Top Ten Biggest Snow Storms:
1. Buffalo, New York 1977
199.4 inches of snow
45 miles per hour winds
2. Mount Shasta, California 1959
fell in mountain areas
3. New England 1717
4. Lhunze County, Tibet 2008
snow fell 36 hours (a day and a half)
up to 72 inches
5. Saratoga Springs, New York 1888
known as "Blizzard of 1888"
58 inches of snow
6. Appalachians and Catskills Mountains 1993
known as "Storm of the century"
snowfall from Canada to Alabama
temperatures at -24.4 degrees
7. Boston, Massachusetts 1978
up to 4 inches per hour
more than 100 people died
8. New York City 2006
26.9 inches of snow
9. Ontario and Quebec, Canada 1971
18 inches of snow
20 people died
10. Chicago 1967
known as "Blizzard of 1967"
76 people died
snow fell 1 day
1. Buffalo, New York 1977
199.4 inches of snow
45 miles per hour winds
2. Mount Shasta, California 1959
fell in mountain areas
3. New England 1717
4. Lhunze County, Tibet 2008
snow fell 36 hours (a day and a half)
up to 72 inches
5. Saratoga Springs, New York 1888
known as "Blizzard of 1888"
58 inches of snow
6. Appalachians and Catskills Mountains 1993
known as "Storm of the century"
snowfall from Canada to Alabama
temperatures at -24.4 degrees
7. Boston, Massachusetts 1978
up to 4 inches per hour
more than 100 people died
8. New York City 2006
26.9 inches of snow
9. Ontario and Quebec, Canada 1971
18 inches of snow
20 people died
10. Chicago 1967
known as "Blizzard of 1967"
76 people died
snow fell 1 day