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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 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.
"Blizzard of 1888". History Nebraska. State of Nebraska Government. "The Winter of 1886" [Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site]. National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. "The Winter of 1886-87" [Theodore Roosevelt and the Dakota Badlands]. National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior.
Story at a glance The United States has seen its fair share of heavy snowfall. Official and unofficial records vary, but many states have reported storms dumping feet of snow across regions. The ...
The Great Blizzard of 1888. Snow piles up in New York after The Great Blizzard of 1888. ... this March 1888 storm blasted the region with up to 50 inches of snow—reports claim the East River ...
1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1888th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 888th year of the 2nd millennium, the 88th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1880s decade. As of the start of ...
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 ...