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The Children's Blizzard, Jan 12, 1888
Unseasonably warm weather preceded the storm, leaving many people unprepared for the sudden drop to -40° Celsius. Many teachers decided to send the children home, whilst other kept them in the schoolhouses. By the end of the day, around 230 people, the majority of whom were children, had been killed -
The Great Lakes Storm, Nov 7-10, 1913
over 250 people were killed in a blizzard that lasted for 16 hours. High winds caused a whiteout on the roads and even more problems on the lakes. 19 ships were destroyed, 19 more were stranded by waves that reached 35 feet in height. -
The Knickerbocker Storm, Jan 27-28 1922
98 people were killed, and more than 133 injured, when the roof collapsed. Around 22,400 square miles of land were affected by the blizzard, an area almost as large as Scotland -
The Armistice Day Storm, Nov 11-12, 1940
this storm brought around 27 inches of snow and winds of up to 80 mph. The storm came in the middle of duck hunting season, leading to the deaths of 25 hunters. A total of 154 were killed in total, with 66 sailors drowned in Lake Michigan -
The Superbowl Blizzard
causing devastating snowfalls and over 45 tornadoes in the south west. 70 people were killed. -
The Cleveland Superbomb
One to three feet of snowfall was whipped up into 25 foot drifts by 100 mph winds, killing over 70 people -
the storm of the century
this storm set records with record lows in temps. The storm killed 270 people while injuring an unknown amount. -
The Blizzard of Jan 2-4, 1999
a record 18.6 inches fell in the first day alone. 73 people were killed, with 32 of the deaths resulting from heart attacks brought on by shovelling snow.
