Nor’easter sets records in unlikely places
Powerful Nor’easter. Bomb cyclone. Blizzard.
No matter which title you select, the storm that blew up in the Atlantic Ocean over the weekend of Feb. 22, spawned a conveyor belt of snow that left widespread totals of 20 to 30 inches across the Northeast by the night of Feb. 23.
Its location and mixture of depth and winds have been “perfectly situated for the best production of snow,” mentioned Zach Taylor, a meteorologist on the National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center. At factors in the storm, it was pumping out snow at greater than 2 or 3 inches an hour.
In some circumstances, equivalent to Providence, Rhode Island and Islip, New Yorkthe storm broke records for snowfall, in response to records from the climate service and its guardian company, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Rhode Island recorded the best snowfall, with a couple of reporting places greater than 36 inches, primarily based on preliminary, unofficial totals supplied by NOAA.
Based on that information, listed below are the best snowfall totals by state in the northeastern area of the nation, together with Virginia and West Virginia, as of 10 am, Feb. 24. Click the chart under for an entire itemizing of the unofficial totals in inches.
Connecticut
Delaware
Workers clear the sidewalks of snow on N. Market St. in downtown Wilmington, Delaware, on Feb. 23, 2026.
Maryland
Maine
Snow blankets Salisbury, Maryland on Feb. 23, 2026.
Massachusetts
Wind-driven snow clings to the Brant Rock Union Chapel in Marshfield, Mass/ on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026.
New Hampshire
9.5 – Dover and New Ipswich
New Jersey
New York
30 – North Patchogue and East Islip
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
37.9 – TF Green International Airport, Warwick
36 – North Kingstown and Providence
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Vermont
6.8 – Readsboro and Bennington
5.5 – Landgrove and Wilmington
Virginia
14 – Whitetop and Jewell Ridge
West Virginia
22.5 – Near Holly River State Park
18 – Another location close to Holly River State Park
(This story has been up to date so as to add new info.)
Dinah Voyles Pulver, a nationwide correspondent for USA TODAY, writes about violent climate, local weather change and different information. Reach her at dpulver@usatoday.com or @dinahvp on Bluesky or X or dinahvp.77 on Signal.
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