The 2017–18 North American winter saw weather patterns across North America that were very active, erratic, and protracted, especially near the end of the season, resulting in widespread snow and cold
Early January 2018 Nor'easter 2018 01 04 1345Z
Mid March 2018 nor'easter 2018 03 13 2100Z
Four'easter 2018 03 22 1700Z
April 2018 North American storm complex 2018 04 13 1947Z
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A nor'easter is a large-scale extratropical cyclone in the western North Atlantic Ocean. The name derives from the direction of the winds that blow from the northeast. Typically, such storms originate
2017–18 North American winter
…country. By the turn of March, however, a major pattern shift occurred in which the same regions in the Northeast were hit by four consecutive rounds of nor'easters and heavy snow within a three-week period. This led places such as New York City and New Jersey to have a March that was cooler then the previous…
Compass card (1607), featuring the spelling "Noreast"
Surface temperature of the sea off the east coast of North America. The corridor in yellow gives the position of the Gulf Stream.
A powerful Nor'easter over the North Atlantic Ocean on 20 March 2022; Greenland at the top left, and Iceland at the top right