The storm was not accompanied by high winds, but the snow fell silently and steadily.

The National Weather Service eventually reported 12 people dead in Wyoming after the first storm.



Oppenheimer Ranch Project. January 12, 2014. The Blizzard of 1948-49 staggers the imagination.

Storm of the Century – the Blizzard of 1949 – The Worst Storm In Wyoming History.

The Great Blizzard of 1947 was a record-breaking snowfall that began on Christmas without prediction and brought the northeastern United States to a standstill.

S imilar to the Great Blizzard of 1888, the blizzard of 1947 was an unexpected visitor, ready to wreak havoc on the post-holiday calm that had settled over NYC. The blizzard started on Sunday Jan. 2, 1949 and proved the worst of the century.

Oppenheimer Ranch Project. The Blizzard of 1949.

Paperback $ 13.95. Though a warm fall produced a bountiful harvest in the Great Plains, by November 1948 winter had suddenly set in. Disasters – The Blizzard of ’49 The Great Plains states are known for severe winters, but the winter of 1948-49 was one of Nebraska's worst. Actually not a single storm, but a series of storms, it began in November 1948 and continued uninterrupted into February 1949.

Looking Back: Blizzard of 1949 ... from Kansas City to help with snow removal and Koffend was the reporter who followed Henriette's experiences in blizzard country. The Air Force launched Operation Haylift employing cargo planes to drop hay bales to hungry livestock.

It’s likely that you’ve lived through a few doozies, but no winter storm in Wyoming’s recent memory was quite as bad as the deadly storm of 1949.

Nov 21, 2017.

Blizzard of 1948-49: The worst winter ever By Pete Letheby ... , it snowed so much and so often that it's often remembered as the Blizzard of 1948-49, not the winter of 1948-49.
Nebraska Stories: The Blizzard of 1949, 503. Clip | 4m 10s | Video has closed captioning. A series of snowstorms between November 1948 and February 1949 stopped trains, buried houses, and threatened millions of cattle in four states.

Actually not a single storm, but a series of storms, it began in November 1948 and continued uninterrupted into February 1949.
The average snowfall for January in the counties of western Nebraska was 70 inches, and high winds created snowdrifts of amazing breadth and depth .

However, the entire month of January was stormy. Mostly focused on the Nebraska, Kansas, Wyoming, and Colorado, but the blizzard of 1949 was the largest to its time affecting much of the country in early January. Nebraska Stories: The Blizzard of 1949, 503. Published Feb. 20, 1949. The Blizzard of 1948-49 staggers the imagination.

The author put together his account from personal interviews, letters and contemporary newspaper stories. A Terrifying, Deadly Storm Struck Wyoming In 1949 And No One Saw It Coming If you spend any time here in the Cowboy State, chances are high that you’ve experienced a blizzard in Wyoming. RIVERTON — There’s no shortage of information about the famous blizzard of 1949, probably the most famous weather event in Wyoming history -- but Don Strube's story stands out.

It was the first in a series of blizzards giving no opportunity for ranchers and farmers to recover. I figured the Blizzard of 1949 would have ranked in the top 10. Storm of the Century – the Blizzard of 1949 – The Worst Storm In Wyoming History. Disasters – The Blizzard of ’49 The Great Plains states are known for severe winters, but the winter of 1948-49 was one of Nebraska's worst. Snow drifts over tops of houses in the 15 to 20 feet high.

This story exemplifies the American character. The "Blizzard of 1949" refers to a storm that occurred in the first week of January, 1949. During a warm September and October of 1948, farmers brought in an outstanding harvest of corn, wheat, and soybeans.

Since Wyoming is part of my family heritage and members of my family perished in the blizzard, I was happy to read a well-researched, factual account of that January 1949 storm. Freezing temperatures were the main culprit in the 1949 snowstorm.

Blizzard 1949 200. by Roy V. Alleman.