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Blizzards in the USA 2005 to Present



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These maps are screen captures from NOAA's National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center. Images before November 2005 are primarily from St. Louis University - CIPS


January 2005
January 5th-8th
January 17th-20th
"Blizzard of 2005"
January 24th-27th
January 27th-30th
January 28th-31st


February 2005
February 6th-9th
February 8th-11th
February 18th-21st
February 20th-23rd
February 22nd-25th
February 25th-28th

March 2005
February 26th-March 1st
February 27th-March 2nd
March 1st-4th
March 5th-8th
March 7th-10th
March 10th-13th
March 11th-14th
March 12th-15th
March 14th-17th
March 16th-19th
March 20th-23rd
March 22nd-25th
March 24th-27th

April 2005
March 29th-April 1st
April 1st-3rd
April 2nd-5th
April 9th-12th
April 10th-13th
April 18th-21st
Late April Snowstorm, April 23rd-26th
"Late April Snowstorm" 23rd-26th

October 2005
October 2nd-5th
October 4th-7th
October 7th-10th
October 8th-11th
October 24th-27th

November 2005
November 14th-17th
November 22nd-25th
26th-29th
November 27th-30th

December 2005
7th-10th
December 7th-10th alternate
December 9th-12th
13th-16th
December 13th-16th alternate
27th-30th

January 2006
2nd-5th
13th-16th
18th-21st
22nd-25th

February 2006
4th-7th
"Blizzard of 2006" 11th-14th
15th-18th
17th-20th
24th-27th

March 2006
1st-4th
5th-8th
11th-14th
14th-17th
"Nebraska Blizzard" 18th-21st
Nebraska Blizzard

April 2006
17th-20th
April 17th-20th, alternate snowfall map


October 2006
24th-27th Colorado

December 2006
November 30th-December 2nd
19th-22nd overall
"Front Range Blizzard of 2006" 19th-22nd Colorado section
"Colorado Blizzard Part II" 28th-31st Colorado section
"Colorado Blizzard Part II" 28th-31st overall

January 2007
December 31st-January 3rd
3rd-6th Northern Colorado section
13th-16th
20th-23rd

February 2007
5th-8th
"Valentine's Day Storm" "Blizzard of 2007" 11th-13th early period of 11th-16th storm
"Valentine's Day Storm" "Blizzard of 2007" 11th-14th overall
"Valentine's Day Storm" "Blizzard of 2007" 14th-16th New England section
22nd-25th
25th-28th

March 2007
February 28th-March 3rd
"New England Storm" 15th-18th

April 2007
3rd-6th
12th-15th
13th-16th

December 2007
"Idaho/Montana snowstorm"
November 30th-December 3rd West
November 30th-December 3rd East
2nd-5th
6th-9th
6th-9th Colorado section
12th-14th New England
15th-17th New England
15th-18th overall
15th-18th Michigan
19th-21st New England
25th-26th Northern Colorado
26th-28th Northern Colorado
25th-28th overall

January 2008
"Detroit Surprise" December 31st-January 2nd
5th-8th Colorado
12th-15th New England
15th-18th
19th-22nd

February 2008
January 31st-February 2nd
January 31st-February 2nd western states
3rd-6th
"Milwaukee Blizzard" 5th-8th
"Milwaukee Blizzard" 5th-8th Wisconsin and Michigan section
11th-14th
14th-17th
17th-20th
19th-22nd
21th-23nd "New England Storm"
21st-24th overall
24th-27th

Winter 2007-2008 much above normal snowfall for western Colorado (HPRCC)

March 2008
2nd-5th
"Blizzard of 2008" 6th-9th
19th-22nd
25th-28th

April 2008
March 31st-April 2nd
9th-12th

May 2008
April 30th-May 3rd

October 2008
"Montana Storm" 10th-13th
Billings MT NWS Office page on this storm
27th-30th

November 2008
"Black Hills Blizzard" 4th-7th
"Black Hills Blizzard" 4th-7th Dakotas
NWS web pages about this storm
Bismarck ND NWS Office
Aberdeen SD NWS Office
North Platte NE NWS Office
Grand Forks ND NWS Office

