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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
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: Eastern United States, Eastern Canada: Canada, US March 12–15, 1993 5 1993 Storm of the Century: Northeastern United States: US January 6–8, 1996 5 North American blizzard of 1996: Northeastern ...
The Great Blizzard of 1888, also known as the Great Blizzard of '88 or the Great White Hurricane (March 11–14, 1888), was one of the most severe recorded blizzards in American history. The storm paralyzed the East Coast from the Chesapeake Bay to Maine , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] as well as the Atlantic provinces of Canada. [ 3 ]
Story at a glance The United States has seen its fair share of heavy snowfall. Official and unofficial records vary, but many states have reported storms dumping feet of snow across regions. The ...
The storm helped make the winter of 1959-60 the snowiest in local history. NOTE : Unofficial records show a one-day snowfall of 30 inches on Feb. 15, 1837, and multi-day storms totaling 30 inches ...
Rochester's experienced more than its share of epic snowstorms. Here are the biggest on record.
This snowstorm is the biggest in the history of Washington since official record keeping began in 1885 (although it is dwarfed by the 36 inches (91 cm) of snow in the Washington–Jefferson Storm of January 1772). [3] Among other disruptions, Congress adjourned as a result of the storm. [4]
The wrath of the blizzard pummeled the mid-Atlantic between Feb. 11 and Feb. 14, 1899, with 20 to 30 inches of snow accumulating from central Virginia to western Connecticut, including 20.5 inches ...