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February 14, 2026 - Snow Lingers Across the United States
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Between January 23 and January 27, 2026, a frigid Arctic air mass clashed with Gulf and Pacific moisture to create a massive winter storm that dumped at least 6 inches (15.2 cm) of snow across 26 U.S. states. According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the notable storm “crippled a large swath of the central and eastern U.S.” with significant snow, sleet, and ice accumulations observed from the southern Plains through the Deep South and Ohio River Valley into the Mid-Atlantic and New England.
After the storm passed, another Arctic blast dropped temperatures—and kept them there for nearly two weeks. As a result, temperatures stayed below freezing in many parts of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, locking ice and snow firmly in place. For example, the District of Columbia stayed below freezing from January 24 to February 2, which is the sixth longest stretch of consecutive hours below freezing on record for the District, according to reporting by CNN.
On February 13, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this true-color image of the cover of snow and ice lingering over the northern tier of the United States, several of the Plains states, the Mid-Atlantic, and New England. Warming temperatures in the last several days has melted much of the ice cover on the Great Lakes, but eastern Canada also remains under a blanket of snow.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 2/13/2026
Resolutions:
1km (1.4 MB), 500m (4.4 MB), 250m (7.1 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
Between January 23 and January 27, 2026, a frigid Arctic air mass clashed with Gulf and Pacific moisture to create a massive winter storm that dumped at least 6 inches (15.2 cm) of snow across 26 U.S. states. According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the notable storm “crippled a large swath of the central and eastern U.S.” with significant snow, sleet, and ice accumulations observed from the southern Plains through the Deep South and Ohio River Valley into the Mid-Atlantic and New England.
After the storm passed, another Arctic blast dropped temperatures—and kept them there for nearly two weeks. As a result, temperatures stayed below freezing in many parts of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, locking ice and snow firmly in place. For example, the District of Columbia stayed below freezing from January 24 to February 2, which is the sixth longest stretch of consecutive hours below freezing on record for the District, according to reporting by CNN.
On February 13, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this true-color image of the cover of snow and ice lingering over the northern tier of the United States, several of the Plains states, the Mid-Atlantic, and New England. Warming temperatures in the last several days has melted much of the ice cover on the Great Lakes, but eastern Canada also remains under a blanket of snow.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 2/13/2026
Resolutions:
1km (1.4 MB), 500m (4.4 MB), 250m (7.1 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
