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Collections:

Blizzards and Major Snowstorms:
The Great Snow of 1717
December 1776 (The Christmas Snowstorm of 1776)
January 1857
December 1863-January 1864 (Midwest)
December 1866 (Interior Northeastern United States)
January 1867
January 1873 (Upper Midwest)
The Big Snow of 1880 (Pacific Northwest)
March 1881 (Upper Midwest)
January 1886 (Plains States to Eastern United States)
November 1886 (Plains States)
April 1887 (Maine)
January 1888 (The School Children's Blizzard, Plains States)
March 1888
April 1891
April 1893 (Northern Plains)
February 1895 (U.S. Gulf Coast)
March 1896
January 1897 (Northern Plains)
January-February 1898
February 1898 (Midwest)
November 1898 (The Portland Storm)
February 1899
February 1909 (Northern Plains and Great Lakes)
April 1909 (Michigan)
December 1909
January 1910
April-May 1911 (Northern Plains and Great Lakes)
February 1912 (Plains States)
November 1913 (Great Lakes)
November 1913 (Northern Plains)
December 1913 (Colorado)
February 1914
March 1914
April 1915
January-February 1916 (Pacific Northwest)
December 1916
January 1918 (Midwest)
February 1920
February 1921
February 1921 (Middle East)
January 1922 (The Knickerbocker Snowstorm)
April 1924
February 1926 (February 3-5)
February 1926 (February 9-10)
March 1926 (Midwest)
February 1929
December 1929 (Midwest)
March 1930 (Midwest)
March 1931 (Midwest)
February 1934
January 1935
January 1936
February 1936 (Mid-Atlantic)
January-February 1937 (Pacific Northwest)
January 1938 (Upper Michigan)
February 1940 (The Valentine's Day Snowstorm)
November 1940 (Armistice Day Storm, Plains States)
March 1941
March 1942 (Pittsburgh)
March 1942 (Palm Sunday Snowstorm)
January 1947 (Wisconsin)
February 1947
December 1947
November 1948 (Plains States)
December 1948
January 1949 (Plains States)
November 1950 (Ohio Valley)
January-February 1951 (Tennessee)
March 1956
March 1957 (Plains States)
February 1958
March 1958
March 1960
December 1960
February 1961
December 1962 (Maine)
December 1963-January 1964 (Deep South)
January 1964
January-February 1966
March 1966 (Northern Plains)
March 1966 (Northern Plains and Great Lakes)
January 1967 (Midwest)
February 1967
January 1969 (Pacific Northwest)
February 1969 (The Lindsay Storm)
February 1969 (100-hour New England snowstorm)
December 1969
February 1971 (Lake Effect Snow Event)
January-February 1977 (Lake Effect Blizzard)
January 1978
January 1978 (Midwest)
February 1978
February 1979
December 1981
April 1982
February 1983
January 1987 (United Kingdom)
January 1987
March 1993 (The Storm of the Century)
February 1994
January 1996
January 1996 (Wisconsin)
December 1996 (British Columbia)
January 1997 (Lake Effect Snow Event)
March-April 1997 (The April Fool's Day Snowstorm)
October 1997 (Colorado and Kansas)
February-March 1998 (Black Hills)
January 1999 (Midwest)
January 2000
November 2000 (Lake Effect Snow Event)
December 2000
December 2001 (Lake Effect Snow Event)
December 2002 (Christmas Day Nor'easter)
January 2003 (Interior Northeast)
February 2003
March 2003 (Colorado)
December 2003
January 2004 (Plains States)
January 2004 (Lake Effect Snow Event)
February 2004 (Eastern Canada)
February 2004 (Lower Mid-Atlantic and Southeast)
December 2004 (Ohio Valley)
December 2004 (U.S. Gulf Coast/Mexico)
January 2005 
January 2005 (Italy)
April 2005 (Great Lakes Region)
December 2005 (Montreal)
December 2005 (Northern New England and Southern Canada)
January 2006 (Greece)
