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January 22-23, 1966. On January 22–23 of 1966, a cyclone that preceded the Blizzard of '66, impacted western New York and Southern Ontario. Toronto received 44 centimetres (17 in) of snow. The city of Batavia and Genesee County had 2 feet (61 cm) of snow fall on that Saturday night alone.
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Jan 22, 2016 · The footage is from Washington, D.C. in 1966—when a huge storm hit the East Coast, practically shutting down the country’s capital. A narrator calls the North American Blizzard of 1966 the...
Apr 13, 2022 · The storm began on March 2, 1966, and lasted four days with unrelenting snowfall and wind gusts of 70 mph. HERE'S WHY ‘BLIZZARD ALLEY’ IS IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS. Snowfall totals generally reached 20-30 inches but measured as high as 38 inches.
March 2nd-5th, 1966 Blizzard. Fifty years ago a strong winter storm moved through the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest. This brought widespread blizzard conditions to the region. The brunt of the impacts were felt in the Dakotas, but parts of Minnesota saw snowfall for 3 straight days.
The blizzard of March 2-4, 1966 is considered one of the most severe winter storms in the northern Plains and upper Midwest. Thousands of head of livestock were killed, the entire area was out of power for days, and travel was impossible. Six people died in South Dakota according to the “Rapid City Daily Journal”.
On the morning of January 30th, 1966, snow began falling and did so almost continuously for the next 36 hours, finally ending on February 1st. In total, more than 42 inches fell on Syracuse, a record that would stand until 1993. 40-60 mph winds piled up the dense, heavy snow in huge drifts, some as tall as two-story houses.
Feb 4, 2016 · February 4, 2016. This March will mark the 50th anniversary of what is likely the worst blizzard of modern times. The storm lasted nearly 4 days and dropped over 30 inches of snow over a large...
