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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.
The National Weather Service defines a blizzard as a storm that contains large amounts of snow or blowing snow with winds in excess of 35 mph and visibilities of less than 1/4 mile for at least ...
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 ...
Snow is winding down across the Northeast on Friday after a powerful winter storm finishes its race across the U.S., bringing life-threatening snow squalls and blizzard conditions to regions ...
Wet snow and sleet during a winter storm, on the deck of RFA Tidespring south of Plymouth in the English Channel. Depending on the temperature profile in the atmosphere, snow can be either wet or dry. Dry snow, being lighter, is transported by wind more easily and accumulates more efficiently. Wet snow is heavier due to the increased water content.
Blizzard conditions can strike the Mountain West and parts of the Midwest, downpours of rain can bring mudslides to California and ice storms can disrupt the Great Plains and mid-Atlantic states.
Today's top weather news for Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024: Millions of people from the Upper Midwest to the Northeast are bracing for a new winter storm while frigid temperatures settle across the U.S.
In February 2021, the National Centers for Environmental Information announced that the official Delaware snow depth record was established near Greenwood on February 7, 2010, after the February 5–6, 2010 North American blizzard resulted in a measurement of 28 inches.