On this date in 1947, 60 years ago, a blizzard dropped some 26 inches of snow on Staten Island.It was the most significant snowfall the city had seen since 1888, when 21 inches fell, and the '47 ...

The reel claims the 1947 blizzard was the "greatest storm in recorded inches" and surpassed the Blizzard of 1888 by "five frosty inches"; I'm not totally sure that was actually the case, though.

For generations of Milwaukeeans, it was just "the blizzard." A couple of inches of light, fluffy snow fell on the evening of Tuesday, Jan. 28, 1947. The snow stopped after a couple of hours.

HNN notes that the 1947 blizzard was what's known as a mesoscale: "instead of a fairly even distribution over a vast area, this 'big snow' fell squarely over New York City.

Jim Peck's guests Don Neuman & Paul Joseph discuss the big blizzard of 1947.

Two veterans of the blizzard of ‘88 are not scoffing at the current snowstorm. Frank E. Peirson, secretary of the Masonic Association, and Joseph F. Messer, 83-year-old retired fireman of 29 Alcove St ...

Record reporter John Ensslin is asking readers for help in locating any images they might have from the historic Christmas blizzard of 1947. He is also interested in talking with people who lived ...

Nearly 70 years ago snow began to fall around the country, marking the start of a great blizzard that would last months. Those who lived through the time, speak about snow drifts that lasted until ...

By the time the blizzard eased off on Dec. 26, 1947, measurement of the snowfall reached 26.4 inches (67.1 cm) in Central Park in Manhattan.