January 2006 (Italy)
February 2006
February 2006 (Eastern Canada)
March 2006 (Plains States)
April 2006 (Northern Plains)
October 2006 (Great Lakes Region/Lake Effect Snow Event)
November-December 2006 (Plains States and Midwest)
December 2006 (Plains States, December 20-21)
December 2006 (Plains States, December 28-31)
December 2006 (Manitoba)
February 2007 (Lake Effect Snow Event)
February 2007 (Midwest and Interior Northeast)
February 2007 (Midwest)
February-March 2007 (Midwest and Interior Northeast)
March 2007 (Interior Northeast)
December 2007 (Great Lakes, Upstate New York, New England, and Canada)
January 2008 (Europe)
January 2008 (Sierra Nevada)
January-February 2008 (Cascade Range)
February 2008 (Midwest and Canada)
March 2008 (South, Ohio Valley, Northeast, and Canada)
March 2008 (Canada)
April-May 2008 (Northern Plains)
November 2008 (Northern Plains)
December 2008 (Great Lakes and Northeast)
December 2008 (Northeast and Canada)
December 2008-January 2009 (Northeast and Canada)
March 2009 (Nome, Alaska)
March 2009 (Rockies and Plains States)
October 2009 (Colorado)
December 2009 (Plains States, Midwest, and Canada)
December 2009
December 2009 (Plains States and Midwest)
December 2009 (St. Petersburg, Russia)
December 2009-January 2010 (Northern New England and Canada)
January 2010 (East Asia)
January 2010 (Flagstaff)
February 2010 (Mid-Atlantic)
February 2010 (Mid-Atlantic and Southern New England)
February 2010 (Deep South)
February 2010 (Moscow, Russia)
February 2010 (Mid-Atlantic)
December 2010 (Great Lakes)
December 2010
January 2011 (South and Northeast)
January 2011
January-February 2011 (Plains States, Midwest, and Northern New England)
February 2011 (South)
March 2011 (Northern New England)
February 2012 (Rockies and Plains States)
October 2012 (From Hurricane Sandy)
December 2012 (Midwest, Great Lakes, and Southern Canada)
December 2012 (Midwest to New England and Canada)
January 2013 (Middle East)
February 2013 (Russia)
February 2013
February 2013 (Plains States)
March 2013 (Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and New England)
March 2013 (Plains States to Mid-Atlantic Region)
April 2013 (Northern Plains)
May 2013 (Upper Midwest)
October 2013 (Northern Plains)

Additional Snowstorms and Snowfall:
April 8-10, 1862
October 13, 1862
February 28-29, 1884
April 6, 1889
February 17, 1902
January 25, 1903
February 17-18, 1903
January 3-4, 1904
January 8-9, 1904
January 4, 1905
January 24-26, 1905
March 13-14, 1906 (Ohio Valley)
April 9, 1907
January 23-24, 1908
March 3-4, 1909 (Inauguration Day Snowstorm)
April 8-9, 1916
April 8-9, 1917
December 12-14, 1917
January 27-28, 1918
November 24-25, 1938
November 27-28, 1940
January 28-29, 1943
January 10, 1949 (Burbank, California)
January 30, 1949 (Houston, Texas)
March 16-17, 1956
November 20-22, 1957 (Lake Effect Snow Event)
December 3-4, 1957
May 9-10, 1977
October 10, 1979
December 13-14, 1987 (El Paso, Texas)
November 22-23, 1989
December 10-13, 1992
February 15-16, 1993 (Arkansas)
March 8-9, 1999
April 9-10, 2000
October 29, 2000
December 31, 2000 (Louisiana)
January 21, 2001
February 5-6, 2001
February 22-23, 2001
March 4-6, 2001
March 9-10, 2001
March 26-27, 2001
March 30, 2001
December 8-9, 2001
January 6-7, 2002
January 13, 2002
January 17, 2002
January 19-20, 2002
January 21, 2002
March 18, 2002
May 18, 2002
November 26-27, 2002
December 5-6, 2002
January 8, 2003
January 16-17, 2003
January 23, 2003 (North Carolina Snowstorm)
