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The Chicago blizzard of 1967 struck northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana on January 26–27, 1967, with a record-setting 23 inches (58 cm) snow fall in Chicago and its suburbs before the storm abated the next morning. As of 2024, it remains the greatest snowfall in one storm in Chicago history.
Great Blizzard of 1978: New England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York metropolitan area: US February 5–7, 1978 5 Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978: Northern Illinois, northwest Indiana: US January 13–14, 1979 4 1979 Chicago blizzard: Upper Midwest of the United States US October 31–November 3, 1991 5 1991 Halloween blizzard
Blizzard — 1977 January 28 – February 1: 100 inches (250 cm) — Blizzard — 1978 January 25–27: 36 inches (91 cm) 955.5 hPa (28.22 inHg) Blizzard Category 5 February 5–7: 40 inches (100 cm) — Blizzard Category 5 1979 January 13–14: 21 inches (53 cm) — Blizzard Category 4 1991 October 31 – November 3: 37 inches (94 cm)
The Chicago blizzard of 1979 was a major blizzard that affected northern Illinois and northwest Indiana on January 13–14, 1979. It was one of the largest Chicago snowstorms in history at the time, with 21 inches (53 cm) of snowfall in the two-day period. [ 1 ]
One of the most recent blizzards in Chicago took place on Feb. 1-2, 2011, when over 20 inches of snow piled up in Chicago. The powerful storm responsible for the blizzard also dealt wintry weather ...
The storm produced 22 inches (55 cm) of snow in Chicago and was rated by the National Weather Service as the second worst blizzard to hit Chicago in the 20th century, after the Blizzard of 1967. Soon after the snow ended, record low temperatures occurred with values of −20 °F (−29 °C) or lower n parts of Illinois and surrounding states on ...
Eileen Black takes pictures inside of a Chicago Transit bus that was stranded overnight on Lake Shore Drive Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 in Chicago. A winter blizzard of historic proportions wobbled an ...
The Great Chicago Fire began in the night on Oct 8, 1871. At first it was thought to be small and contained, but the dangerous blaze soon raged out of control. Wire reports from the The New York