List of major snow and ice events in the United States

The following is a list of major snow and ice events in the United States that have caused noteworthy damage and destruction in their wake. The categories presented below are not used to measure the strength of a storm, but are rather indicators of how severely the snowfall affected the population in the storm's path. Some information such as snowfall amounts or lowest pressure may be unavailable due to a lack of documentation. Winter storms can produce both ice and snow, but are usually more notable in one of these two categories. The "Maximum accumulation" sections reflect the more notable category which is represented in inches of snow unless otherwise stated. Only category 1 and higher storms as defined by their regional snowfall index are included here.

''Note: A blizzard is defined as having sustained winds of at least 35 mph for three hours or more.''

Seasonal summaries

The following is a table that shows North American winter season summaries dating back to 2009. While there is no well-agreed-upon date used to indicate the start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, there are two definitions of winter which may be used. The first is astronomical winter, which has the season starting on a date known as the winter solstice, often on or around December 21. The season lasts until the spring equinox, which often occurs on or around March 20. The second has to do with meteorological winter which varies with latitude for a start date. Winter is often defined by meteorologists to be the three calendar months with the lowest average temperatures. Since both definitions span the start of the calendar year, it is possible to have a winter storm occur two different years.

Winter season	Maximum accumulation	Number of RSI events
2009–2010	053	005 7
2010–2011	041	007 10
2011–2012	053	007 3
2012–2013	040	007 9
2013–2014	058	014 10
2014–2015	088	016 9
2015–2016	051	015 4
2016–2017	058	016 4
2017–2018	039	008 7
2018–2019	052	016 8
2019–2020	114	012 1
2020–2021	107	010 6
2021–2022	60	010 4
2022–2023	81	010 3
2023–2024	49	010 2
2024–2025	65	010 6
2025–2026		010 4

18th–19th century

Year	Date	Maximum accumulation	Lowest pressure	Type
1717	February 27 – March 7			Storm
1804	October 4–11	048	977	Blizzard
1886	January 6–11	018		Blizzard
1888	January 12–13	006		Blizzard
1888	March 11–14	058	982	Blizzard
1899	February 10–14			Blizzard

20th century

Year	Date	Maximum accumulation	Lowest pressure	Type	Category
1905	November 27–28		991	Storm
1913	November 6–11	024	969	Blizzard
1920	March 15–18			Blizzard
1922	January 27–29			Blizzard	Category 5
1940	November 10–12	027	971	Blizzard
1944	December 10-13	027		Storm	Category 3
1947	December 25–26	026		Blizzard	Category 3
1950	November 24–30	057	978	Blizzard	Category 5
1952	February 17–18			Storm
1956	March 18–19			Blizzard
1958	March 18–22			Storm	Category 3
1960	December 11–12	021	966	Blizzard	Category 2
1961	January 1–3	008		Ice storm
1963	October 25–30	048	948	Storm
1966	January 27–31	103		Blizzard	Category 4
1967	January 26–27	023	997	Blizzard	Category 5
1969	February 8–10		970	Blizzard	Category 2
1969	March 5–8			Storm
1969	December 25–28		976	Storm
1971	March 3–5			Blizzard
1973	December 16–17	001	992	Ice storm
1975	January 9–12	027	961	Blizzard	Category 3
1976	February 2	056	957	Blizzard
1977	January 28 – February 1	100		Blizzard
1978	January 25–27	036	956	Blizzard	Category 5
1978	February 5–7	040		Blizzard	Category 5
1979	January 12–15	021		Blizzard	Category 4
1991	October 31 – November 3	037	984	Blizzard	Category 5
1992	December 10–12	048	985	Blizzard	Category 2
1993	March 12–15	069	960	Blizzard	Category 5
1995	February 2–6	020	962	Storm	Category 2
1996	January 6–10	048	980	Blizzard	Category 5
1997	March 31 – April 1		979	Blizzard	Category 2
1997	October 24–26			Storm
1998	January 4–10	005		Ice storm
1999	January 2–4	022		Storm	Category 4
1999	January 14–15			Ice storm

21st century

2000s

Year	Date	Maximum accumulation	Lowest pressure	Type	Category
2000	January 18–30	030		Blizzard	Category 3
2000	December 27–31	030		Storm	Category 2
2002	January 29–31	003		Ice storm	Category 2
2002	February 7		994	Storm
2002	December 4–5			Ice storm
2003	February 14–19	044	999	Blizzard	Category 4
2003	December 5–8	036	992	Blizzard	Category 3
2004	December 21–24	059	984	Storm	Category 4
2004	December 24–28	018	964	Storm
2005	January 20–23	041		Blizzard	Category 4
2005	December 14–16	001		Ice storm
2006	February 11–13	030	971	Blizzard	Category 2
2006	October 11–13	024	980	Storm
2006	November 20–24	005	944	Storm
2006	November 26 – December 1			Storm
2006	December 20–31	032		Blizzard
2007	January 11–24	004	961	Ice storm	Category 2
2007	February 12–20	048	970	Blizzard	Category 3
2007	April 13–17	023	969	Storm	Category 1
2007	November 29 – December 4	014	952	Storm
2007	November 29 – December 5	044	976	Storm
2007	December 8–18	024	974	Various
2008	January 3–11		956	Blizzard
2008	March 6–10	029	984	Blizzard
2008	December 11–12			Ice storm
2008	December 19–25			Storm
2009	January 25–30	003	999	Ice storm
2009	October 13–20	023	966	Blizzard
2009	December 16–20	026	968	Blizzard	Category 4
2009	December 22–28	040	985	Blizzard	Category 5

