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With cold enough temperatures, heavy snow and very strong winds often occur to the northwest of the track of the low pressure system, as was the case with this blizzard. Snow began in southern North Dakota during the morning of March 2, and spread northward into March 3.
- Blizzard of March 2-5, 1966 Storm Data - National Weather Service
This 1966 blizzard can therefore be considered as an...
- 50th Anniversary, Reliving the Historical March 2-4, 1966 ...
Straight from the March 1966 Storm Data and Unusual Weather...
- Blizzard of March 2-5, 1966 Storm Data - National Weather Service
Oct 18, 2022 · A Massive Blizzard Blanketed North Dakota In Snow In 1966 And It Will Never Be Forgotten. By Leah | Updated on October 30, 2023 (Originally published October 18, 2022) Most North Dakotans see some snow gradually becoming more frequent as winter rolls in once again.
Apr 13, 2022 · Weather News. Published April 13, 2022 11:36am EDT. Historic Blizzard of 1966 brought 40-foot snow drifts to Dakotas. The storm began on March 2, 1966, and lasted four days with unrelenting snowfall and wind gusts of 70 mph. At least 18 people died in the storm. By Scott Sistek Source FOX Weather. 01:56.
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North Dakotans are used to winter blizzards though the weather service records indicate that only 3 or 4 severe blizzards occur in each decade. However, in light of the irregular precipitation of the northern Great Plains, residents have come to expect blizzards at any time between late October and late April. Snow is part of winter routine on the ...
Despite the warnings, some travelers were caught in the storm. Two of these were couples trying to get to the Dickinson hospital in time for the birth of their child. One child was born in farmhouse before the couple was able to get to Dickinson; the other was born after the couples car got stuck twice in town, and the mother and father had to walk...
Three trains, one carrying 500 passengers were stalled by deep drifts near New Salem. All three trains eventually had to be dug out of the drifts by men with shovels because the drifts were too deep for snowplows mounted on work engines.
Five North Dakotans died in the storm (18 died throughout the storms path in three states). Three of the victims were men who apparently died of heart attacks while trying to shovel or walk in the storm. Two victims were young girls who had left their farm homes to tend to livestock in the barn, but lost their direction in the blizzards swirling sn...
The economic impact of the storm was enormous. Official records show that 74,500 head of cattle, 54,000 sheep, 2,400 hogs, and numerous other livestock perished in the storm. Some of these were in open fields where snow blinded them, causing them to drift into fences where they died; others died in barns that were covered with snow drifts and seale...
Blizzards cost money. Farmers, cities, individuals, and state agencies have to pay extraordinary costs to repair the damage from storms. State Highway Department officials complained that they did not have enough trucks and bulldozers to move the snow after the storm stopped, because the trucks cost $21,000 each and rotary plows cost $26,000 ($139,...
During blizzards, schools close to the delight of children. Businesses shut down and the residents of North Dakota take a small, at-home vacation from their daily routines. However, blizzards also took time and effort as people tried to live through them and recover from them. Snow removal took the lives of three men; men working for the Highway De...
May 18, 2022 · Although this time of the year brings much appreciated longer days and warmer temperatures, it also brings the threat of one of nature’s deadliest forces…the spring blizzard, and on this date in 1966 the Midwest was in the midst of one of the most severe blizzards of the century.
