February 6–8, 2021 nor'easter
The February 6–8, 2021 nor'easter, also referred to as the 2021 Super Bowl Sunday nor'easter, was a strong and fast-moving nor'easter that started out in the Southern United States, before impacting the Mid-Atlantic and New England states on Super Bowl Sunday, in February 2021. The storm struck the region just days after another significant nor'easter impacted the same general regions. Developing on February 6 along a stationary front in the Southern United States and moving northeastward, the imminent impacts from the nor'easter forced several vaccination sites in the Northeast to temporarily close again for the following days. The storm caused one indirect death, and damage estimates are currently undetermined. It was unofficially named Winter Storm Quade by The Weather Channel.
Satellite imagery from GOES-16 of the nor'easter at peak intensity on February 8 near Nova Scotia | |
| Type | Extratropical cyclone Winter storm Nor'easter Bomb cyclone |
|---|---|
| Formed | February 6, 2021 |
| Dissipated | February 16, 2021 |
| (Exited to sea on February 8, 2021) | |
| Highest winds |
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| Lowest pressure | 960 mb (28.35 inHg) |
| Maximum snowfall or ice accretion | Snow – 20 in (50 cm) in Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Fatalities | 1 indirect death |
| Power outages | > 16,000 |
| Areas affected | Southern United States, Mid-Atlantic states, Northeastern United States, Bermuda, Atlantic Canada, Southern Greenland, Iceland |
Part of the 2020–21 North American winter | |