By far the most notable event was a historic blizzard that impacted areas from Oklahoma to Michigan in early February.

On October 21, 2010, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center issued its US winter outlook.

The Outlook predicted colder and wetter than average winter for the Pacific Northwest and Northern plains.

It also predicted that the Southern plains, Gulf States, Southwest and Southeast Regions receiving a warmer and drier winter season with Florida having equal chance of a below or above average temperatures.

The central United States, Mid Atlantic and New England had equal chances of having below or above average temperature and precipitation.

A storm that spawned a devastating tornado outbreak in mid-April was responsible for a late-season blizzard in the Great Plains.

Forming over the Upper Midwest, it intensified rapidly prompting the storm to be classified as a bomb cyclone which are more common over the ocean rather than over land.

The storm developed along the so-called Pineapple Express Atmospheric river as a disturbance in the Gulf of Alaska on December 5 and intensified as it began to move toward land.

By the 8th it reached the coast of northwest North America but significantly weakened and a new storm formed in the Gulf of Alaska.

When the storm reached Texas it absorbed Gulf Stream moisture and reintensified as it moved toward the Florida Panhandle on December 24.

It dumped snow on a portion of the Mid Atlantic and New England and was officially classified as a blizzard in New York City.

Wind gusts reached 40–50 miles per hour (64–80 km/h) in certain areas, creating horrible driving conditions.

[10][11] In the middle of January, a storm formed in the Gulf of Mexico and interacted with cold air mass in Canada.

It would bring winter weathering the form of snow and freezing rain from Texas to Atlantic Canada.

It hit the Midwest and New England with an ice storm along the warm front and mixed precipitation from New Mexico to Northern Texas.