24th-27th

December 2008
November 29-December 1 Colorado
November 30-December 2
7th-10th
9th-12th
"Northern Plains Blizzard" 12th-15th
17th-20th
20th-21st, 24 hour snowfall "Fast Moving Cold Front"
"Maine Blizzard" 20th-23rd
20th-23rd Washington/Oregon
23rd-26th

January 2009
December 28th-January 1st
8th-11th
8th-11th Ohio/Michigan/Indiana
10th-13th
12th-15th
16th-19th
18th-21st
19th-22nd
23rd-26th
26th-29th
26th-29th Regional Ohio/Indiana

February 2009
2nd-5th
6th-9th
8th-11th
11th-14th
14th-17th
16th-19th
19th-22nd
21st-24th
25th-28th

March 2009
February 28th-March 3rd
February 28th-March 3rd East Coast view
3rd-6th
4rd-7th
6th-9th
10th
11th
12th
15th
18th
24th
28th
30th

April 2009
March 30th-April 1st
April 5th Colorado
April 6th
"High Elevation Snowstorm" April 19th
April 22nd
April 24th
April 27th

May 2009
May 1st

October 2009
3rd-6th
9th-12th
20th-23rd
"Colorado Blizzard" 27th-30th
"Colorado Blizzard" 27th-30th Colorado

November 2009
11th-14th
13th-16th

December 2009
5th-8th
5th-8th Colorado
6th-9th
9th-12th
9th-12th Great Lakes
11th-14th
"Northeast Blizzard" 17th-20th
22rd-25th Colorado
"Great Christmas Blizzard of 2009" 23rd-26th
snow depth on Dec. 26
27th
snow depth on Dec. 27th
Omaha NWS Storm Total Snow Map
Sioux Falls South Dakota NWS Storm Total Snow Map
Minneapolis NWS Storm Total Snow Map
Aberdeen South Dakota NWS Storm Total Snow Map

January 2010
December 31-January 2nd
1st-4th
2nd-5th (New England)
3rd-6th
5th-8th
7th-10th
16th-19th (New England)
17th-20th
21st-24th
28th-31st

February 2010
January 31st- February 3rd
5th-8th "Snowmageddon"
"Snowmageddon Part II" 9th-12th
National Snow Depth Chart after Snowmageddon Part I and II
11th-14th "Dallas Texas Snowstorm"
14th-17th
17th-20th
19th-22nd
"Albany Blizzard" 21st-24th
"Albany Blizzard" 23rd-26th
"Albany Blizzard" external link to NCDC

March 2010
February 27th-March 1st
2nd-5th
9th-12th
18th-21st
20th-23rd
22nd-25th
22nd-25th Colorado

April 2010
1st-3rd
4th-6th
6th-9th
12th-15th
21st-24th
22nd-25th Colorado

May 2010
April 29th-May 1st
10th-13th
12th-15th

November 2010
12th-15th
14th-17th
19th-22nd
22nd-25th

December 2010
Nov 30th- Dec 2nd
1st-3rd
2nd-4th
1st-4th Lake Superior
3rd-5th
4th-6th
5th-7th
6th-8th
5th-8th New York State
5th-8th Lake Michigan
"Intense Lake Effect Snow" 5th-8th Lake Erie
10th-13th "Minneapolis Metrodome Blizzard"
14th-15th
16th-17th
"Strong Clipper" 19th-21st
20th-23rd
22nd-25th
25th-28th "Boxing Day Blizzard"

January 2011
December 30th-January 1st "New Years Eve-New Years Day Blizzard" "Nebraska Ground Blizzard"
5th-8th
"Intense Lake Effect Snow" 7th-9th Indiana
"Southeast Snowstorm" 9th-12th
"New England Blizzard" 11th-14th
20th-22nd
"Northeast Blizzard" 25th-28th

February 2011
Groundhog's Day Storm 1st-4th
Groundhog's Day Storm NWS Midwest Snow total map
Groundhog's Day Storm Cental Illinois NWS web page
"Groundhog's Day Storm," different snow total map
4th-7th
6th-9th
7th-10th
13th-16th
15th-18th
16th-19th
17th-20th
"South Dakota Blizzard" 18th-21st
"South Dakota Blizzard" alternate snow map
21st-24th
24th-27th
25th-28th

