Historic snowfall on the US East Coast
City of Pawtucket, February 23, 2026 (Bravanews) - Reports are advancing that nothing like it has been seen since 1978. We have the latest and most impressive snow totals, maximum wind gusts and other remarkable reports from this historic East Coast blizzard.
A historic blizzard is hitting areas of the mid-Atlantic and New England with heavy snow and strong winds, from Virginia and Delaware to Massachusetts and Maine, including New York City.
This storm has been named the Hernando Winter Storm.
This storm was named Winter Storm Hernando by The Weather Channel.
Dozens of locations have already recorded more than 33 inches (about 83 cm) of snow, from the Delmarva Peninsula to New England.
Snowfall rates of up to 3 inches (about 7.6 cm) per hour were observed on Long Island, and blizzard conditions were confirmed by the National Weather Service in several locations, including Boston and Newark, New Jersey. At times, the snow was accompanied by lightning strikes.
Here is a summary of the storm reports observed so far.
Peak snow totals, by state:
- Connecticut: 26.5 inches in N. Stonington
- Delaware: 21 inches in Long Neck
- Maryland: 16 inches in Bishopville
- Maine: 13 inches in Goodwins Mills
- Massachusetts: 33 inches in Dartmouth
- New Hampshire: 9 inches in Stratham
- New Jersey: 29.5 inches in Bogota
- New York: 31 inches in Central Islip
- North Carolina: 8 inches on Beech Mountain
- Pennsylvania: 22.1 inches in Lower Makefield Township
- Rhode Island: 36.2 inches in Warwick
- Vermont: 4.5 inches near Landgrove
- Virginia: 15 inches in Wintergreen
- West Virginia: 15 inches in Camden on Gauley