January 26-27, 2003
February 6-7, 2003
February 12, 2003 (Rochester, New York)
March 6, 2003
March 13, 2003
April 7-8, 2003
October 22-23, 2003
December 2, 2003
December 13-15, 2003
December 31, 2003 - January 1, 2004 (Pacific Northwest)
January 6, 2004 (Pacific Northwest)
January 9, 2004
January 11-12, 2004
January 13, 2004
January 14-15, 2004
January 18, 2004
January 25-26, 2004 (Mid-Atlantic)
January 27-28, 2004
January 28-29, 2004 (Europe)
February 6-7, 2004
February 14, 2004 (Texas)
February 24, 2004 
February 28, 2004 (United Kingdom)
March 8, 2004
March 9, 2004
March 12, 2004
March 16-17, 2004
March 18, 2004
March 19, 2004
April 27, 2004
November 12-13, 2004
November 24-25, 2004 (Midwest)
December 6, 2004
December 11, 2004
December 12-13, 2004 (Great Lakes Region)
December 19-20, 2004 
December 26-27, 2004
December 28, 2004 
January 5-6, 2005
January 7-8, 2005
January 11-12, 2005
January 14, 2005
January 17, 2005
January 19-20, 2005
January 26-27, 2005
January 29-30, 2005
February 3, 2005 (Mid-Atlantic)
February 3-4, 2005
February 9-11, 2005
February 14, 2005
February 15, 2005 (Beijing)
February 20-22, 2005 
February 24-25, 2005
February 28, 2005 (Spain)
February 28-March 1, 2005
March 8-9, 2005
March 11, 2005
March 11-13, 2005
March 23-24, 2005
October 22-23, 2005
October 24-26, 2005
October 29, 2005
November 14-15, 2005 (Manitoba)
November 22, 2005
November 23-24, 2005
November 24-26, 2005 (Lake Effect Snow Event)
November 27-28, 2005 (Plains States)
December 4, 2005
December 5-6, 2005
December 8-9, 2005
December 31, 2005 - January 1, 2006
January 2-3, 2006
January 5, 2006
January 8, 2006
January 14-15, 2006
January 22-23, 2006
January 24-25, 2006
January 29-31, 2006 (Quebec)
February 4-6, 2006 (Great Lakes Region)
February 18, 2006
February 21-22, 2006
February 25-26, 2006
March 2, 2006
April 4, 2006
April 5, 2006
October 20, 2006 (Northern New England)
November 2, 2006
November 3-4, 2006 (Lake Effect Snow Event)
November 26, 2006 (Pacific Northwest)
November 27-28, 2006 (Pacific Northwest)
November 29-30, 2006 (British Columbia)
December 2-3, 2006 (Lake Effect Snow Event)
December 4, 2006
December 7-8, 2006 (Lake Effect Snow Event/Snow Squalls)
December 19, 2006 (Northern New England)
December 25-26, 2006 (Montreal)
December 30, 2006
January 5, 2007 (Colorado)
January 8-10, 2007 (Lake Effect Snow Event)
January 12, 2007 (California)
January 15-16, 2007 (Montreal)
January 18-19, 2007 
January 21-22, 2007
January 21-22, 2007 (Arizona)
January 23-25, 2007 (Europe)
January 25, 2007
January 28, 2007 (Michigan)
January 28-29, 2007
January 29, 2007 (Lake Effect Snow Event)
January 29-31, 2007
January 31, 2007 (Lake Effect Snow Event)
February 2, 2007
February 6-7, 2007
February 15-17, 2007 (Lake Effect Snow Event)
February 18, 2007
February 22-23, 2007
February 25-27, 2007
March 5, 2007
March 7, 2007
March 19, 2007
March 24-25, 2007
April 2-3, 2007
April 3-8, 2007 (Lake Effect Snow Event)
April 4-6, 2007
April 6-7, 2007 (Southeast and Lower Mid-Atlantic)
April 7-8, 2007 (Deep South)
April 12-13, 2007
April 15-17, 2007
November 9-10, 2007
November 16, 2007
November 18-19, 2007
November 20, 2007
November 21-22, 2007 (Canada)
November 30-December 1, 2007
December 2-4, 2007
December 4, 2007
December 5, 2007
December 7, 2007
December 8, 2007
December 13-14, 2007
December 19-20, 2007
December 25-26, 2007 (Colorado)
December 27-28, 2007
December 30-31, 2007
December 31, 2007 - January 2, 2008
January 5-6, 2008 (Iran)
January 13-15, 2008