March 2011
February 26th - March 1st
5th-8th
7th-10th
11th-12th North Dakota
9th-12th
12th-15th
17th-20th
19th-22nd
21st-24th
23rd-26th

April 2011
March 31st-April 3rd
1st-4th(Western Section)
7th-10th
13th-16th
18th-21st
24th-27th

May 2011
April 29th-May 1st
10th-13th
18th-21st


October 2011
7th-10th
"Colorado Tree Breaker Snowstorm" 25th-28th
"Northeast Tree Breaker Snowstorm" 28th-31st

November 2011
1st-4th
7th-10th
12th-15th
17th-20th
22nd-25th
27th-30th

December 2011
"Western Santa Ana Windstorm" November 30th- December 3rd
"Western Santa Ana Windstorm" 1st-4th Colorado
"Western Santa Ana Windstorm" 1st-4th
4th-7th
6th-9th
12th-15th
"Southeast Colorado Blizzard" 17th-20th
"Southeast Colorado Blizzard" 18th-21st
20th-23rd
21st-24th


January 2012
1st-4th
12th-15th
15th-18th
17th-20th
19th-22nd
21st-24th


February 2012
"Denver Blizzard" 2nd-5th
"Denver Blizzard" 2nd-5th Colorado(1)
"Denver Blizzard" 2nd-5th Colorado(2)
"Denver Blizzard" CIPS plot
9th-12th
13th-16th
17th-20th
19th-22nd
25th
28th


March 2012
"Leap Day Blizzard in the Dakotas" February 29th-March 2nd
5th
19th
22nd


April 2012
4th
16th


October 2012
Hurricane Sandy


November 2012
"Son of Sandy" "Winter Storm Athena" November 6th-9th
"Montana Storm" "Winter Storm Brutus" November 8th-11th


December 2012
"Minneapolis Snowstorm " "Winter Storm Caesar" December 7th-10th
"Minneapolis Snowstorm" "Winter Storm Caesar" zoom in December 7th-10th
"Badger Blizzard" "Winter Storm Draco" December 19th-22nd
"Christmas/Boxing Day Blizzard" "Winter Storm Euclid" December 24th-27th
"Christmas/Boxing Day Blizzard" "Winter Storm Euclid" December 25th-28th
"Ohio Valley/Northeast snow event" December 28th-30th


January 2013
"Kansas Snow Event" December 31st-January 2nd
"Salt Lake City Heavy Snow" "Dakota Blizzard" "Winter Storm Gandolf" January 9th-12th
"Light Snowfall" January 13th-16th "Winter Storm Helen"
"Western Virginia" "Winter Storm Iago" January 16th-19th
"Intense Lake Effect Snow" January 19th-22nd
"Winter Storm Khan" January 24-27th
"Western Snowfall" "Winter (Ice) Storm Luna" January 26th-29th
"Iowa/Wisconsin Snowstorm" "Winter Storm Magnus" January 28th-31st


February 2013
"Lake Effect Snow Event" January 31st-February 3rd
"Clipper" February 3rd-6th
"Winter Storm Nemo," "Blizzard of 2013" February 7th-10th
"Winter Storm Nemo" external link to NCDC
"Winter storm Orko" Northern Plains February 8th-12th
"Winter Storm Q," "Sunflower State Snowstorm" February 19th-22nd
"Winter Storm Q late stage" February 21st-24th
"Winter Storm Q-New England" "Winter Storm Rocky" February 21st-24th
"Winter Storm Rocky," "Sooner State Blizzard," February 24th-27th (Plains)
"Winter Storm Rocky," "Sooner State Blizzard," February 24th-27th (Colorado)
"Winter Storm Rocky," "Sooner State Blizzard," February 24th-27th (Midwest-Northeast)


