Eastern Blizzard Set Snowfall Records From Mississippi to Maine

December 29 Update: The December 26-27 snowfall map (click to enlarge) from the National Weather Service shows that the bullseye of the storm was in the northern New Jersey/New York City metropolitan area. The Eastern Coastal and Northeast maps of 24-hour liquid equivalent for frozen precipitation show the heaviest amounts near and along the coast.

Maximum snow totals were in the Union County area of New Jersey, to the west of New York, where amounts in excess of 2 feet were common:

********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************

LOCATION          STORM TOTAL     TIME/DATE   COMMENTS
                     SNOWFALL           OF
                     /INCHES/   MEASUREMENT
...UNION COUNTY...
   RAHWAY                32.0  1000 AM 12/27  PUBLIC
   ELIZABETH             31.8   700 AM 12/27  TRAINED SPOTTER
   ROSELLE               28.7   710 AM 12/27  TRAINED SPOTTER
   UNION                 27.0   745 AM 12/27  TRAINED SPOTTER
   CLARK                 27.0   745 AM 12/27  PUBLIC
   FANWOOD               26.0   100 AM 12/27  PUBLIC
   GARWOOD               25.0   845 AM 12/27  PUBLIC 

Original post:
The National Climatic Data Center reports that the December 25-27 snowstorm set dozens of daily snowfall records from Alabama to Maine:

            Previous  Length of      
  Snowfall Amount Year Record   Location
12/25/2010
       4.5 0.3   1989   52  AL HUNTSVILLE INTL AP (KHSV)
       2.4 Trace 1993   70  AL MUSCLE SHOALS AP (KMSL)
         1 Trace 1993   107 AL ANNISTON METRO AP (KANB)
         2 0.2   1993   66  GA ATHENS BEN EPPS AP (KAHN)
       1.3 Trace 1993   80  GA ATLANTA HARTSFIELD AP (KATL)
       0.1 0     2009   69  GA MACON MIDDLE GA AP (KMCN)
       1.4 Trace 1989   48  MS TUPELO RGNL AP (KTUP)
       6.5 5.4   1969   62  NC ASHEVILLE AP (KAVL)
       4.2 2.8   1947   107 NC GREENSBORO WSO AP (KGSO)
       0.4 Trace 1999   65  NC RALEIGH DURHAM WSFO AP (KRDU)
       0.4 Trace 1998   69  NC CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS AP (KCLT)
       1.6 1     1962   48  SC GRNVL SPART INTL AP (KGSP)
       4.3 Trace 1948   65  VA DANVILLE RGNL AP (KDAN)
12/26/2010
       1   0     2009   70  AL MUSCLE SHOALS AP (KMSL)
       0.3 Trace 1992   52  AL HUNTSVILLE INTL AP (KHSV)
       8   7.5   1969   68  CT BRIDGEPORT SIKORSKY AP (KBDR)
       3.2 1.8   1976   68  DE WILMINGTON NEW CASTLE (KILG)
       1.3 Trace 1953   66  GA ATHENS BEN EPPS AP (KAHN)
       1.3 0.3   1972   62  KY LEXINGTON BLUEGRASS AP (KLEX)
       9.9 9.4   1933   90  MA BOSTON WSFO AP (KBOS)
       6.7 Trace 2004   65  NC RALEIGH DURHAM WSFO AP (KRDU)
       1.6 1     1917   107 NC GREENSBORO WSO AP (KGSO)
       1.6 0     2009   69  NC CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS AP (KCLT)
       0.5 0.4   1977   62  NC ASHEVILLE AP (KAVL)
       0.1 0     2009   77  NC WILMINGTON INTL AP (KILM)
      18.4 0.2   1970   63  NJ ATLANTIC CITY INTL AP (KACY)
      11.3 1     2004   37  NY ISLIP LI MACARTHUR AP (KISP)
      10.5 4.4   1969   62  NY NEW YORK JFK INTL AP (KJFK)
      10.2 4.1   1969   63  NY NEW YORK LA GUARDIA AP (KLGA)
      11.6 1.5   1976   69  PA PHILADELPHIA INTL AP (KPHL)
      7.9 6.1    1969   68  RI PROVIDENCE WSO AP (KPVD)
      1.8 Trace  2004   68  SC COLUMBIA WSFO AP (KCAE)
      0.7 Trace  1969   48  SC GRNVL SPART INTL AP (KGSP)
      0.2 Trace  2004   80  SC CHARLESTON INTL AP (KCHS)
      3.9 1.9    1969   100 TN KNOXVILLE AP (KTYS)
      0.6 Trace  1983   62  TN JACKSON MCKELLAR AP (KMKL)
     13.4 5      2004   64  VA NORFOLK INTL AP (KORF)
      0.8 0      2009   65  VA DANVILLE RGNL AP (KDAN)
      7   3.4    1989   47  WV BECKLEY RALEIGH CY AP (KBKW)
      5.1 2.4    1976   51  WV BLUEFIELD MERCER AP (KBLF)
      4   1.9    1976   62  WV CHARLESTON YEAGER AP (KCRW)
12/27/2010
      4   1.1    1963   68  CT BRIDGEPORT SIKORSKY AP (KBDR)
     10.3 2      1988   69  ME BANGOR AP (KBGR)
      6.2 5.4    2005   71  ME CARIBOU WFO (KCAR)
      6.5 4.7    1984   75  NJ NEWARK INTL AP (KEWR)
      7.8 4.8    1984   134 NY NY CITY CNTRL PARK (KNYC)
      5.1 3.2    1984   62  NY NEW YORK JFK INTL AP (KJFK)