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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]
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.
Great Blizzard of 1888; N. 1888 Northwest United States cold wave; S. Schoolhouse Blizzard
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
Coupled with 17-degree temperatures, the snowstorm was the worst since the famed Blizzard of 1888, The Record reported. The storm ended on Jan. 3, 1904 but the weather failed to improve. Extreme ...
The Great Blizzard of 1888, also known as the Great Blizzard of '88 or the Great White Hurricane (March 11–14, 1888), was one of the most severe recorded blizzards in American history. The storm paralyzed the East Coast from the Chesapeake Bay to Maine , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] as well as the Atlantic provinces of Canada. [ 3 ]
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