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Great Blizzard of 1978: New England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York metropolitan area: US February 5–7, 1978 5 Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978: Northern Illinois, northwest Indiana: US January 13–14, 1979 4 1979 Chicago blizzard: Upper Midwest of the United States US October 31–November 3, 1991 5 1991 Halloween blizzard
"The Washington and Jefferson Snowstorm of 1772". January 26–29, 1772. One of largest D.C. and Virginia area snowstorms ever recorded. Snow accumulations of 3 feet (91 cm) recorded. [16] The "Hessian Storm of 1778". December 26, 1778. Severe blizzard with high winds, heavy snows and bitter cold extending from Pennsylvania to New England.
Blizzard — 1922 January 27–29 — — Blizzard Category 5 1940 November 10–12: 27 inches (69 cm) 971 hPa (28.7 inHg) Blizzard — 1944 December 10-13: 36 inches (91 cm) — Storm Category 3 1947 December 25–26: 26.4 inches (67 cm) — Blizzard Category 3 1950 November 24–30: 57 inches (140 cm) 978 hPa (28.9 inHg) Blizzard Category 5 1952
Baltimore received 6.6 in (17 cm) of snow, which was the biggest snowfall there in three years. [40] Virginia State Police reported 248 crashes requiring their response, noting that not all accidents were necessarily related to the winter storm. [38] Reagan National Airport shut down their runways late on January 6 due to the snowfall. [41]
In all, the storm resulted in 318 deaths, and caused $5.5 billion (1993 USD) in damages. The greatest recorded snowfall amounts were at Mount Le Conte in Tennessee , where 56 inches (140 cm) of snow fell, and Mount Mitchell in North Carolina , the tallest mountain in eastern North America, where 50 inches (130 cm) was measured to fall and 15 ...
Largest: The 2011 Super Outbreak: 207 confirmed tornadoes occurred in a span of 24 hours on April 27, 2011, with a total of 367 occurring throughout the duration of the outbreak. They affected six US states, and included 11 rated EF4 and 4 rated EF5.
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The Iran blizzard of February 1972 was the deadliest blizzard in history, as recorded by the Guinness Book of Records. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A week-long period of low temperatures and severe winter storms , lasting 3–9 days in February 1972, resulted in the deaths of over 4,000 people. [ 3 ]