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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.
In mid-January 1888, a severe cold wave passed through the northern regions of the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains of the United States, then considered to be the northwestern region of the nation. It led to a blizzard for the northern Plains and upper Mississippi valley where many children were trapped in schoolhouses where they froze to death.
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 ]
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.
Nor’easters have long slammed the East Coast with snow and high winds, causing severe damage. These are the 10 worst ones in recorded history.
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
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, New Orleans had several heavy snowstorms, including one that unloaded 20.7 inches on an unofficial station on Jan. 15-16, 1909, 9.6 inches on Nov. 14, 1906, and ...
The wrath of the blizzard pummeled the mid-Atlantic between Feb. 11 and Feb. 14, 1899, with 20 to 30 inches of snow accumulating from central Virginia to western Connecticut, including 20.5 inches ...