1967 Chicago blizzard
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.
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As of 2017, it remains the greatest snowfall in one storm in Chicago history.[1][2]
As the blizzard was a surprise during the day with people already at work or school, it stopped the city for a few days as people dug out. "The storm was a full-blown blizzard, with 50 mph-plus northeast wind gusts creating drifts as high as 15 feet."[1]
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Weather map at midnight on January 27, 1967.
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Children playing in the snow after the 1967 blizzard
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Skilling, Tom (January 15, 2017). How many consecutive hours did it snow during the Big Snow of 1967?? Wasn’t it mild and stormy before the snow?. http://wgntv.com/2017/01/15/how-many-consecutive-hours-did-it-snow-during-the-big-snow-of-1967-wasnt-it-mild-and-stormy-before-the-snow/. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ↑ Moreno, Nerelda (January 25, 2017). Looking back on the Blizzard of 1967. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-blizzard-1967-20170125-story.html. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
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