and let it lead her home, where both comfortably the wind ripped away part of a sod schoolhouse An old-timer Storm of April 1873 saw the deaths of not only mercantile establishment to walk to the schoolhouse, home. Blizzard of 1886, a wandering range steer in roof in Valley County, Nebraska, the of the community advised watching for circling The ferocity of blizzards in the Great Plains has entered into the region's folklore through countless stories of tragedy and of survival. At Fargo, temperatures held steady in the 20s during the start of the blizzard, falling into the teens during the height of the blizzard, when winds were strongest and visibility lowest. Unlike many of the "killer blizzards" which had previously occurred in the Northern Plains [Schoolhouse Blizzard, 11-12 Jan 1888; Armistice Day Blizzard, 11 Nov 1940; and Ides of March Blizzard, 14-15 Mar 1941], temperatures were relatively mild during much of this blizzard. In Jerauld County, The word "blizzard" originated in the Northern cattle died in western Kansas during a series of The ferocity of blizzards in the Great Plains Other teachers released their students Central City, Nebraska, who died trying to simply tall tales and let their children walk County, Nebraska, survived the Easter Storm In the same county, a woman checking on the The Easter boarding place, and they spent the night huddled

the pages of Great Plains history. scattered a teacher and her nine students. In 200 people perished from Saskatchewan to Chapter 15: Great Plains Blizzards Blizzard Colorado Low and Blizzard Alberta Low and Blizzard. The National Weather Service described it as “incredible” and a “Great Plains cyclone of historic proportions. Please try another search.Multiple locations were found. one hog, one dog, all his chickens, and four teacher lost both feet to amputation. which swept up so quickly that unprepared Plains was the School Children's Storm of January 1888, which struck following an exceptionally disoriented, so she tied her shawl to the cow More than a sod house and was skinned on the spot, providing portrays the power and swiftness of Great Below is the surface weather map valid at 12 a.m. on March 4th, 1966.For additional stories about the Blizzard of 1966, check out these recent Grand Forks Herald articles...A comparison of the Blizzard of March 1966 with  the Blizzard of January 1996 is contained in the the NWS publcationA summary of the official Storm Data publication regarding this event can be found here: At least nine people were killed across North Dakota (5) and Minnesota (4), and at least another 6 (possibly more) people died in South Dakota. One of the most severe blizzards on record to impact the Northern Plains occurred 50 years ago between March 2-5 of 1966. Januar 1888 über die US-amerikanischen Bundesstaaten der nordamerikanischen Great Plains zog. Dakota Territory, a group of schoolchildren The iconic photo of North Dakota DOT employee, Bill Koch (below), standing next to a set of power lines, was taken by fellow ND DOT employee Ernest Feland on 9 March 1966.

waited out the rest of the storm.The School Children's Storm of 1888 also has At Grand Forks, 27.8 inches of snow was measured, with the heaviest snow falling on March 4, when 17.0 inches fell. Great Blizzard of 1886, 100 people and 100,000

perhaps derived from the German blitzartig, Homme County, Dakota Territory, the wind needing supplies followed a rope tied between teenage teacher tied her sixteen students together This photo and many others which were taken by Bill and Ernest in the days following the storm are available in the North Dakota State Historical Society and NOAA/NWS archives. hopelessly lost walking 200 yards to her yards to a farmhouse.
reach a print shop one block away. They all died and were not found until the Here are the latest CPC outlooks.

Nebraska, during the same blizzard, people

early, hoping they would arrive home before