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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."
On Jan. 6, 1996, 29 years ago today, one of the strongest such snowstorms, known as the "Blizzard of 1996," began its siege in the East. By the time it was over two days later, an impressive swath ...
Nearly half of the 65.5 inches of snow that fell in the 1995-1996 snow season came courtesy of the Blizzard of '96. The 27.6 inches the storm brought on Jan. 7 remains the greatest single-day ...
Only two historical blizzards, the 1993 Storm of the Century and the North American blizzard of 1996 are rated in the 5 "extreme" category. The scale differs from the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale and Fujita scale , which are used to classify tropical cyclones and tornadoes , respectively, in that it takes into account the number of people ...
North American blizzard of 1996; P. 1996 Pacific Northwest floods; T. Tornado outbreak sequence of April 1996; 1996 Oakfield tornado outbreak; Late-October 1996 ...
The Blizzard of 1996 is one of them. It's one of the defining winter storms of the 20th century and is still a record-holder to this date for several cities. A true blockbuster storm, this nor ...
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 ...
A blizzard is a severe snowstorm characterized by strong sustained winds and low visibility, ... 1996; April Fool's Day Blizzard March 31 – April 1, 1997. US East Coast