March 2013
March 4-7 "Winter Storm Saturn" (Part 1)
March 7-9 "Winter Storm Saturn" (Part 2)
March 4-9 "Winter Storm Saturn" External link to NCDC.noaa.gov
March 8-11 "Winter Storms Saturn(East) and Triton(West)"
March 8-11 "Winter Storm Triton" - Colorado
March 17-20 "Winter Storm Ukko"
March 22-25 "Winter Storm Virgil"
March 22-25 "Winter Storm Virgil" - Colorado


April 2013
April 7-10 "Winter Storm Walda"
April 13-16 "Winter Storms Xerxes(North) and Yogi(Rockies)"
April 15-18 "Winter Storm Yogi"
April 15-18 "Winter Storm Yogi"- Northern Colorado
April 21-24 "Winter Storm Zeus"
April 21-24 "Winter Storm Zeus" - Colorado


May 2013
April 30-May 2 "Winter Storm Achilles" (Part 1)
May 1-4 "Winter Storm Achilles" (Part 2)
April 15-18 snow totals, May 1-3 snow totals, from Colorado and Wyoming


October 2013
October 3-6th


November 2013
November 21-24th
November 23-26th
November 25-28th


December 2013
December 2-5th
December 2-5th Colorado
December 5-8th
December 12-15th
December 14-17th
December 18-21st
December 18-23rd
December 22-25th
December 24th-27th
December 27th-30th


January 2014
December 31st-January 2nd
January 1st-3rd
January 4th-7th
January 5th-8th
January 4th-7th (alternate source)
January 12th-15th
January 14th-17th
January 16th-19th
January 20th-23rd
January 22nd-25th
January 24th-27th
January 27th-30th


February 2014
February January 30th-February 1st
February January 31st-February 2nd
February 4th-7th
February 7th-10th
February 9th-12th
February 12th-15th
February 16th-19th
February 19th-22nd
February 22nd-25th
February 23nd-26th


March 2014
February 28th-March 2nd
March 2nd-5th
March 11th-14th
March 15th-18th
March 24th-27th


April 2014
March 31st-April 3rd
April 2nd-5th
April 12th-15th
April 14th-17th


May 2014
May 9th-12th


November 2014
October 31st-November 2nd
November 9th-12th
November 17th-20th
November 17th-20th, individual reports
November 19th-22nd, individual reports
November 26th-29th


December 2014
December 9th-12th
December 25th-28th


January 2015
December 31st-January 2nd
January 4th-7th
January 7th-10th
January 19th-22nd
January 22nd-25th
January 25th-28th, the great Blizzard of Boston
January 27th-30th, the great Blizzard of Boston
January 25th-28th, the great Blizzard of Boston, alternate source


February 2015
January 31st-February 2nd
February 2nd-5th, Boston storm #2
February 8th-11th, Boston storm #3
February 11th-14th
February 14th-17th, Boston storm #4
February 17th-20th
February 20th-23rd
February 23rd-26th
February 23rd-26th, Colorado


March 2015
February 27th-March 1st
March 1st-4th
March 4th-7th
March 13th-16th
March 20th-23rd
March 21st-24th


April 2015
April 6th-9th
April 15th-18th
April 15th-18th, Northern Colorado


May 2015
May 8th-11th Denver area
May 9th-12th Rockies/Plains


November 2015
November 16th-18th
November 16th-18th, Denver area
November 17th-20th
November 20th-23rd Midwest snow
November 23rd-26th
November 25th-28th

December 2015
November 30th-December 2nd
December 11th-14th
December 13th-16th
December 13th-16th, Northern Colorado
December 15th-18th


January 2016
January 9th-12th
January 11th-14th
January 15th-18th
January 17th-20th
January 19th-22nd
Eastern Blizzard of 2016


February 2016


March 2016


April 2016
April 15th-18th Colorado Storm


May 2016


October 2016


November 2016


December 2016
December 3rd-6th Midwest
December 10th-12th Midwest/Northeast snow
December 24th-27th Dakotas Blizzard

January 2017
January 1st-4th, Dakotas
January 3rd-6th, Northern Colorado

February 2017
February 7th-10th New England blizzard

Purpose of this web site

The purpose is to provide high quality information on historical storms and provide links to weather information.