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The Blizzard of '78 formed on Sunday, February 5, 1978 and broke up on February 7. [3] The storm was initially known as "Storm Larry" in Connecticut, following the local convention promoted by the Travelers Weather Service on television and radio stations there. [4] Snow fell mostly from Monday morning, February 6 to the evening of Tuesday ...
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Florida State Fair in 2013. In 1904, the South Florida Fair Association was formed and plans for a new exhibition were proposed. The fair was founded as the South Florida Fair in downtown Tampa and renamed the Mid-Winter Festival a few years later. The name finally changed to the present Florida State Fair in 1915. [7]
Florida, which more than doubled its state record for snowfall, shut down a nearly 200-mile stretch of Interstate 10 Wednesday night along the Panhandle due to lingering snow and icy conditions ...
At 3 am, the blizzard produced peak winds of 55 miles per hour (89 km/h). Temperatures dropped to 0 °F (−18 °C) that morning. Wind chills remained at −40 to −50 °F (−40 to −46 °C) nearly all day. Governor Otis Bowen declared a snow emergency for the entire state the morning of the 26th. Snow drifts of 10 to 20 feet (3.0 to 6.1 m ...
It also ranged widely throughout the state. Columbus saw just 4.7 inches , according to the National Weather Service. Cincinnati received 6.9 inches, and Dayton was blanketed under 12.9 inches.
Many city and state record low temperatures date back to this event, including all-time records for locations in the Midwest and South. State record lows: Nebraska reached −47 °F (−44 °C), Ohio experienced −39 °F (−39 °C), Louisiana bottomed out at −16 °F (−27 °C), and Florida dipped below zero to −2 °F (−19 °C).
By contrast, the Sunshine State’s previous snowfall record was set at 4 inches in Milton on March 6, 1954. Meanwhile, a nearly 70-mile stretch of the major highway Interstate 10 was closed from ...