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The 23 inches (58.4 cm) inches of snow that fell on Chicago for 29 hours from the morning of January 26, 1967 is a record for a single storm. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 8 ] [ 10 ] The 19.8 inches (50.3 cm) that fell on January 26–27 was the greatest amount of snow for a 24-hour period, later surpassed by Groundhog Day Blizzard of 2011 with 20.0 inches (50 ...
The 1967 Atlantic hurricane season was an active Atlantic hurricane season overall, producing 13 nameable storms, of which 6 strengthened into hurricanes. The season officially began on June 1, 1967, and lasted until November 30, 1967.
The second has to do with meteorological winter which varies with latitude for a start date. [1] Winter is often defined by meteorologists to be the three calendar months with the lowest average temperatures. Since both definitions span the start of the calendar year, it is possible to have a winter storm occur two different years.
Saturday's snowfall of 11.2 inches recorded Friday and Saturday was beat only by a snowstorm ending on Nov. 26 in 1895 that saw 12 inches of snow fall.
Monday is the 53rd anniversary of the biggest snowstorm in Chicago history, according to the National Weather Service. Blizzard of 1967: Monday marks anniversary of Chicago's biggest snowstorm [Video]
The storm results in $2 million in damage (1951 USD, $17 million 2008 USD), which is the only reported damage in the United States during the year. [7] February 3, 1952– An off-season tropical storm unofficially named the Groundhog Day tropical storm hits near Cape Sable, producing gusty winds and moderate rainfall. [8]
It caused the deaths of 408 people — most of them World War I veterans working in the Florida Keys, where the storm made its first landfall. ... of the U.S. at the time. When the 1992 hurricane ...
More storms hit Florida than any other U.S. state, [1] and since 1851 only eighteen hurricane seasons passed without a known storm impacting the state. Collectively, cyclones that hit the region have resulted in over 10,000 deaths, most of which occurred prior to the start of hurricane hunter flights in 1943.