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The 23 inches (58.4 cm) inches of snow that fell on Chicago for 29 hours from the morning of January 26, 1967 is a record for a single storm. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 8 ] [ 10 ] The 19.8 inches (50.3 cm) that fell on January 26–27 was the greatest amount of snow for a 24-hour period, later surpassed by Groundhog Day Blizzard of 2011 with 20.0 inches (50 ...
Monday is the 53rd anniversary of the biggest snowstorm in Chicago history, according to the National Weather Service. Blizzard of 1967: Monday marks anniversary of Chicago's biggest snowstorm [Video]
The winter of 1880–1881 is widely considered the most severe winter ever known in many parts of the United States. The initial blizzard in October 1880 brought snowfalls so deep that two-story homes experienced accumulations , as opposed to drifts, up to their second-floor windows.
The Chicago blizzard of 1979 was a major blizzard that affected northern Illinois and northwest Indiana on January 13–14, 1979. It was one of the largest Chicago snowstorms in history at the time, with 21 inches (53 cm) of snowfall in the two-day period. [ 1 ]
Saturday's snowfall of 11.2 inches recorded Friday and Saturday was beat only by a snowstorm ending on Nov. 26 in 1895 that saw 12 inches of snow fall.
A powerful and deadly winter storm that slammed the Plains and Midwest on Wednesday has pushed into the Northeast and New England, ... Farther south in Chicago, 1.5 inches of snow was reported ...
The 1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak was a destructive tornado outbreak and severe weather event that occurred on April 21, 1967, across the central Midwest, in particular the towns of Belvidere and Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States.
The next winter storm is brewing in the Plains and Midwest and has cities such as Chicago, Detroit and Kansas City on alert. Flooding, too, will be a concern, as torrential rain to the south falls ...