The primary difference between a ground blizzard as opposed to a regular blizzard is that in a ground blizzard no precipitation is produced at the time, but rather all the precipitation is already present in the form of snow or ice at the surface. Between Louisiana and Cuba, hurricane-force winds produced high storm surges across northwestern Florida, which along with scattered tornadoes killed dozens of people.

Affected area from Philadelphia to Massachusetts.

The 1972 Iran Blizzard, which caused 4,000 reported deaths, was the deadliest blizzard in recorded history. Produced 30 to 40" of snowfall in interior New York, northern Pennsylvania, and western New England. Up to 26-28 feet, depending on the source you consult.

Reportedly of similar magnitude of 1717 snowstorms.

After a snowfall lasting nearly a week, an area the size of Wisconsin was entirely buried in snow.[8][9]. In the United States, the storm was responsible for the loss of electric power to over 10 million customers. Blizzard of 1918. Many pioneers from the east were unprepared for the storm and perished in Minnesota and Iowa. Occurences after the event included the flu spreading fast, a second blizzard,and multiple other things. March 24, 1765.

It was followed by two more months of blizzard after blizzard with high winds and bitter cold. Motorists that had set out on January 2 found their way to private farm homes in rural areas and hotels and other buildings in towns; some dwellings were so crowded that there wasn't enough room for all to sleep at once. Iran Blizzard 1972 The Damage Bibliography How the Blizzard Formed 10 - 26 feet of snow In isolated places in Iran, flu spread so quickly and in some specific areas, the infection rate was eerily close to 100% 200 villages gone Houses collapsed Snow plows even indisposed Buried

January 26–28, 1805. Luminous Blizzard of 1817. It is unique for its intensity, massive size and wide-reaching effect. Blizzard raged from Georgia, to Ohio Valley, all the way to Maine.

Blizzard storm dumped 36" in Kansas City and 30" in Illinois. Kocin/Uccellini pg 304, The American Weather Book. It dropped 100–130 cm (40–50 in) of snow and had sustained winds of more than 45 miles per hour (72 km/h) that produced snowdrifts in excess of 50 feet (15 m). When the rapidly moving cold front collides with warmer air coming north from the Gulf of Mexico, strong surface winds, significant cold air advection, and extensive wintry precipitation occur.

High storm waves may sink ships at sea and cause coastal flooding and beach erosion. By January the train service was almost entirely suspended from the region.
Blizzard of 1805.

The Storm of the Century, also known as the Great Blizzard of 1993, was a large cyclonic storm that formed over the Gulf of Mexico on March 12, 1993, and dissipated in the North Atlantic Ocean on March 15. Dropping as much as 26 feet (7.9 m) of snow, it completely covered 200 villages. Private businesses, including railroad and oil companies, also lent manpower and heavy equipment to the work of plowing out. A blizzard also may be formed when a cold front and warm front mix together and a blizzard forms at the border line. Severe blizzard-like storm raged for three days in Kansas and Iowa.

Massive ice jams clogged the Missouri River and when they broke the downstream areas were ravaged.

Areas as far south as northern Alabama and Georgia received a dusting of snow and areas such as Birmingham, Alabama, received up to 12 in (30 cm) [12] with hurricane-force wind gusts and record low barometric pressures. More than 4000 people died, while snow completely covered more than 200 villages.

Kocin/Uccellini pg 303, Extreme Weather record book, 2007 edition, pg 91, Christopher Burt, The American Weather Book. Great Snowstorm of 1821. A severe blizzard has winds over 72 km/h (45 mph), near zero visibility, and temperatures of −12 °C (10 °F) or lower. This blizzard lasted almost a week, dropping 26feet (8 meters) of snow. "The Cold Storm of 1857" January 18–19, 1857. The amount of snow recorded is the largest snowfall from a single storm in North America.

The difference between a blizzard and a snowstorm is the strength of the wind, not the amount of snow.

The winter of 1880–1881 is widely considered the most severe winter ever known in parts of the United States.

Severe blizzard struck the Great Plains. The Iran Blizzard of February 1972 resulted in the deaths of approximately 4,000 people. Notable nor'easters include The Great Blizzard of 1888, one of the worst blizzards in U.S. history. Most of the town of Yankton, in what is now South Dakota, was washed away when the river overflowed its banks.[10][11]. Digital Snow Museum Photos of historic blizzards and snowstorms.

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David Ludlum pg 7, The American Weather Book. When spring arrived, millions of the animals were dead, with around 90 percent of the open range's cattle rotting where they fell. Produced severe blizzard conditions from North Carolina to Maine. It achieved its modern definition by 1859, when it was in use in the western United States. Low pressure systems moving out of the Rocky Mountains onto the Great Plains, a broad expanse of flat land, much of it covered in prairie, steppe and grassland, can cause thunderstorms and rain to the south and heavy snows and strong winds to the north. Vast blizzard-like storm moved through Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. After a snowfall lasting nearly a week, an area the size of Wisconsin was entirely buried in snow. The Long Storm of 1798.

Heavy snowfalls reported in east coast cities. Ten feet of snow.

While severe cold and large amounts of drifting snow may accompany blizzards, they are not required. It would be weeks before they were plowed out.

The cyclone moved through the Gulf of Mexico, and then through the Eastern United States before moving into Canada. David Ludlum pg 264, Extreme Weather record book, 2007 edition, pg 241, Christopher Burt, List of Regional Snowfall Index Category 5 winter storms, Northeastern United States Blizzard of 1978, January 25, 2000 Southeastern United States winter storm, Early winter 2006 North American storm complex, January 2008 North American storm complex, February 5–6, 2010 North American blizzard, February 9–10, 2010 North American blizzard, February 25–27, 2010 North American blizzard, October 2010 North American storm complex, January 31 – February 2, 2011 North American blizzard, December 17–22, 2012 North American blizzard, Late December 2012 North American storm complex, October 2013 North American storm complex, Late December 2015 North American storm complex, February 2016 North American storm complex, Winter of 1946–1947 in the United Kingdom, Winter of 1962–1963 in the United Kingdom, February 2009 Great Britain and Ireland snowfall, Winter of 2009–10 in Great Britain and Ireland, Winter of 2010–11 in Great Britain and Ireland, "Blizzard at the US National Weather Service glossary", "Blizzard definition, Weather Words, Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology", "40 Years Ago, Iran Was Hit by the Deadliest Blizzard in History", "بوران ۱۳۵۰: شدیدترین بوران تاریخ معاصر ایران و جهان", "Chapter LIII: Dakota Territory History – 1880–1881", National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, "Weather Events: The Washington and Jefferson Snowstorm of 1772", "Blizzard of 1886 - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society", "The 1887 Blizzard That Changed the American Frontier Forever". Blizzards can bring whiteout conditions, and can paralyze regions for days at a time, particularly where snowfall is unusual or rare. When cold, moist air from the Pacific Ocean moves eastward to the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains, and warmer, moist air moves north from the Gulf of Mexico, all that is needed is a movement of cold polar air moving south to form potential blizzard conditions that may extend from the Texas Panhandle to the Great Lakes and Midwest. It is purported to have been directly experienced by nearly 40 percent of the country's population at that time. Across rural areas in northwestern and central parts of the country?

Railroad tracks and roads were all drifted in with drifts of 20 feet and more.


It killed 400 people, mostly in New York.

Homes and barns were completely covered, compelling farmers to tunnel to reach and feed their stock. Kocin/Uccellini pg 299, Northeast Snowstorms, Vol II.