January 17-18, 2008
January 18-20, 2008 (Deep South and Lower Mid-Atlantic)
January 19-21, 2008 (Lake Effect Snow Event) 
January 24, 2008
January 26-29, 2008 (China)
January 27-28, 2008
January 29-31, 2008 (Middle East)
January 31-February 2, 2008 (Great Lakes and Canada)
February 3, 2008 (Japan)
February 4, 2008
February 5, 2008
February 9, 2008
February 10, 2008
February 12-14, 2008
February 17, 2008 (Midwest)
February 17-18, 2008 (Europe)
February 20, 2008
February 21-23, 2008
February 25-27, 2008 (Great Lakes, Interior Northeast, and Canada)
February 29-March 1, 2008
March 4-5, 2008 (Great Lakes and Canada)
March 15, 2008
March 19-21, 2008 (Northern New England and Canada)
March 21-22, 2008 (Upper Midwest)
June 10-12, 2008 (Montana)
September 1, 2008 (Montana)
October 21-22, 2008
October 28-29, 2008
October 29, 2008 (London)
November 16-18, 2008 (Lake Effect Snow Event)
November 18, 2008
November 20, 2008
November 21, 2008
November 30, 2008
December 6-7, 2008
December 8-10, 2008 (Great Lakes and Canada)
December 10-11, 2008 (South)
December 13-14, 2008 (Northern Plains)
December 15, 2008 (Nevada)
December 16-17, 2008 (Great Lakes and Northeast) 
December 17, 2008 (Nevada)
December 18, 2008 (Pacific Northwest)
December 20-22, 2008 (Pacific Northwest)
December 24, 2008 (Pacific Northwest)
December 25-26, 2008 (Japan)
January 2, 2009
January 6-7, 2009 (Europe)
January 9, 2009 (Spain)
January 10-11, 2009
January 15, 2009
January 18, 2009
January 18-19, 2009
January 19, 2009
January 19-20, 2009 (Southeast)
January 24, 2009 (United Arab Emirates)
January 26-29, 2009 (Midwest and East)
January 30, 2009
February 1-2, 2009 (United Kingdom)
February 3-4, 2009
February 5-6, 2009 (United Kingdom)
February 14, 2009
February 18-19, 2009
February 22-23, 2009
February 26, 2009
March 1, 2009
March 1-2, 2009
March 9, 2009
March 10-11, 2009 (Northern Plains)
March 20, 2009
March 23-24, 2009 (Northern Plains)
April 5-6, 2009 (Great Lakes Region)
April 8, 2009
May 31, 2009
June 6-7, 2009 (Northern Plains and Canada)
July 22, 2009 (Argentina)
September 21, 2009 (Colorado)
October 15-16, 2009
October 17-18, 2009
October 22, 2009 (Quebec City)
November 1, 2009 (Beijing)
November 10-12, 2009 (Beijing)
December 1-2, 2009 (Texas)
December 4, 2009 (Texas)
December 5-6, 2009
December 27-28, 2009
December 31, 2009
January 1-4, 2010 (Lake Effect Snow Event)
January 5-6, 2010 (United Kingdom)
January 7-8, 2010
January 8-9, 2010 (Florida)
January 10-11, 2010 (United Kingdom)
January 17-18, 2010
January 19, 2010
January 24-25, 2010 (Northern Plains)
Janaury 26, 2010
January 28, 2010
January 29-31, 2010 (Southeast and Mid-Atlantic)
February 2-3, 2010
February 14, 2010
February 15-17, 2010
February 22-24, 2010
March 2-4, 2010
March 8, 2010 (Barcelona)
March 20-21, 2010 (Southern Plains States)
March 23-24, 2010 (Denver)
April 27-28, 2010 (Northern New England/Southern Canada)
May 11, 2010
July 13, 2010 (Alberta)
October 15, 2010 (Northern New England)
November 8, 2010
November 12-14, 2010 (Northern Plains)
November 22, 2010 (Pacific Northwest)
November 29-December 1, 2010 (Europe)
December 1-2, 2010 (Lake Effect Snow Event)
December 4-5, 2010 (Southeast)
December 6, 2010
December 6-7, 2010 (Montreal)
December 7-9, 2010 (France)
December 10, 2010
December 13-14, 2010
December 16, 2010
December 18, 2010 (United Kingdom)
December 20-21, 2010
December 22-23, 2010
January 2, 2011 (California)
January 7-8, 2011
January 8-9, 2011
January 17-18, 2011
