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Winter Storm Rex: Snow, Ice, Thundersnow Reports
Winter Storm Rex: Snow, Ice, Thundersnow Reports
Sep 20, 2024 7:59 AM

Winter Storm Rex brought a swath of snow from the Midwest to parts of the Northeast late Feb. 16 into early Feb. 19, 2014. Thundersnowwas observed in at least seven states as the storm pushed east.

Here are some of the snow totals produced by the storm in each state.

Official National Weather Service observations arelisted in bold.

Maine

All reports are snow accumulations.

9.6" near Kennebunk9.5" in Rollinsford9" in Durham7.6" in Portland

New Hampshire

All reports are snow accumulations.

15" in Alton14" in Madbury, Hooksett, Bow, Rochester, Canterbury12" in ConcordUp to 10.0" in Manchester

Massachusetts

All reports are snow accumulations.

11.1" in Lunenburg10" in Milford, Ashby7" in Lowell4.0" in Springfield3.3" at the National Weather Service office in Taunton2.5" at Boston Logan International Airport

Rhode Island

All reports are snow accumulations.

6" in Burrillville5.5" in Coventry5.3" in East Providence4.8" in Woonsocket3.7" at T.F. Green State Airport near Warwick

Connecticut

All reports are snow accumulations.

7.0" in North Somers6.5" in Meriden and Somers6.2" in Enfield, New Britain and South WindsorNumerous reports of 4" to 6" in the Hartford area3.6" at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks2.7" at Bridgeport Airport

Vermont

All reports are snow accumulations.

5.5" in Rochester and Woodford5.0" in Landgrove3.8" in Stowe

New York

All reports are snow accumulations.

5.6" near Olean5.5" near Jamestown5.0" near Little Valley3.0" in Saugerties2.1" in the Bronx (New York City)2.0" at Islip Airport1.6" at Kennedy International Airport in New York City1.5" at LaGuardia Airport in New York City1.5" at Central Park in New York City2.1" at the National Weather Service in Buffalo0.7" in Rochester

Pennsylvania

All reports are snow accumulations.

8.5" in Brockway8.0" in Chandlers Valley7.4" in DuBois6.5" in Karns City; thundersnow reported Tuesday morning4.8" in Altoona4.5" in Hermitage; thundersnow reported before sunrise Tuesday3.5" in Erie3.3" at the Pittsburgh National Weather Service office in Moon Township3.0" in Oil City; thundersnow reported before sunrise Tuesday3.0" in Butler; thundersnow reported before sunrise Tuesday3.0" at Philadelphia International Airport1.3" in AllentownTwitter reports of thundersnow in Butler and New Castle

New Jersey

5.0" snow in Medford Township, Burlington County4.0" snow in Alloway, Brown Mills, and Tabernacle3.5" snow in Sewell, Lindenwold, and Magnolia1.8" snow at Newark Liberty International Airport0.5" snow at Atlantic City Airport in Pomona

Delaware

3.0" snow in Cherry Hill (Newark)2.0" snow in Wilmington

Ohio

8.5" snow in Hiram and Chagrin Falls8.3" snow near Newton Falls8.0" snow in Twinsburg and in Claridon Township, Geauga County7.7" snow in Sagamore Hills7.5" snow on the west side of Cleveland7.2" snow in Elyria7.0" snow on the west side of Akron4.1" snow in Toledo2.5" snow in Mansfield4.7" snow in Cleveland2.4" snow at Akron-Canton Regional Airport in Green1" of sleet in Shiloh0.20" ice accumulation (freezing rain) in Bellefontaine and Quincy0.10" ice accumulation (freezing rain) in Dublin, Oxford, Greenville, Shiloh, and GahannaThundersnow mixed with sleet and freezing drizzle reported in the official Youngstown observations between 4:34 and 5:03 a.m. Feb. 18.Twitter reports of thundersnow early Tuesday in Alliance and Youngstown

West Virginia

3.5" snow near Terra Alta2.0" snow in Berkeley Springs and Martinsburg1.0" snow in Anjean and Bellaire0.3" snow in Wheeling0.5" sleet in Auto (Greenbrier County)

Virginia

1.0" snow in Purcellville and near Mill Gap0.9" snow in Front Royal0.6" snow near Stephens City0.5" snow at Dulles International Airport0.5" snow in Fries0.2" snow in Manassas

District of Columbia

0.5" snow at Dalecarlia Reservoir0.4" snow at the National Arboretum0.3" snow at Reagan National Airport (technically in Arlington, Va.)

Maryland

2.5" snow near Oakland2.0" snow in Eckhart Mines, Olney, Catonsville, Elkton, Emmitsburg, and Smithsburg1.7" snow in Damascus1.5" snow in Frostburg and Reisterstown1.3" snow near Hagerstown0.9" snow at Baltimore-Washington International AirportTwitter reports of thundersnow in Baltimore, Dundalk, Pasadena, and Annapolis between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. Feb. 18.

North Carolina

0.5" snow in Boone

Michigan

All reports are snow accumulations.

