December 2010 North American blizzard

The December 2010 North American blizzard was a historic blizzard that hit the northeaster part of North America in late December 2010. The blizzard produced heavy snow and strong winds. Over  of snow on parts of New York City. An area south of Elizabeth City, New Jersey had the most snow fall. It had  of snow.  Elizabeth City itself got  of snow.

History
The storm that caused the snowfall started as drizzle in California. It grew into a rainstorm. As it moved northeast, it turned into a blizzard. On 26 December 2010, the blizzard reached New York City. The blizzard caused a large amount of snow and strong winds. It also caused thundersnow, where thunder and lightning happen while snow is falling. It moved away from the city on December 27th. On December 28th, the blizzard moved out over the Atlantic Ocean.

Impacts
New Jersey
New Jersey got a large amount of snow. There was also rain in the area of Cape May. Elizabeth City got  of snow. An area south of Elizabeth City had the most snow fall. It had  of snow. The blizzard produced heavy snow and strong winds there. That was a historic blizzard for the area.

New York
New York City received a large amount of snow and had high winds. About  of snow fell on the city. Places east of the city, for example eastern Long Island, saw some rain from the storm. The blizzard did not affect far north of New York City. Albany got less than  of snow from the blizzard.

Connecticut
Connecticut did have snowfall, but it was not an unusual amount for that state. Between from  of snow fell in Connecticut. Hartford had only  of snow. New Haven, the closest area in Connecticut to New York City, saw about  of snow.

Massachusetts
Massachusetts saw between  of snow. This is not an unusual amount for the area.

 Related pages 
 North American blizzard of 2003
 December 2009 North American blizzard
 January 31 – February 2, 2011 North American winter storm
 February 2013 nor'easter

References

Category:2010 in the United States
Category:Historic blizzards in the United States
Category:2010 in weather
Category:December 2010 events
Category:Winter weather events