This is a list of blizzards, arranged alphabetically by continent. A blizzard is defined as a severe snowstorm characterized by strong sustained winds of at least 56 kilometres per hour (35 mph) and lasting for three hours or more. The list states blizzards in various countries since 1972.

Africa

Location Country Date Category Notes
Johannesburg[1] South Africa June 27, 2007

Asia

Location Country Date Category Notes
Iran February, 1972 1972 Iran blizzard
Afghanistan February, 2008 2008 Afghanistan blizzard
Hubei, Hunan, Zhejiang, Guizhou, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Fujian,
Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shanghai, Chongqing, Shanxi, Sichuan		 China 25 January 2008 2008 Chinese winter storms

Australia

Location Country Date Category Notes
Canberra[2] Australia July 12, 2015

Europe

Location Country Date Category Notes
England United Kingdom 1614-15 Among most significant winters in UK history; the snowfalls of 16-22 January 1615 were particularly notable[3]
Most of Europe Most of Europe 16 December 2009 Winter of 2009–10 in Europe
England, Wales, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany United Kingdom, Central Europe, Eastern Europe 18 January 2018 Cyclone David/Friederike

North America

Location Country Date Category Notes
Midwestern United States USA January 9–12 1975 3 Great Storm of 1975
Northeastern United States, Southeastern Canada Canada, USA February 2, 1976 2 Groundhog Day gale of 1976
Western New York, Southern Ontario Canada, USA January 28–February 1, 1977 - Blizzard of 1977
Ohio Valley and Great Lakes region and Southern Ontario Canada, USA January 25–27, 1978 5 Great Blizzard of 1978
New England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York metropolitan area USA February 5–7, 1978 5 Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978
Northern Illinois, northwest Indiana USA January 13–14, 1979 4 1979 Chicago blizzard
Upper Midwest of the United States USA October 31–November 3, 1991 5 1991 Halloween blizzard
Eastern United States, Eastern Canada Canada, USA March 12–15, 1993 5 1993 Storm of the Century
East Coast of the United States USA January 6–8, 1996 5 North American blizzard of 1996
Northeastern United States USA March 31–April 1, 1997 2 1997 April Fool's Day blizzard
Midwestern United States, Central and Eastern Canada Canada, USA January 2–4, 1999 4 North American blizzard of 1999
North Carolina, Virginia USA January 25, 2000 3 January 2000 North American blizzard
East Coast of the United States and Canada Canada, USA February 14–19, 2003 4 North American blizzard of 2003
Ohio Valley, Ontario Canada, USA December 21–24, 2004 4 December 21–24, 2004 North American winter storm
Upper Midwest, Great Lakes region, Northeastern United States, British Isles, Scandinavian Peninsula Canada, USA, UK January 20–23, 2005 4 North American blizzard of 2005
Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, New England, Atlantic Canada Canada, USA February 11, 2006 2 North American blizzard of 2006
Central Canada, Midwestern United States, Northern Plains Canada, USA November 27–December 1, 2006 - Early Winter 2006 North American storm complex
Southern and eastern North America Canada, USA March 6–10, 2008 - North American blizzard of 2008
Virginia to Maine, Canadian Atlantic provinces (portions of Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Labrador) Canada, USA December 16–20, 2009 4 December 2009 North American blizzard
Midwestern United States, Great Plains, Southeastern United States, Eastern Seaboard, parts of Ontario Canada, USA December 22–24, 2009 5 2009 North American Christmas blizzard
Illinois to North Carolina to New York and New Mexico, Mexico, Eastern Canada Canada, USA February 5–6, 2010 3 February 5–6, 2010 North American blizzard
Illinois to Virginia to Vermont, New England, and Eastern Canada Canada, USA February 9–10, 2010 2 February 9–10, 2010 North American blizzard
Mid-Atlantic region, New England, West Virginia, Eastern Canada Canada, USA February 25–27, 2010 4 February 25–27, 2010 North American blizzard
Mid-Atlantic region, New England, Eastern Canada Canada, USA March 2010 - March 2010 nor'easter
Alaska, Western Canada, Contiguous United States, Eastern Canada, Northern Europe, Russia Canada, Russia, UK, USA December 27, 2010 2 December 2010 North American blizzard
Central United States, Southeastern US, New England, Northeastern Mexico, Great Lakes, Eastern Canada Canada, Mexico, USA January 31 – February 2, 2011 5 January 31 – February 2, 2011 North American blizzard
Pacific Northwest, Great Plains, South Central United States, Eastern United States (especially the Mid-Atlantic states), Atlantic Canada, British Isles, Finland Canada January 19 - 29, 2016 5 January 2016 North American blizzard
Pacific Northwest, Western United States, Rocky Mountains, Southern United States, Midwestern United States, New England USA March 4 - 17, 2021 3 March 2021 North American blizzard
Midwestern United States, Great Lakes, New England Canada, USA December 21 - 26, 2022 4 December 2022 North American winter storm

South America

Location Country Date Category Notes
Southern regions of Chile Chile 6-16 August, 1995 White Earthquake
Southern-Central regions of Argentina Argentina 6 July, 2007 July 2007 Argentine winter storm
Biobio and Araucanía regions of Chile Chile July 2011 July 2011 Chilean winter storm

See also

References

  1. ↑ South Africa dusted by rare snow storm Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, Postmedia News
  2. ↑ Snow for Canberra, severe weather warning in place, The Canberra Times
  3. ↑ Veale, Lucy; G. Endfield; J. owen (2018). "The 'Great Snow' of winter 1614/1615 in England". Weather. 31 (1): 3–9. Bibcode:2018Wthr...73....3V. doi:10.1002/wea.3198.
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