How much snow fell in the blizzard of 1966?

How much snow fell in the blizzard of 1966?

The blizzard was particularly memorable for its long duration, as well as for its very heavy snowfall totals of 20 to 30 inches in some locations and wind gusts exceeding 70 mph at times. Snowfall totals reached as high as 38 inches, with drifts 30 to 40 feet high in some locations.

What day was Xmas on in 1966?

Holidays 1966

Date	Holiday	Day
25 December 1966	Christmas	Sunday
26 December 1966	Boxing Day	Monday
27 December 1966	Christmas (substitute day)	Tuesday
31 December 1966	New Year’s Eve	Saturday

When did Delaware have a white Christmas?

But it’s not unheard of for Delaware to turn into a winter wonderland on Christmas. On Dec. 25, 1966, people in Wilmington woke up to a foot of snow from a Christmas Eve snowstorm.

Has it ever snowed on Christmas in Delaware?

Did you know Delaware has had just 10 white Christmases since 1919? That’s the farthest back the National Weather Service has a record of such things, where a white Christmas means at least an inch of snow is on the ground on Dec. 25. There was a foot of snow on the ground in Wilmington on Christmas Day 1966.

How long did the blizzard of 1966 last?

4½ days
The storm lasted from January 27 to January 31, 1966, a total of 4½ days.

What was the worst blizzard in North Dakota?

1920 North Dakota blizzard
The 1920 North Dakota blizzard was a severe blizzard that killed 34 people from March 15–18, 1920 in the state of North Dakota. It is considered among the worst blizzards on record in North Dakota.

What happened on December 15th 1966?

December 15, 1966 (Thursday) Janus, one of the moons of Saturn and the tenth to be given a name by Earth astronomers, was first identified. Audouin Dollfus, an astronomer of the Meudon Observatory in the Meudon suburb of Paris, spotted it that evening and on the next two.

What year was the ice storm in Delaware?

February of 2010 is a month that no Delawarean will ever forget. On the night of the 5th, a blizzard whipped into the peninsula, determined to leave its mark. This was the largest snowfall in Delaware! As the snow fell and fell, nobody could believe what they were seeing.

What was the worst natural disaster in Delaware?

The largest known event in Delaware occurred in the Wilmington area in 1871 with an intensity of VII (Modified Mercalli Scale). In the memory of many Delawareans is the 1973 earthquake, which was a magnitude 3.8 temblor (Modified Mercalli VVI). Another hazard studied by the DGS is sinkholes.

When was last white Christmas in Ohio?

2017
The last white Christmas was in 2017, according to the Dispatch archives — and that was the first in seven years.

When was the last time Columbus had a white Christmas?

Columbus’ most recent white Christmas occurred in 2010 when there was 1 inch of snow on the ground in the morning.

What month was the blizzard of 66?

The storm lasted from January 27 to January 31, 1966, a total of 4½ days….North American blizzard of 1966.

Category 4 “Crippling” (RSI/NOAA: 12.28)
Snowfall totals with the storm.
Formed	January 27, 1966
Dissipated	January 31, 1966
Maximum snowfall or ice accretion	103 inches (260 cm) Oswego, New York