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The North American Ice Storm of 1998 (also known as the Great Ice Storm of 1998 or the January Ice Storm) was a massive combination of five smaller successive ice storms in January 1998 that struck a relatively narrow swath of land from eastern Ontario to southern Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada, and bordering areas from northern New York to central Maine in the United States.
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
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").
A truck dumps a load of snow into the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 8, 1996. When it comes to notorious winter weather events throughout history, only a select few are remembered ...
Tree damage caused by the North American Ice Storm of 1998. Western and Northern NY Ice Storm of March 3–4, 1991 [5] Ice Storm of 1994 [6] Considered one of the worst ice storms in US History. January 1998 North American ice storm; January 1999 North American ice storm
From Baltimore to Caribou, Maine efforts were underway to clear roadways of ice and snow as wind chill temperatures were to plunge during the day.
This list of United States natural disasters is a list of notable natural disasters that ... 1998 Blizzard: 30 ... Great Blizzard of 1888: Northeast Fatalities ...
Rochester faced a relentless onslaught of winter weather in March 1999 as a powerful blizzard blanketed the city with nearly 2 feet of snow on March 3 and 4. The storm, accompanied by fierce winds ...