2010s

Year	Date	Maximum accumulation	Lowest pressure	Type	Category
2010	February 5–6	038	978	Blizzard	Category 4
2010	February 9–10	028	969	Blizzard	Category 2
2010	February 25–27	053	972	Blizzard	Category 4
2010	March 12–16		993	Storm
2010	October 23–28	009	955	Blizzard
2010	December 25–29	036	960	Blizzard	Category 2
2011	January 8–13	041		Blizzard	Category 2
2011	January 25–27			Blizzard	Category 1
2011	January 31 – February 2	027	996	Blizzard	Category 5
2011	October 28 – November 1	032	971	Blizzard	Category 1
2011	November 8–10	006	943	Blizzard
2012	January 16–20	050	992	Blizzard
2012	October 29 – November 2	036	940	Storm
2012	November 7–10	014	984	Storm	Category 1
2012	December 17–22	015	971	Blizzard	Category 2
2012	December 25–28	027	968	Blizzard	Category 1
2013	February 7–18	040	968	Blizzard	Category 3
2013	March 1–10	036	986	Blizzard	Category 2
2013	October 3–5	058	999	Blizzard	Category 3
2013	November 22–27	048	N/A N/A	Storm
2013	December 19–23	014	997	Storm
2014	December 30 – January 6	024	936	Storm	Category 2
2014	January 19–24	018	962	Blizzard	Category 1
2014	January 27–31	010	999	Blizzard	Category 1
2014	February 11–24	028	968	Blizzard	Category 4
2014	November 7–13			Blizzard
2014	November 13–21	088	961	Storm
2015	January 23–30	036	970	Blizzard	Category 3
2015	January 31 – February 2	024	978	Blizzard	Category 3
2015	February 12–17	027	958	Blizzard	Category 1
2015	March 1–6	055	993	Blizzard
2015	November 24–27	002	994	Ice storm
2015	December 26–30	041	989	Blizzard
2016	January 21–24	042	983	Blizzard	Category 5
2016	January 29 – February 7	041		Blizzard	Category 2
2016	February 7–10	011	976	Blizzard
2016	February 23–24	017		Storm
2016	March 21–25	033	989	Blizzard
2016	April 15–23	051	999	Blizzard
2017	January 4–8	056	987	Blizzard	Category 2
2017	January 7–13, 19–24 February 8–22			Storm
2017	January 10–17	001	999	Ice storm
2017	February 6–10	024	969	Blizzard	Category 1
2017	February 12–15	040	968	Blizzard
2017	March 11–15	058	974	Blizzard	Category 4
2017	October 29–31	08.4	975	Storm
2017	December 8-10	25		Storm	Category 2
2018	January 2–4	022	949	Blizzard	Category 1
2018	March 1–3	039.3	974	Blizzard	Category 1
2018	March 6–8	036	986	Blizzard	Category 1
2018	March 20–22	020.1	988	Storm	Category 2
2018	April 13–15	033	985	Storm	Category 4
2019	January 16–21	052		Storm	Category 1
2019	February 11–13	026.5		Blizzard
2019	March 8–16	052	968	Blizzard	Category 1
2019	April 10–14	030	982	Blizzard	Category 3
2019	November 26 – December 3		973	Blizzard	Category 2

2020s

Year	Date	Maximum accumulation	Lowest pressure	Type	Category
2020	January 15–18	037	979	Blizzard
2020	February 2–5	023.5	943	Storm
2020	February 9–13	013	920	Blizzard
2020	October 29–30	06.5	970	Storm
2020	November 29–December 2	024	989	Storm
2020	December 4–6	018	976	Blizzard
2020	December 14–18	044	985	Storm	Category 2
2020	December 30–January 2, 2021	024	1001	Storm	Category 1
2021	January 25–February 3	036.1	985	Blizzard	Category 3
2021	February 6–8	014	960	Storm
2021	February 13–17	026	960	Blizzard	Category 3
2021	February 15–20	024	948	Storm	Category 3
2021	March 10–16	052.5	980	Blizzard	Category 3
2021	March 16–17	06.2	997	Blizzard
2021	April 15–17	014	988	Storm
2022	January 3-4	015.5	980	Storm
2022	January 14–17	027.5	981	Storm	Category 2
2022	January 28–30	030.4	969	Blizzard	Category 1
2022	February 1–5	047	1004	Storm	Category 2
2022	February 22–26	047	N/A N/A	Storm
2022	April 11-13	037	983	Storm
2022	November 16–20	081.6	N/A	Storm
2022	December 21–26	043	963	Blizzard	Category 4
2023	January 31–February 2	NA N/A	1016	Storm
2023	February 21-28	N/A N/A	N/A N/A	Blizzard	Category 2
2023	March 9-15	043	N/A N/A	Storm	Category 2
2024	January 7-10	021	N/A N/A	Storm	Category 1
2024	January 10–14	041	N/A N/A	Storm
2024	January 12-18	049	983	Storm	Category 1
2024	February 10-13	015	956	Storm
2024	November 19-21	020	942	Storm
2025	January 3-7	020	976	Blizzard	Category 2
2025	January 8-11	014	967	Storm	Category 2
2025	January 18-20	016	960	Storm
2025	January 20-22	013	939	Blizzard	Category 1
2025	December 12-15	023	938	Storm	Category 2
2025	December 17-20	009	945	Storm
2026	January 22-26	031	958	Storm	Category 3