A nor’easter hit Maryland unevenly on Sunday night, leaving parts of the state with more than a foot of snow and some counties with just a few inches, according to the National Weather Service.

Snow accumulation varied widely across the region, said Jeremy Geiger, a meteorologist for the weather service’s Baltimore/Washington office.

The northern part of the state, including parts of Frederick, Carroll and Baltimore counties, saw 4 to 6 inches of snowfall. Hagerstown reported as much as 12.3 inches.

Preliminary reports showed parts of the Eastern Shore, which was under a blizzard warning, got as much as 18 inches of snow, according to Anna Stuck, a meteorologist at the weather service.

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Much of Anne Arundel, Howard and Prince George’s counties, however, saw just between an inch to about 4 inches of snow.

Baltimore City saw between 1.5 and 4 inches of snow, NWS meteorologist Andrew Snyder said Monday evening. City neighborhoods such as Park Heights saw about 4 inches, while the Inner Harbor area received only half of that due to the varying levels of elevation, said Andrew Snyder, a meteorologist with the weather service.

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“With temperatures that were basically between 32 and 35 degrees, elevation made all the difference,” he said.

Snyder said Baltimore was spared the most severe impact, seeing the lowest amount of snowfall in the Central Maryland region due to a much smaller band of precipitation looming over it compared to other parts of the state.

Baltimore usually sees no more than 7.5 inches of snowfall in January and February, according to NWS data.

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Here’s a look at some snowfall totals reported across Maryland, according to the weather service:

  • Bentley Springs: 5 inches
  • Bel Air: 5.1 inches
  • Bethesda: 2.8 inches
  • Bowie: 2.5 inches
  • BWI Airport: 2 inches
  • Catonsville: 2 inches
  • Cavetown: 9.3 inches
  • Clements: 6 inches
  • Columbia: 3 inches
  • Damascus: 6.2 inches
  • Dayton: 4.2 inches
  • Deer Park: 6.5 inches
  • Gaithersburg: 5.5 inches
  • Elkton: 8.5 inches
  • Ellicott City: 2.5 inches
  • La Plata: 4 inches
  • Laurel: 1.9 inches
  • Pittsville: 12 inches
  • Prince Frederick: 6 inches
  • Sabillasville: 12.3 inches
  • Wheaton: 3.6 inches
  • Winfield: 6 inches

Banner reporter Darreonna Davis contributed to this reporting.