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The Great Storm of 1975 (also known as the Super Bowl Blizzard, Minnesota's Storm of the Century, or the Tornado Outbreak of January, 1975) was an intense winter storm system that impacted a large portion of the Central and Southeast United States from January 9–12, 1975.
Over the next two days the snow continued to fall, leading to additional snowfall of one to two feet (30 cm to 60 cm). By the time the snowfall ended on November 4, the storm had dropped 36.9 in (93.7 cm) on Duluth, the largest single snow storm total in Minnesota history at that time.
The Armistice Day Blizzard (or the Armistice Day Storm) took place in the Midwest region of the United States on November 11 (Armistice Day) and November 12, 1940.The intense early-season "panhandle hook" winter storm cut a 1,000-mile-wide (1,600-kilometer) swath through the middle of the country from Kansas to Michigan.
And on Nov. 3, a few more tenths of an inch, bringing a whopping 28.4 inches of snow, the biggest single storm still on record. But there was an even bigger event roughly a decade prior.
Winter Storm Lola kicked off March 2025 with blizzard conditions in parts of the Plains and upper Midwest while also delivering the heaviest snowstorm of the season so far to Minneapolis-St. Paul.
See photos as winter snow storm hits over a dozen states. Vehicles slowly make their way through snowfall along Goss Ave. as Winter Storm Blair impacted Louisville, Ky. on Jan. 5, 2024.
What made the storm so deadly was the timing (during work and school hours), the suddenness of the storm, and the brief spell of warmer weather that preceded it. In addition, the very strong wind fields behind the cold front and the powdery nature of the snow reduced visibilities on the open plains to zero.
An arctic mass sprawling across most of the United States is the main driver behind what is being called Winter Storm Enzo. Pictures from Texas, Florida, Mississippi, and more show snow blanketing ...