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The winter of 1981–1982 in the United Kingdom (also called The Big Snow of 1982 by the press) was a severe cold wave that was formed in early December 1981 and lasted until mid-late January in 1982. It was one of the coldest Decembers recorded in the United Kingdom. [2]
National Weather Service high and low temperature map (Fahrenheit) from January 17, 1982. National Weather Service 500 millibar height contour map from January 17, 1982. "Cold Sunday" was a meteorological event which took place on January 17, 1982, when unprecedentedly cold air swept down from Canada and plunged temperatures across much of the ...
At Richmond International Airport in Richmond, 17.7 inches (45 cm) of snow fell, which was the third-highest snow accumulation in the city on record. [14] [15] Daily snowfall records were set in Lynchburg and Roanoke, where 14.6 inches (37 cm) and 18.4 inches (47 cm) of snow fell in 24 hours, respectively.
On Wednesday, January 13, 1982, Washington National Airport (DCA) was closed following a heavy snowstorm, which produced 6.5 inches (16.5 cm) of snow. [4]: 13 It reopened at noon under marginal conditions as the snowfall began to slacken.
A coastal storm that unleashed more than an inch of rain and peak wind gusts of 63 mph in New York City unloaded more than 2 feet of snow in parts of northeastern Pennsylvania. Snowfall began the ...
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.
The storm was initially known as "Storm Larry" in Connecticut, following the local convention promoted by the Travelers Weather Service on television and radio stations there. [4] Snow fell mostly from Monday morning, February 6 to the evening of Tuesday, February 7. Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts were hit especially hard by this ...
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 ...