9.1" in Fremont9.0" in Stanwood and Ferry8.2" near Cannonsburg7.2" in Bloomingdale7.0" in Leota and Midland6.2" at Gerald R. Ford Airport in Grand Rapids6.2" in Muskegon (as of midnight Monday night)6.0" in St. Joseph and Harrison and near Shelby, White Cloud and Shepherd5.5" in Mount Pleasant4.5" in Flint (as of midnight Monday night)4.2" in Ann Arbor3.5" at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus

Indiana

up to 6.5" snow in Portage6.0" snow in Burns Harbor5.8" snow in La Porte5.0" snow in South Bend2.9" snow in Fort Wayne (as of midnight Monday night)0.3" snow in Indianapolis; freezing rain also reportedThundersnow reported in Demotte and Wolcott via the National Weather Service Feb. 17.The Weather Channel Twitter followers reported thundersnow in Dyer, Schererville, Crown Point, Munster, Valparaiso, and Lafayette Feb. 17.

Illinois

7.4" snow in Romeoville7.1" snow in Peotone6.5" snow in Niles and Clifton6.2" snow in Elburn, Bartlett, and St. Charles6.0" snow in Evanston, Hoffman Estates, Westchester, Crete, and Kankakee5.9" snow in Moline (as of noon Monday)up to 5" snow in Peoria5.0" snow at O'Hare InternationalAirport in Chicago4.3" snow in Rockford0.30" freezing rain in Jerome and near Industry (the latter on concrete surfaces; less in trees)0.25" freezing rain in Springfield0.25" freezing rain at the National Weather Service in Lincoln0.23" freezing rain in JacksonvilleNumerous reports of thundersnow, including Morton, Streator, Peoria (via spotters); Springfield, Jacksonville, Lincoln, Bloomington and Champaign (via weather observations) on Feb. 17Thundersnow reached downtown Chicago at 2:36 p.m. CST on Feb. 17 (via numerous Twitter reports)The Weather Channel Twitter followers reported of thundersnow in Heyworth, Normal, Rantoul, Sidney, Pekin, Ottawa, Peru, Reddick, and Oak Park on Feb. 17

Wisconsin

6.5" snow in Chilton6.2" snow in Pine River5.5" snow in Rothschild4.4" snow at the La Crosse Airport4.0" snow in Amherst3.9" snow at the National Weather Service in La Crosse3.5" snow in Oregon and Wisconsin Rapids3.1" snow in Eau Claire3.0" snow in Platteville and Superior

Minnesota

7.5" snow in Saginaw7.0" snow near Two Harbors6.4" snow at the Twin Cities National Weather Service office in Chanhassen?6.0" snow in DuluthUp to 5.9" snow in Waconia5.5" snow in Warroadup to 5.1" snow in St. Cloud (as of noon Monday)5.0" in Albert Lea, Sacred Heart, and Shakopee4.9" snow at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport4.0" snow in Mankato0.8" snow in Moorhead (official Fargo-Moorhead total)5" of sleet near Duluth

Iowa

6.5" near Independence6.2" in HazletonUp to 6.0" in the Cedar Rapids area5" snow in Davenport4.7" snow in Waterloo3.9" snow in Dubuque2.3" snow in Des Moines1.1" snow in Sioux City0.25" freezing rain near Keokuk0.20" freezing rain in Exline and Washington0.20" freezing rain and sleet in Salem0.20" sleet near AmesThundersnow near Saylorville Lake and Polk City (metro Des Moines) around 7:40 a.m. (trained spotters) on Feb. 17Thundersnow in Hiawatha at 9:36 a.m. (trained spotter) on Feb. 17Thundersnow in Davenport around 11:20 a.m. (multiple Twitter reports) on Feb. 17

Missouri

1.3" snow in Clark County (northeast Missouri)0.20" freezing rain in Lewistown and near Memphis0.16" freezing rain in Mexico0.15" freezing rain in Hannibal and Macon0.13" freezing rain in Lake St. LouisThunder with freezing rain reported in St. Louis before sunrise Feb. 17Thundersnow reported in Hannibal at 4:35 a.m. Feb. 17

Nebraska

1.3" snow at Eppley Airfield in Omaha1.1" in Wakefield1.0" in Tekamah and Emerson0.7" at the National Weather Service in Valley (near Omaha)0.3" in Norfolk0.2" in Lincoln

South Dakota

2.0" snow in CentervilleUp to 1.6" snow in the Sioux Falls area0.9" snow at the Sioux Falls airport (Joe Foss Field)0.04" of ice (sleet/freezing rain) in Mitchell

North Dakota

5.0" snow in Pembina4.6" snow in Lansford3.7" snow in Grand Forks2.0" snow in Jamestown1.5" snow in Bismarck

MORE ON WEATHER.COM: Winter Storm Rex Photos

Marco Garcia, of Guatemala, shovels snow near the Statehouse in Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, in Trenton, N.J., after a quick-moving storm brought several inches of snow as well as rare 'thundersnow' to parts of the winter-weary East Coast. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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