20 of the worst snowstorms in US history
Abi Harman
30 November 2020
Ferocious winter weather
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1888: the Great White Hurricane
C.H. Jordan/via Library of Congress/Public domain
1888: the Great White Hurricane
The Library of Congress/Public domain
1899: the Great Arctic Outbreak
Detroit Publishing Company/via Library of Congress/Public domain
1899: the Great Arctic Outbreak
Detroit Publishing Company/via Library of Congress/Public domain
1913: the Great Lakes storm
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1913: the Great Lakes storm
Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston/Public domain/Wikimedia Commons
1922: Knickerbocker Storm
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1922: Knickerbocker Storm
National Photo Company Collection/Public domain/Wikimedia Commons
1967: Chicago blizzard
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1967: Chicago blizzard
Robert Abbott Sengstacke/Getty Images
1993: Storm of the century
TIM CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
1993: Storm of the century
ROBERT GIROUX/AFP/Getty Images
1996: North American blizzard
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1996: North American blizzard
Jeff Kubina/CC BY-SA 2.0/Flickr
2003: Presidents' Day Storm
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2003: Presidents' Day Storm
Don Murray/Getty Images
2005: Massachusetts blizzard
Jodi Hilton/Getty Images
2005: Massachusetts blizzard
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2006: New York blizzard
Lee Snider Photo Images/Shutterstock
2006: New York blizzard
Steve Broer/Shutterstock
2010: Snowmageddon
Mariordo Mario Roberto Duran Ortiz/CC BY-SA 3.0/Wikimedia Commons
2010: Snowmageddon
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2010: post-Christmas blizzard
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2010: post-Christmas blizzard
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2011: Groundhog Day storm
Victorgrigas/Public domain/Wikimedia Commons
2011: Groundhog Day storm
Baylor98/CC BY-SA 4.0/Wikimedia Commons
2014: Snowvember storm
Anthony Quintano/CC BY 2.0/Wikimedia Commons
2014: Snowvember storm
John Normile/Getty Images
2016: Storm Jonas
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2016: Storm Jonas
NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images
2018: 'bomb cyclone'
Scott Eisen/Getty Images
2018: 'bomb cyclone'
GEOFF ROBINS/AFP/Getty Images
2019: Polar Vortex
Scott Olson/Getty Images
2019: Polar Vortex
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2021: Snowstorm, southern and central states
Sandy Carson/Zuma Press/PA Images
2021: Snowstorm, southern and central states
Montinique Monroe/Getty Images
2022: Snowstorm, eastern states
PABLO PORCIUNCULA/Getty Images
2022: Snowstorm, eastern states
NICHOLAS KAMM/Getty Images
2022: Snowstorm, Pacific Northwest
David Ryder/Getty Images
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