February 5–6, 2010 North American blizzard (“Snowmageddon”)
References & archive
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_5%E2%80%936,_2010_North_American_blizzard — overview, citations, and regional snowfall table.
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- Washington, Baltimore, and Philadelphia metros saw two-foot-plus snow depths in a single weekend.
- The pattern featured a blocking ridge and slow-moving coastal lows that trained snowbands onshore.
- Regional recovery took days; roof collapses and limited snow-disposal space were notable secondary impacts.
External references
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Back-to-back February 2010 Mid-Atlantic snowstorms—including the Feb 5–6 event often dubbed “Snowmageddon”—dropped massive totals on the I-95 urban corridor. Wikipedia-based capsule; wxmap may lack complete archival grids for this window.
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