January 20-21, 2011
January 22, 2011 (North Carolina Outer Banks)
January 25, 2011
January 28, 2011
January 29, 2011
February 5, 2011
February 8, 2011
February 20-21, 2011 (Midwest and Northeast)
February 21-22, 2011
February 25, 2011 (Northern New England)
February 25, 2011 (San Francisco)
February 27, 2011
March 21, 2011
March 23-24, 2011
March 27, 2011 (Mid-Atlantic)
March 31-April 1, 2011
April 5, 2011
April 18, 2011 (Michigan)
October 2, 2011
October 27, 2011
October 29-30, 2011
December 7-8, 2011
December 19-20, 2011 (Plains States)
December 23-25, 2011 (Texas)
January 9, 2012
January 9-10, 2012 (Texas)
January 13, 2012
January 15, 2012 (Pacific Northwest)
January 16-17, 2012
January 17-18, 2012 (Pacific Northwest)
January 19-20, 2012
January 20-21, 2012
January 26, 2012
January 29, 2012 (Michigan)
February 8-9, 2012
February 10-11, 2012
February 12, 2012
February 19-20, 2012 (Lower Mid-Atlantic)
February 24, 2012
February 25, 2012
February 29-March 1, 2012
April 22-24, 2012
August 7, 2012 (South Africa)
November 7-8, 2012
November 27, 2012
December 1, 2012
December 9-10, 2012 (Upper Midwest)
December 22, 2012
December 24, 2012
December 29-30, 2012
January 16, 2013
January 17, 2013 (Lower Mid-Atlantic)
January 21-22, 2013
January 24, 2013
January 25-26, 2013
January 28, 2013
February 1, 2013
February 2-3, 2013
February 4-5, 2013
February 5-6, 2013
February 11, 2013
February 13-14, 2013
February 15-16, 2013
February 16-17, 2013 (Southeast and New England)
February 23-25, 2013
February 27, 2013
March 2, 2013
March 15, 2013
March 16, 2013
March 18-20, 2013
March 21-22, 2013
May 24-26, 2013 (Higher Elevations of New York State and Northern New England)
November 8, 2013
November 12, 2013
November 23, 2013
November 26-27, 2013

Snowfall around the World:
Snow in Algeria
Snow in Amman
Snow in Amsterdam
Snow in Andorra
Snow in Argentina
Snow in Athens
Snow in Atlantic Canada
Snow in Australia
Snow in Baghdad
Snow in Baie Saint Paul, Quebec (Canada)
Snow in Baku
Snow in Barrow, Alaska
Snow in Belgrade
Snow in Bethlehem
Snow in Bhutan
Snow in Bishkek
Snow in Bologna
Snow in Boston
Snow in Brazil
Snow in Brussels
Snow in Budapest
Snow in Buenos Aires
Snow in Chicoutimi, Quebec (Canada)
Snow in China
Snow in Chisinau
Snow in Copenhagen
Snow in Cyprus
Snow in the Czech Republic
Snow in Damascus
Snow in Dushanbe
Snow in Ecuador
Snow in the Falkland Islands
Snow in Finland
Snow in Germany
Snow in Greenland
Snow in Guatemala
Snow in Hawaii
Snow in India
Snow in Ireland
Snow in Islamabad
Snow in Istanbul
Snow in Jerusalem
Snow in Kabul
Snow in Kathmandu
Snow in Kazakhstan
Snow in Lebanon
Snow in Lesotho
Snow in Libya
Snow in Lisbon
Snow in London
Snow in Luxembourg City
Snow in Mexico
Snow in Minsk
Snow in Mongolia
Snow in Montreal
Snow in Moscow
Snow in Mosul
Snow in New York City
Snow in New Zealand
Snow in Oslo
Snow in Ottawa
Snow in Paris
Snow in Prague
Snow in Pyongyang
Snow in Quebec City
Snow in Reykjavik
Snow in Riga
Snow in Romania
Snow in Rome
Snow in Santiago
Snow in Sarajevo
Snow in Saudi Arabia
Snow in Seoul
Snow in Sherman, Connecticut
Snow on Sicily (Italy)
Snow in Skopje
Snow in Slovakia
Snow in Sofia
Snow in South Africa
Snow in Spain
Snow in Stockholm
Snow in Switzerland
Snow in Taiwan
Snow in Tallinn
Snow in Tashkent
Snow in T'bilisi
Snow in Tehran
Snow in Tirana
Snow in Tokyo
Snow in Toronto
Snow in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Snow in Venice
Snow in Vilnius
Snow in Warsaw
Snow in Washington, D.C.
