Blizzard in Dorchester, Maryland

Blizzard February 22, 2026 · Dorchester, Maryland

What the National Weather Service wrote

Dorchester County experienced blizzard conditions during the evening of February 22 as a strong coastal low deepened off the Mid-Atlantic coast. The Cambridge-Dorchester Airport ASOS reported frequent visibility of 0.25 miles between 8 and 11 PM due to a combination of heavy snow and frequent gusts between 30-40 mph.

The wider storm

A coastal low rapidly deepened off the coast of Virginia from 1004mb along the Outer Banks on the morning of February 22 to 968mb off the Mid-Atlantic and New England coastline on the morning of February 23. This brought blizzard conditions with heavy snow, strong winds, and low visibility to portions of the Lower Maryland Eastern Shore during the evening of February 22.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1319270. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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