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1997 April Fool's Day blizzard: Midwestern United States, Central and Eastern Canada Canada, US January 2–4, 1999 4 North American blizzard of 1999: North Carolina, Virginia: US January 25, 2000 3 January 2000 North American blizzard: East Coast of the United States and Canada Canada, US February 14–19, 2003 4 North American blizzard of 2003
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 cyclone then moved northward while producing blizzard conditions and heavy snowfall across portions of the Mid-Atlantic on February 11, including across Maryland and northern Virginia. Continuing to intensify and moving northward, the cyclone then brought heavy snow and blizzard conditions to parts of the Northeast and New England.
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 ...
The National Weather Service said Washington, D.C., itself could get as much as 29 inches by Sunday night.
The storm received various unofficial names, such as Winter Storm Grayson, Blizzard of 2018 and Storm Brody. The storm was also dubbed a "historic bomb cyclone". [3] On January 3, blizzard warnings were issued for a large swath of the coast, ranging from Norfolk, Virginia all the way up to Maine.
The blizzard disrupted several regions, and in some areas the snowfall rate prevented snow plows from maintaining the roads. The blizzard caused flights and trains to be canceled, and left areas without power. Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and New Castle and Kent counties in Delaware declared a state of emergency. Seven deaths ...
North American blizzard of 1966; 1967 Chicago blizzard; February 1969 nor'easter; March 1969 nor'easter; 1971 Great Lakes blizzard; Great Storm of 1975; Blizzard of 1977; 1979 Chicago blizzard; 1991 Halloween blizzard; 1993 Storm of the Century; 1997 April Fool's Day blizzard; January 2000 North American blizzard; December 21–24, 2004, North ...