 NASA satellite image of the storm at peak intensity on February 12, featuring a hurricane-like "eye". | |
| Type | Extratropical cyclone Nor'easter Blizzard Winter storm |
|---|---|
| Formed | February 11, 2006 |
| Dissipated | February 13, 2006 |
| Lowest pressure | 971[1] mb (28.67 inHg) |
| Maximum snowfall or ice accretion | 27.8 inches (71 cm) in Fairfield, Connecticut[2] |
| Fatalities | 0 direct, 3 indirect |
| Damage | $5 million (2006 USD) |
| Power outages | 506,000 |
| Areas affected | Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, New England, Atlantic Canada |
Part of the 2005–06 North American winter storms | |
The North American blizzard of 2006 was a nor'easter that began on the evening of February 11, 2006 and impacted much of eastern North America. It dumped heavy snow across the Mid-Atlantic and New England states, from Virginia to Maine through the early evening of February 12, and ended in Atlantic Canada on February 13. The major cities from Baltimore to Boston received at least a foot of snow, with a second-highest amount of 26.9 inches (68 cm) in New York City, the (at the time) most since at least 1869, the start of record keeping, only broken by the January 2016 United States blizzard nearly 10 years later.