Gusts of wind reached 67 mph in New York City.
More than 108,000 customers in upstate New York woke up without power on Christmas morning after a windy storm swept the Northeast overnight.
Outages also extended into New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Gusts reached 71 mph in Greenwich, Connecticut, 76 mph in Suffolk County, New York, and 67 mph in New York City.
The highest rainfall total was over 3.5 inches in Pennsylvania. Those venturing on Christmas Day should be wary of flash floods.
At the rear of the storm, heavy snow fell from Buffalo, New York, to Cleveland to the mountains of North Carolina.
The Cleveland metro area saw the most snow, at 9.4 inches.
The winter blast also extended south. Impressive snowfall totals were measured in Tennessee and North Carolina, where up to 6 inches were collected.
Snow fell as far south as Georgia, where 1 to 2 inches was recorded.
The same storm system caused severe thunderstorms with two tornadoes reported in Virginia and a third reported in North Carolina.
Prediction
The worst storm is now sweeping through New England, bringing heavy rain and damaging winds.
Despite the storm, many northeastern cities had their warmest Christmas in history, from 61 degrees in Worcester, Massachusetts, to 64 degrees in Burlington, Vermont and Scranton, Pennsylvania.
New York City to Washington, DC, begins to dry out and cool in the afternoon as the arctic air pulls in.
Saturday morning temperatures will drop into the 20s with teenage chills and some numbers.
A freeze warning has even been issued for central Florida, including Orlando, where the temperature could drop to 29 degrees from Friday evening to Saturday morning.