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The North American blizzard of 1996 was a severe nor'easter that paralyzed the United States East Coast with up to 4 feet (1.2 m) of wind-driven snow from January 6 to January 8, 1996. The City University of New York reported that the storm "dropped 20 inches of snow, had wind gusts of 50 mph and snow drifts up to 8 feet high."
Prior to the 1995-1996 snow season, during which the infamous storm occurred, Philadelphia had never seen a snowier season. Nearly half of the 65.5 inches of snow that fell in the 1995-1996 snow ...
The Blizzard of 1996 is remembered as one of the most devastating snowstorms to affect the northeastern United States in history. Blizzard of 1996: Remembering the deadly eastern US snowstorm ...
While the records date back for nearly or more than 100 years, the oldest storm to make the Top 10 lists was in 1945. A few storms in the 1960s made the lists, but many of the monster storms have ...
The following is a list of major snow and ice events in the United States that have caused noteworthy damage and destruction in their wake. The categories presented below are not used to measure the strength of a storm, but are rather indicators of how severely the snowfall affected the population in the storm's path.
Most snow, one storm: 47 inches (119 cm) January 6–8, 1994: Lake County: Most snow, one month [8] 66 inches (168 cm) March, 1965: Collegeville: Most snow, season: 170 inches (432 cm) 1949 – 1950: Grand Portage State Park: Deepest snowpack [8] 75 inches (191 cm) March 28, 1950: Pigeon River Bridge: Most fatalities, winter storm [9] up to 200 ...
The winter of 1995–96 started with near to below average snowpack for much of the affected region with ski resorts opening later than usual. [4] The weather pattern changed a few weeks later, producing significant snowfall in lowland areas. Moscow, Idaho recorded 42 inches (110 cm) of snow in ten days during the second half of January. [5]
A dramatic sunrise rolling a 1996 snow storm seen from the NC 86 bridge over I-40 in Orange County. With his toboggan pulled down over his face, Evan Thompson tries to catch some of Monday’s ...