringing high winds and heavy snow to portions of the Mid-Atlantic by that evening and through the morning hours of February 23rd.
• Heavy Snow in Virginia, February 22 to 23, 2026$1,000 · 4 eventsA coastal low rapidly deepened off the coast of Virginia from 1004mb along the Outer Banks on the morning of February 22 to 968mb off the Mid-Atlantic and New England coastline on the morning of February 23.
• Winter Weather in District of Columbia, February 22 to 23, 20261 eventA strong Nor'Easter moved northward along the Eastern Seaboard February 22nd into the 23rd. Temperatures were marginal to start resulting in primarily rain during the daylight hours of February 22nd. Near sunset, rain changed to snow which continued into the overnight.
• Blizzard in Connecticut, February 22 to 23, 20261 death · 2 eventsA highly anticipated, highly impactful Nor'easter struck northwest Connecticut on the evening of Sunday, February 22 through the afternoon of Monday, February 23, 2026.
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in Massachusetts, February 22 to 23, 202623 eventsExplosive cyclogenesis of a low pressure center off the Mid Atlantic coast brought a strong winter storm with blizzard conditions to central and eastern Massachusetts as well as Rhode Island on Monday.
• Heavy Snow in Connecticut, February 22 to 23, 20263 eventsExplosive cyclogenesis of a low pressure center off the Mid Atlantic coast brought a strong winter storm with blizzard conditions to central and eastern Massachusetts as well as Rhode Island on Monday.
• Winter Storm in Massachusetts, February 22 to 23, 20262 eventsA highly anticipated, highly impactful Nor'easter struck western Massachusetts on the evening of Sunday, February 22 through the afternoon of Monday, February 23, 2026.
• Blizzard in Maryland, February 22, 20261 eventA coastal low rapidly deepened off the coast of Virginia from 1004mb along the Outer Banks on the morning of February 22 to 968mb off the Mid-Atlantic and New England coastline on the morning of February 23.
• Winter Weather in Vermont, February 22 to 23, 20263 eventsA highly anticipated, highly impactful Nor'easter struck southern Vermont on the evening of Sunday, February 22 through the afternoon of Monday, February 23, 2026.
• Winter Storm in New York, February 22 to 23, 20261 eventPeriods of light snow fell across the region on February 22nd & 23rd on the western fringe of a coastal storm.
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in New Hampshire, February 23, 20267 eventsLow pressure began to develop over the Southeast on the morning of the 22nd. By the evening it had moved to a position off the Carolinas and was deepening rapidly. Between 7 pm on the 22nd and 7 am on the 23rd, central pressure in the storm dropped from 991 mb to 966 mb.
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in Maine, February 23, 20264 eventsLow pressure began to develop over the Southeast on the morning of the 22nd. By the evening it had moved to a position off the Carolinas and was deepening rapidly. Between 7 pm on the 22nd and 7 am on the 23rd, central pressure in the storm dropped from 991 mb to 966 mb.
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in Maine, February 23, 202610 eventsOn February 23rd, strong Nor'easter system moved northeast in the Atlantic, east of Cape Cod. It moved northeast through the Gulf of Maine, just south of Nova Scotia.
• Winter Weather in Minnesota, February 24, 202630 eventsA band of freezing rain moved across portions of central and southern MN. Despite ice accumulations accreting to less than a tenth of an inch, travel conditions were very slippery which results to numerous vehicle accidents and spin outs across the region.
• Winter Weather in Wisconsin, February 24, 20265 eventsA band of freezing rain moved across portions of western WI. A glaze of ice caused for very slippery conditions across the region.
• Winter Weather in Maryland, February 24 to 25, 20262 eventsAn Alberta Clipper type system brough a period of steady light to moderate snow starting during the late evening of February 24th through midday February 25th.
• Winter Weather in West Virginia, February 24 to 25, 20262 eventsAn Alberta Clipper type system brough a period of steady light to moderate snow starting during the late evening of February 24th through midday February 25th.
• Winter Weather in Virginia, February 24 to 25, 20261 eventAn Alberta Clipper type system brough a period of steady light to moderate snow starting during the late evening of February 24th through midday February 25th.

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