In the United States, the new decade came in like a lion with not one, not two, but three blizzards—all within a span of 20 snowy days. Between February 1 and 6, a severe winter storm swept the country from coast to coast, piling record amounts of snow in the Mid-Atlantic states...
On March 11, 1888, one of the worst blizzards in American history hit the Northeast. In terms of storm severity, this one had it all: enormous amounts of snow, frigid temperatures and howling winds that whipped up snow drifts 30 to 40 feet (9.1 to 12.1 meters) tall. The storm was so...
Quantifying and then ranking the best seasons as a whole is relatively easy these days, thanks to the likes of The Snowy Hydro, which keepsrecords of annual snow depths.However, determining the best single instances of snowfall – hereafter referred to as dumps, storms and blizzard...
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The Nine Biggest Storms in the Colorado Blizzard Hall of Fame The National Weather Service Office in Boulder has tracked snowfall throughout the state going all the way back to the 1800s. Here are the 9 worst blizzards ever recorded in the state of Colorado. Colorado Blizzard Hall of Fame:...