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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 (50.8 cm ...
The following is a list of major snow and ice events in the United States that have caused noteworthy damage and destruction in their wake. The categories presented below are not used to measure the strength of a storm, but are rather indicators of how severely the snowfall affected the population in the storm's path.
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]
January 24, 1967 – A relatively brief F2 tornado touched down near Gladstone, tracking through Western Henderson County and causing $25,000 (1967 USD) in damages. [79] An intense F3 tornado moved from Burke to areas near Mount Carroll , injuring 12 people and causing extensive damage to barns and other structures. [ 80 ]
This ended up being the biggest snowstorm of the winter (so far) for several Midwest cities including Chicago. The biggest single storm for Chicago (O'Hare Airport) prior to this was 2.2 inches on ...
Gusty wind and sleet cut through the air Friday as 8-year-old Stella Dmytrenko-Hreczuch stood with her plastic snowboard next to a hill in Humboldt Park. Though as much as 8 inches of snow fell in ...
The storm produced 22 inches (55 cm) of snow in Chicago and was rated by the National Weather Service as the second worst blizzard to hit Chicago in the 20th century, after the Blizzard of 1967. Soon after the snow ended, record low temperatures occurred with values of −20 °F (−29 °C) or lower n parts of Illinois and surrounding states on ...
The storm could be the biggest of the season for several Midwest cities including Detroit and Chicago, AccuWeather said. Chicago's biggest snow this year was 2.2 inches, measured at O'Hare Airport ...