Historic North American Snow Events Summary
Compiled from OCR notes listing major blizzards across the East Coast, Northeast and Midwest from 1888 to 1987. Entries specify dates, regions, and death tolls including Buffalo 1977 with 29 dead and 25 foot snowdrifts, New England 1978 with 29 dead and 339 houses destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Coast
Washington, D.C
Northeast
Midwest
New York City
Southwest
Buffalo
N.Y
New England
East Coast evacuees as historic storm strikes
The storm forced evacuations from southern Maine to Massachusetts coastal towns and a 1 800 resident order in New Jersey. It coincides with the Blizzard of 1888 anniversary, brings widespread outages and wrecks, with 13 deaths in Florida and numerous traffic accidents. Tornadoes struck 15 Florida counties and in North Carolina. Snow and squalls cripple Chicago O Hare and cause a major interstate pileup in Michigan. Interstates 40 and 26 closed in North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Massachusetts
Ea Bright
N.J
Connecticut
Ed Ginginas
Weather Service
Florida
North Carolina
Gulf Coast
Chiefland
Fla
Chuck Bastak
Chicago
O'Hare International
Pontiac
Mich
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ginny Southworth
Easy
Laurens Street
Daling Optical
Mnef
Duli
Aeoicea
Aiken Mall
Warner's
Warner
Bessie Shuler
Heritage
Glils
Alabama
Alway Heritage Square
Merville
Sale
Poe