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Great Blizzard of 1978: New England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York metropolitan area: US February 5–7, 1978 5 Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978: Northern Illinois, northwest Indiana: US January 13–14, 1979 4 1979 Chicago blizzard: Upper Midwest of the United States US October 31–November 3, 1991 5 1991 Halloween blizzard
Blizzard — 1922 January 27–29 — — Blizzard Category 5 1940 November 10–12: 27 inches (69 cm) 971 hPa (28.7 inHg) Blizzard — 1944 December 10-13: 36 inches (91 cm) — Storm Category 3 1947 December 25–26: 26.4 inches (67 cm) — Blizzard Category 3 1950 November 24–30: 57 inches (140 cm) 978 hPa (28.9 inHg) Blizzard Category 5 1952
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 ]
The Great Snow of 1717; January 1886 blizzard; Schoolhouse Blizzard; Great Blizzard of 1888; Great Blizzard of 1899; Great Lakes Storm of 1913; 1920 North Dakota blizzard; Knickerbocker storm; 1940 Armistice Day Blizzard; Great Snowstorm of 1944; North American blizzard of 1947; Great Appalachian Storm of 1950; December 1960 nor'easter; North ...
The difference between a blizzard and a snowstorm is the strength of the wind, not the amount of snow. To be a blizzard, a snow storm must have sustained winds or frequent gusts that are greater than or equal to 56 km/h (35 mph) with blowing or drifting snow which reduces visibility to 400 m or 0.25 mi or less and must last for a prolonged ...
HOU picked up 3 inches of snow Tuesday, making it the most snow in one day since Jan. 30, 1949, when 3.1 inches fell and the third-snowiest day on record at the airport. IAH received 1.2 inches.
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 ...
From Feb. 18-20, 2004, 21 years ago this week, the Great Maritimes Blizzard hammered Atlantic Canada with heavy snow, high winds, blizzard conditions and storm surge flooding.