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Anyone living in Ohio during the winter of 1977-78 has stories to tell about the great blizzard. Yet the weather 41 years ago today, Jan. 25, 1978, hardly suggested a winter storm of historic ...
Deemed the city's worst winter storm in history, the blizzard shut down the city for days. For three days from Jan. 25 to Jan. 27 snow fell, the winds blew and temperatures plummeted.
Illinois and Ohio soon followed. The blizzard of 1978 shut down central Indiana and every corner of the Hoosier State. The storm brought an estimated 15.5 inches of snow to the city, according to NWS.
INDIANAPOLIS – On this day 44 years ago, the worst blizzard in the Hoosier state history, dropped over a foot of snow in some areas and almost 3 feet of snow in others. On Jan. 25, 1978, the … ...
CLEVELAND (WJW)– It’s been 45 years since a series of three winter storms, collectively known as the Blizzard of ’78, battered much of the Midwest and Northeast. The second blast, from Jan ...
Unlike many of Ohio’s other memorable winter storms, it wasn’t just the snowfall (which measureed 4.7-12.9 inches, depending on the location) that made this “The Great Blizzard of ‘78 ...
Notre Dame and Ohio State Universities closed for the first time ever. After the storm, […] GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Today (Fri.) is the 46th anniversary of the famous blizzard of 1978.
The Blizzard of 1978 actually was the second of three large storm systems to hit the U.S. in the opening weeks of the year. The first came on Jan. 19, but missed Ohio.
Winter is upon us and, although I don't know about you, I am not one bit happy about it. How could anyone look forward to winter after struggling through the Great Blizzard of '78, which dumped ...
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — On Thursday, Jan. 26, 1978, the Blizzard of 1978 left behind feet of snow across the entire Miami Valley. Dubbed the “Storm of the Century,” the Blizzard of ’78 ...
The Blizzard of '78 was a catastrophic storm that killed about 100 people and injured 4,500 more — and caused more than $500 million in damage — when it slammed into Northeastern states.
The thing about the Blizzard of '78 that is not often mentioned is that January of 1978 already had snow above the monthly average all across the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley.