Monthly snowfall record: 31.5 inches of snow fell in … Kidney dialysis patients and stroke victims were flown to hospitals in National Guard helicopters. "And, yes, the river "was a jumble of giant blocks of ice," The Enquirer's Jim Rohrer wrote in 2011.
January 28, 1977: Statewide Blizzard. The cold wave and high winds swept across the state at dawn. High winds and blowing snow accompanied the cold wave. The cold wave and high winds swept across the state at dawn. There were 23 total storm-related deaths in western New York, with five more in northern New York. So, what made the Great Blizzard of 1978 so devastating?The storm that struck 40 years ago brought snow — just under seven inches fell in Cincinnati on Jan. 26 and 27. High winds and … The blizzard lasted for almost two weeks at the end of January. A legend to those who lived through it, the blizzard of 1978 has a definitive place in Cincinnati lore.It happened 40 years ago this January as the … It was 11:10 am.On the previous day, the governor of New York had decided to use the National Guard and the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) to help clean up snow in Buffalo, not knowing a blizzard would hit. January 1978 ended with 31.5 inches of snow, and the winter of 1977-78 finished with 53.9 inches. In 1977, Cincinnati was blasted with a winter blizzard that was cold enough to freeze the Ohio River.
January 1977 was the coldest month with a statewide average temperature of 11.9 degrees, 17 degrees below normal. Hundreds of thousands of homes were left without power and heat, and means of communication.Roofs collapsed under the weight of the snow.
The cold wave and high winds swept across the state at dawn. Temperatures fell from 20 degrees to 5 to 10 degrees below zero during the day. I'm pretty sure that the winter of 1977-78 was the snowiest in Cincinnati's history, culminating with the great blizzard of January 26, 1978 (see the previous blog entry). The blizzard lasted for almost two weeks at the end of January. National Weather Service forecasters called for a blizzard warning across our area early on Friday, January 28, 1977. By 7 a.m., Cleveland was engulfed. Stores, factories, and government offices not already closed by natural gas shortages were shut down by the blizzard. At 3:10 pm, on Friday, January 28, After beginning with the cold-front passage at 3:10 pm on January 28 at Watertown, the blizzard's winds peaked at 49 mph (79 km/h) at 7:00 pm.During the storm, a Radio Emergency Associated Communication Teams (REACT) CB team set up at the plant to coordinate help for those needing things such as medical assistance,Due to the lower wind speeds than those that occurred in western New York, the snow in northern New York was not as hard packed according to Ben Kolker of the NWS office in Buffalo.Since food and supplies were in short supply in the area by the end of the storm, on February 1, the travel ban was lifted from 7:00 am until noon so 1,900 stranded travelers could leave the area.On February 9, about a week after the storm ended, the average snow depth in the Before the meeting finished, Buffalo city plows started to return to the garage due to a lack of visibility; they reported they were unable to see even their own plow blades.The white wall of snow reached the airport around 11:30 am.Three airplanes on the tarmac at the Greater Buffalo International Airport in During the four hours after the blizzard hit, the temperature at the Buffalo airport (where the Buffalo office of the NWS is) fell from 26 to 0 °F (−3 to −18 °C).Snow built up rapidly, with bumper-high snow being reported by 1:00 pmIn addition to the roads becoming impassable, motorists also had to deal with vehicles breaking down due to the combination of very cold temperatures, very high winds, and blowing snow. National Weather Service forecasters called for a blizzard warning across Ohio early on Friday, January 28, 1977. Cincinnati will surely never forget these back-to-back brutal winters when our city was blanketed in snow and ice. Three other storms dumped more snow on Cincinnati. The winter of 1978 was a record-breaker. High winds and … In January 1978, 31.5″ of snow fell in Cincinnati, the most amount of snow in a single month since official records began in November 1870. Kidney dialysis patients and stroke victims were flown to hospitals in National Guard helicopters. Snowmobilers reported passing over vehicles, as well as onto the roof of a house, without knowing it,Farmers in Wainfleet dumped milk since it could not be transported out, and they also had trouble getting feed to their animals.Portions of northern New York state, particularly Jefferson and Lewis counties, were also hard hit.
High winds and … But there was already a huge pile of snow on the ground. Those two winters – 76-77 and 77-78 - were … Drifts blocked many state highways and some counties were entirely isolated. In 1977, Cincinnati was blasted with a winter blizzard that was cold enough to freeze the Ohio River.
"College students mingled with business travelers at the airport to wait it out," according to one Enquirer account. Temperatures remained below freezing through the entire month in northern Ohio. The cold wave and high winds swept across the state at dawn. the greatest snow fall for a season was also broken with the 1977-1978 seasonal total of 53.9 inches. Will this winter be the year we see another one of these blizzards? The winter of 1977 was colder. Winds of 35 to 45 mph, gusting to 60, blew new snow and snow already on the ground into huge drifts and obscured visibility. Certain pre-existing weather conditions exacerbated the Weather conditions during the months leading up to the blizzard contributed to the disastrous storm. Hundreds of stranded Fayette County residents were airlifted to shelter.
January 1977 is the coldest month on record in the state of Ohio, with an average temperature of 11.9 degrees.
A blast of wind hit the building that caused the floor to move and the glass window to creak, and then the wall of white enveloped the building. Blizzard conditions arrived in Cincinnati around 1 AM January 26 and reached Dayton and Columbus within the next couple hours. the maximum snow depth at cincinnati up to that time was just before the blizzard with 14 inches on january 20th and 21st of 1978. The winter 1976-77 was the colder of the two winters and January 1977 was the coldest month known in Ohio. High winds and blowing snow accompanied the cold wave. Helicopters were called in for medical help.