Upstate New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine were cited, with advisories for New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Connecticut.
The first major snowstorm of the 2025–2026 season hit the northeastern United States on Tuesday, with nearly a foot of snow expected in some areas.
Some parts of northern New England were expecting up to 10 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).
Winter storm warnings were issued for areas across upstate New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. More broadly, winter storm advisories were issued across New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Connecticut.
Federal forecasters say that the winter storm will be “ramping up as it moves into New England and the Mid-Atlantic” later on Tuesday, according to an advisory bulletin. By Tuesday morning, snow was falling steadily around the region.
A coastal low-pressure front “is deepening along the Mid-Atlantic, helping to increase moist flow over the colder air inland and significantly enhance the wintry precipitation across the region,” it said. The winter storm will bring up to one inch per hour, leading to five to 10 inches of snow across the northeastern United States.
“The wintry precipitation should taper off from south to north throughout the day as the low begins to pull away from the coast, with snowfall lingering longest into early Wednesday for New England,” the NWS said.
Schools and government offices closed around the Northeast, with officials citing potentially dangerous road conditions. Dozens of schools around upstate New York canceled classes with six or more inches forecast in some eastern parts of the state. Snow began falling before dawn, making roads slippery during the morning commute.
The winter weather arrived days after more than eight inches (20.32 centimeters) of snow fell at Chicago O’Hare International Airport over the weekend. It set a record for a single calendar day snowfall in November at the airport, according to the weather service, eclipsing one set in 1951.
