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The Schoolhouse Blizzard, also known as the Schoolchildren's Blizzard, School Children's Blizzard, [2] or Children's Blizzard, [3] hit the U.S. Great Plains on January 12, 1888. With an estimated 235 deaths , it is the world's 10th deadliest winter storm on record.
This tragedy became known as the Schoolhouse Blizzard, Schoolchildren's Blizzard, or The Children's Blizzard. [1] This cold snap and blizzard were part of a month when temperatures averaged below normal by 6 to 12 °F (3.3 to 6.7 °C) across much of the northern and western United States. [2]
The Great Blizzard of 1888 which struck parts of the eastern United States and Atlantic Canada from March 11 to March 14 The so-called Schoolhouse Blizzard which affected the northern Great Plains on January 12
January 12 – The Schoolhouse Blizzard hits Dakota Territory, the states of Montana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas, leaving 235 dead, many of them children on their way home from school. January 13 – The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C. January 19 – The Battle of the Grapevine Creek, the last major ...
The Great Blizzard of 1888. ... It left 12 states and Washington, D.C. in states of emergency in January 2016. The two to three feet of snow across the East Coast was joined by powerful winds that ...
Blizzard Category 4 March 12–16 — 993 hPa (29.3 inHg) Storm — October 23–28: 9 inches (23 cm) 955.2 hPa (28.21 inHg) Blizzard — December 25–29: 36 inches (91 cm) 960 hPa (28 inHg) Blizzard Category 2 2011 January 8–13: 40.5 inches (103 cm) — Blizzard Category 2 January 25–27 — — Blizzard Category 1 January 31 – February 2
Schoolhouse Blizzard of 1888 North American Great Plains. January 12–13, 1888. What made the storm so deadly was the timing (during work and school hours), the suddenness, and the brief spell of warmer weather that preceded it.
There were widespread school closures across Nebraska and Kansas on Monday ahead of the storm, where forecasters predicted 5 to 8 inches (12 to 20 centimeters) of snow. The school district that ...