White Juan

White Juan
NASA satellite image of the storm
TypeExtratropical cyclone
Nor'easter
Blizzard
FormedFebruary 17, 2004 (February 17, 2004)
DissipatedFebruary 23, 2004 (February 23, 2004)
Highest winds
  • 77 mph (124 km/h)[1]
Lowest pressure959 mbar (28.3 inHg)[1]
Lowest temperature−8 °F (−22 °C)
Maximum snowfall
or ice accretion		95.5 centimetres (37.6 in)
at Shearwater heliport
FatalitiesNone
Damage$1 million (2004 USD)
Areas affected
Snow from White Juan covers the 2300 block of Maynard Street in Halifax making passing impossible.
Snow from White Juan covers the 2300 block of Maynard Street in Halifax making passing impossible.

White Juan is the unofficial name given to the hurricane-strength nor'easter blizzard of February 2004 that affected most of Atlantic Canada and the Eastern United States between February 17 and 20, 2004—five months after Hurricane Juan devastated Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.[2]

The storm dropped heavy snowfall throughout the Nova Scotia peninsula and Prince Edward Island, with accumulations in the hardest-hit areas ranging from 50 to 100 centimetres (20 to 39 in).

  1. ^ a b Halifax Weather: Blizzard Matches 'White Juan' From 2004 (VIDEO, TWEETS, PHOTOS) Huffington Post Canada
  2. ^ Lyndsay Morrison (2011-02-18). "White Juan: remembering the storm". The Weather Network. Retrieved 2014-07-11.