1967 Chicago blizzard
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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.
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]
1967 Chicago Blizzard Media
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.[dead link]
- ↑ 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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