The Second North American blizzard of 2010 is a winter storm and severe weather event that afflicted the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and New England regions on February 9-11, 2010, affecting some of the same regions that had just experienced a historic Nor'easter 3 days prior. The storm is forecast to dump 12 to 18 inches (30 to 46 cm) of snow across a wide swath from Washington, DC to Boston, with parts of the Philadelphia metro area forecast to receive 18 to 24 inches (46 to 61 cm). This storm started as a classic "Alberta Clipper", starting out in Canada and then moving southeast, and finally curving northeast while rapidly intensifying off the New Jersey coast, forming an eye.

This storm system, in conjunction with the first storm 3 days prior, has been nicknamed snowmageddon. Because this storm affected the same regions already covered with over a foot of snow (Philadelphia received 28.5 inches (72 cm) in the First North American blizzard of 2010, and hadn't plowed many smaller streets from that storm), it only exacerbated the cleanup process since cities were already paralyzed from the last storm. Numerous cities shattered their seasonal snowfall records as of the morning of February 10th including: Baltimore with 65.6 inches (167 cm), old record 62.5 inches (159 cm); Washington, D.C. (Dulles International Airport) with 67.5 inches (171 cm), old record 61.9 inches (157 cm); and Wilmington, Delaware with 60.0 inches (152 cm), old record 55.9 inches (142 cm).

Philadelphia beat its old record of 65.5 inches (166 cm) with 15 inches (38 cm) by 7 pm EST, obtaining a new record of 70.3 inches (179 cm). There were also very few places to put the plowed snow, since there are significant restrictions on dumping snow into bodies of water within most jurisdictions. Baltimore is using empty parking lots, city parks, the Pimlico Race Course, and have resorted to dumping the snow in the Inner Harbor after securing permission to do so from the Maryland Department of the Environment.

The National Weather Service issued blizzard warnings from Washington, DC to Long Island, including all of New Jersey and New York City, as well as the entire Philadelphia metro area and the entire states of Maryland and Delaware. Winter storm warnings for heavy snowfall were posted from Illinois to Massachusetts, and the federal government was closed for the third day in a row, along with many schools from Washington, D.C. through Philadelphia and into New York City.

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