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The Great Blizzard of 1899, also known as the Great Arctic Outbreak of 1899 and the St. Valentine's Day Blizzard, was an exceptionally severe winter weather event that affected most of the United States, particularly east of the Rocky Mountains.
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 ...
Feb. 11—"Worst Blizzard on Record" was the headline of the Wilkes-Barre Record on Feb. 14, 1899. The entire Wyoming Valley, including the mountainous territories of Bear Creek, Mountain Top and ...
1899 February 10–14 [2] — — 20th century. The Great Blizzard of 1978 was the most intense storm of the 20th century. Year Date Maximum accumulation
Great Blizzard of 1899 February 11–14, 1899. An extremely unusual blizzard in that it reached into the far southern states of the US. It hit in February, and the area around Washington, D.C., experienced 51 hours straight of snowfall.
Piles of snow were stacked higher than horses in New York City following the Great Blizzard of 1899. (Library of Congress) Nor'easters, bomb cyclones and blizzards are some of the words used to ...
1899: With the Great Blizzard of 1899, snowfall in New Orleans reached 3.8 inches (9.7 cm) with strong winds and temperatures below 10 °F (−12 °C). [4] 2000: This snow was nationally televised as the 2000 Independence Bowl was being played on December 31, 2000, in Shreveport. The game was later referred to as "The Snow Bowl", as a snowstorm ...
'Snow King' Blizzard, Arctic outbreak still unmatched over 125 years later. Piles of snow were stacked higher than horses in New York City following the Great Blizzard of 1899. (Library of ...