Sunday, May 24, 2015

Notable Atmospheric River Events 1986 to 2010

NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory

Notable Atmospheric River Events

Events are listed in chronological order and are required to have appeared in a peer-reviewed publication in order to be included on this page. Click gray bar to expand details of event.

Photo by Julian Colton

5–6 February

Precipitation
  • Widespread snowfall totals of 2–3 feet across region.
  • 26.5 inches of snow at Wilmington, DE (all-time record).
  • 28.5 inches at Philadelphia, PA (second all-time heaviest snowfall).
  • 18.2 inches at Atlantic City, NJ (second all-time heaviest snowfall).
  • 24.8 inches at Baltimore, MD (third all-time heaviest snowfall).
  • 17.8 inches at Washington, D.C. (fourth all-time heaviest snowfall).
  • Some locations in Maryland had snowfall totals exceeding 3 ft.
Societal Impacts
  • The U.S. Government temporarily closed its offices.
  • Widespread school closures throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.
  • Nearly 300,000 power outages across Virginia and Maryland.
  • Train, automobile, and air travel was significantly hindered as snow rapidly accumulated on railways roadways, and runways; several automobile accidents reported, widespread flight cancellations.
  • Heavy, wet snow caused several roof collapses throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.
Related Publication
Halverson, J. B. and T. D. Rabenhorst, 2010: Mega-snow in the Megalopolis: The Mid-Atlantic's blockbuster winter of 2009-2010. Weatherwise, 63, 16-23, doi:10.1080/00431672.2010.490164.
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