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At Oswego, the storm lasted from January 27 to January 31, 1966, a total of 4½ days. The daily snowfall totals for Southwest Oswego, as measured by Professor Robert Sykes Jr, are as follows. January 27, 1966: 8 inches (20 cm) January 28, 1966: 12 inches (30 cm) January 29, 1966: 11 inches (28 cm) January 30, 1966: 21 inches (53 cm)
March blizzard in North Dakota, 1966. The Brooklyn Bridge during the Great Blizzard of 1888. In the United States, storm systems powerful enough to cause blizzards usually form when the jet stream dips far to the south, allowing cold, dry polar air from the north to clash with warm, humid air moving up from the south. [2] [7]
Storm — 1966 January 27–31: 103 inches (260 cm) — Blizzard Category 4 1967 January 26–27: 23 inches (58 cm) 997 hPa (29.4 inHg) Blizzard Category 5 1969 February 8–10 — 970 hPa (29 inHg) Blizzard Category 2 March 5–8 — — Storm — December 25–28 — 976 hPa (28.8 inHg) Storm — 1971 March 3–5 — — Blizzard — 1973 ...
From the Blizzard of '66 to the massive snow storm of December 2020, here's the biggest, most devastating winter storms to hit the Southern Tier.
This helped contribute to the 1966-67 winter setting a record seasonal snowfall of 68.4 inches (173.7 cm) for Chicago, breaking the previous record of 66.4 inches (168.7 cm), set in 1951–52. This record would be surpassed just three seasons later, when the 1969-70 winter dropped 77.0 inches (195.6 cm) of snow on the city.
After a lull at Watertown, the storm restarted at 2:30 am on January 29, and lasted until 10:00 pm. This portion of the storm included gusts to 50 mph (80 km/h) and heavy snow. [174] The storm then abated at Watertown, but at 2:00 pm on Sunday, visibility returned to zero.
The Armistice Day Blizzard was a winter storm that occurred on November 11–12, 1940 which brought heavy snow and winds up to 80 mph. The lake freighter SS William B. Davock sank with all 33 hands in Lake Michigan south of Pentwater, Michigan. The SS Anna C. Minch foundered, broke in two and sank nearby with the loss of all 24 crew.
Description of the NESIS scale. The Northeast snowfall impact scale (NESIS) is a scale used to categorize winter storms in the Northeast United States. [1] The scale was developed by meteorologists Paul Kocin and Louis Uccellini, and ranks snowstorms from category 1 ("notable") to category 5 ("extreme").