It's been nearly two years, but New York City, Philadelphia and Baltimore have seen 700 days since a storm system moving north up the East Coast brought wintry weather to millions of people along Interstate 95. The record-setting snow streak that lasted for a long time has finally come to an end. From the mid-Atlantic to the Northeast and New England.
Record-breaking snowfall began Monday as the winter storm began dumping snow on the Baltimore and Washington areas.
By Monday night, Baltimore City had broken its streak, ending the record for most calendar days without an inch of snow at 716 days.
Baltimore reported 4.1 inches of snow by Tuesday morning.
Philadelphia also broke the record for 715 days without snow, with less than an inch of snow falling in a single day.
By Tuesday morning, 3.3 inches of snow had fallen in the City of Brotherly Love.
This is the first time since January 29, 2022 that the city has received more than an inch of snow in a calendar day.
New York City finally took action Tuesday morning.
Central Park received 0.4 inches of snow on Monday, followed by 1.2 inches of snow between midnight and 1 p.m. Tuesday, bringing the storm's total snowfall to 1.6 inches, the National Weather Service said.
Central Park is New York City's official measurement location.
The same low-pressure system that brought snow and ice to the South moved out of the region on Monday, when a new low-pressure system formed off the East Coast and headed toward the Northeast and New England. .
Up the coast, snow fell across much of the I-95 corridor from Washington to Boston.
Millions of people remain under winter weather warnings from the mid-Atlantic region to the U.S.-Canada border in Maine.
A winter storm warning remains in effect for northern Maine.
A winter weather advisory remains in effect from Virginia to northern New England, including Philadelphia, New York City, Boston, Hartford, Connecticut, Providence, Rhode Island, Albany, New York, and Portland, Maine.
Snowfall amount so far
The highest snowfall to date was reported at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in New Jersey. 2.1 inches of snow fell at the airport.
Two inches of snow fell at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and 1.9 inches fell at LaGuardia Airport (LGA).
Behind that, New York City's Central Park reported 1.6 inches of snow.
Islip, New York, on Long Island, also received 2.1 inches of snow. Bridgeport, Conn., also saw an increase of 2 inches.
How much more snow will it fall?
Additional snow totals will vary across the region by the time the system moves out of the area late Tuesday.
New York City, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, won't see any more snow as most of the precipitation has turned to rain.
Further north, an additional inch of fresh snow could accumulate in the Northeast and interior New England.
Areas with the potential for more snow can be found in New England and upstate New York.
The highest areas of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine could receive an additional 5 to 8 inches of fresh snow, with some localized areas potentially seeing more.