Snow in Winnipeg
Snow in Yerevan
Snow in Zagreb

Ice Storms:
January 28-29, 1886 (Northern New England)
February 14-17, 1909 (Midwest and Northeast)
November 27-29, 1921
February 21-23, 1922 (Wisconsin)
March 30, 1928 (Ohio)
January 29-February 1, 1951 (Tennessee)
January 5-9, 1998
December 25-28, 2000 (Deep South)
January 30, 2002 (Indiana)
November 17, 2002
April 4, 2003
January 5-6, 2005
January 7-8, 2005
January 12-21, 2007 (Oklahoma)
January 12-14, 2007 (Missouri)
January 15-17, 2007 (Texas)
December 8-11, 2007 (Plains States)
December 11-12, 2008
January 6-7, 2009
January 26-28, 2009 (Eastern United States)
February 1-2, 2011 (Eastern United States)

General Collections:
19th Century Canadian Winter Images
Early Weather Maps
Ice in the Solar System
Sleighing and Skating: 19th Century
Snow Viewed From Space
Snowflake Collection
Weather and War
Winter Scenes Collection
Winter Scenes from Bryce Canyon National Park
Winter Scenes from Glacier National Park
Winter Scenes from Manor Park
Winter Scenes from Yellowstone National Park

Special Images:
Antarctica/South Pole
Arctic Sea Smoke, Steam Devils, and Waterspouts (January 15, 2009)
Daguerreotype, Snowman in Massachusetts (c.1850s)
Daguerreotype, White House with a Patch of Snow (c. 1846)
December 2006-January 2007 Warm Period
December 2011-February 2012 Warm Period
Dutch Winter Scene
February 1934: Extreme Cold
First Satellite Photo (Tiros I: April 1, 1960)
The First Snow
Frost on Mars
Frost Photos
Frozen Constanta Harbor (Romania)
Frozen Siberia
Hoar Frost Photos
Icicles
Ivory Gulls in Massachusetts (January 2009)
The January 2003 Freeze
January 2004: Severe Cold
January 2005 Cold Spell
January 2009 Cold Spell
January 2010 Cold Wave (Florida)
January 2012-February 2012: Severe Cold (Europe)
The Jay Estate in Winter
Keene, New Hampshire (c.1865)
Lake Effect Snow Event (February 1977)
March 6-9, 2007: Severe Cold
Nantucket Sleigh Scene (1911)
National Weather Map outside Department of Commerce Building
Niagara Falls Stereotype (1888)
The North Pole
Pancake Ice
Polar Bears
Robins in Winter
Salt Marsh in Winter
Satellite Photo of the "Perfect Storm" (November 1, 1991)
Skaters on Peek's Kill Bay (c.1861)
Snow at the Grand Canyon
Snow Doughnuts
Snow Garlands
Snow Rollers
Snow-covered Mamaroneck, New York (c.1900)
Snowflakes (Robert Hooke's Micrographia, 1667)
Swans in Winter
Thundersnow (December 9, 2005)
Weather Bureau Kiosk
Weather History
Wind-blown Snow Sculptures
Winter 1777-78
Winter 1779-80
Winter 1856
Winter 2008-2009: Netherlands
Winter 2009-2010: Germany
Winter Landscape (1872)
Winter Waterspout (Snowspout)

Acknowledgments

Note: Snowstorms/blizzards without a regional designation are generally from the eastern United States
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