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269:"The Nation's Worst Ice Storms"
244:Biggest, Baddest Book of Storms
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2004:Categories
278:2021-09-22
184:References
52:Dissipated
1969:Cold wave
1947:Feb 16–17
1942:Feb 10–13
1932:Jan 13–16
1905:Feb 21–28
1888:Dec 21–26
1883:Dec 12-16
1878:Nov 17–20
1871:Apr 11-14
1866:Feb 22-26
1856:Jan 27–30
1851:Jan 14–17
1834:Dec 13–18
1824:Oct 24–26
1817:Apr 15–17
1812:Mar 16–17
1807:Mar 10–17
1802:Feb 15–20
1797:Feb 13–17
1792:Feb 11–14
1787:Feb 10–12
1772:Jan 12–17
1755:Dec 23–25
1750:Dec 14–18
1735:Oct 29–30
1730:Oct 26–28
1718:Jan 14–19
1695:Dec 21–26
1683:Apr 10–12
1678:Mar 11–15
1673:March 3-4
1668:Feb 11–13
1663:Jan 16–21
1650:Nov 14-15
1643:Apr 12–15
1638:Mar 20–22
1633:Mar 11–15
1618:Jan 13–16
1596:Oct 29–31
1584:Mar 11–15
1574:Feb 12–14
1564:Jan 21–23
1559:Jan 19–24
1554:Jan 10–17
1532:Dec 23–26
1525:Apr 15–23
1520:Mar 21–25
1510:Feb 23–24
1495:Jan 21–24
1483:Dec 26–30
1478:Nov 24–27
1461:Feb 25–26
1451:Feb 12–17
1441:Jan 23–30
1429:Dec 10–27
1419:Nov 13–21
1407:Mar 24–28
1397:Feb 19–21
1392:Feb 11–14
1387:Jan 27–31
1382:Jan 20–22
1365:Dec 19–23
1360:Nov 22–28
1348:Mar 18–20
1321:Dec 25–28
1316:Dec 17–22
1299:Jan 16–20
1270:Jan 24–28
1248:Oct 23–28
1241:Mar 12–16
1236:Feb 24–27
1221:Jan 17–26
1198:Dec 22–28
1193:Dec 16–20
1188:Oct 13–20
1181:Jan 25–30
1169:Dec 19–25
1164:Dec 11–12
1127:Apr 13–17
1122:Feb 12–20
1117:Jan 11–24
1095:Nov 20–24
1090:Oct 11–13
1085:Feb 11–13
1073:Dec 14–16
1068:Jan 20–23
1056:Dec 24–28
1051:Dec 21–24
1044:Feb 17–23
1027:Feb 14–19
1005:Jan 29–31
993:Dec 27–31
988:Jan 18–30
958:Jan 14–15
929:Oct 24–26
886:Mar 12–15
874:Dec 10–12
826:Jan 13–14
809:Jan 25–27
738:Dec 25–28
714:Jan 26–27
702:Jan 27–31
678:Oct 25–30
651:Jan 18–21
646:Jan 11–13
634:Dec 11–13
617:Mar 18–22
605:Mar 18–19
593:Feb 17–18
581:Nov 24–30
569:Dec 25–26
557:Nov 10–12
545:Jan 27–28
533:Mar 15–18
509:Nov 27–28
476:Feb 11–14
464:Mar 11–14
459:Jan 12–13
330:Seasons:
161:, to the
144:ice storm
129:northern
38:Ice storm
1927:Jan 8–10
1910:Mar 9–17
1829:Dec 9–12
1601:Dec 8–10
1579:Feb 8–22
1569:Feb 6–10
1549:Jan 7–13
1515:Mar 8–11
1505:Feb 7–10
1471:May 9–11
1424:Dec 9–11
1414:Nov 8–13
1343:Mar 1–10
1333:Feb 7–18
1311:Nov 7–10
1287:Nov 8–10
1265:Jan 8–13
1253:Dec 5–29
1231:Feb 7–11
1159:Mar 6–10
1154:Jan 3–11
1142:Dec 8–18
941:Jan 4–10
910:Jan 6–10
773:Jan 9–12
762:Feb 9–11
726:Feb 8–10
521:Nov 6–11
447:Jan 6–10
435:Oct 4–11
247:. ABDO.
1962:Related
1937:Feb 1–7
1922:Jan 6–7
1861:Feb 1–5
1846:Jan 3–4
1782:Feb 6–8
1745:Dec 4–6
1723:Feb 2–5
1628:Mar 6–8
1623:Mar 1–3
1613:Jan 2–5
1544:Jan 4–8
1466:Mar 1–6
1355:Oct 3–5
1226:Feb 1–6
1032:Dec 5–8
1015:Dec 4–5
953:Jan 2–4
898:Feb 2–6
814:Feb 5–7
751:Mar 3–5
731:Mar 5–8
666:Mar 6–8
655:Feb 2–5
629:Mar 2–5
402:2023–24
397:2022–23
392:2021–22
387:2020–21
382:2019–20
377:2018–19
372:2017–18
367:2016–17
362:2015–16
357:2014–15
352:2013–14
347:2012–13
342:2011–12
337:2010–11
332:2009–10
150:in the
121:Unknown
75:Unknown
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118:Damage
44:Formed
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1209:2010s
1010:Feb 7
976:2000s
785:Feb 2
178:Texas
131:Idaho
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1841:2022
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917:1997
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881:1993
869:1992
857:1991
845:1989
833:1983
821:1979
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792:1977
780:1976
768:1975
758:1973
746:1971
721:1969
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697:1966
685:1964
673:1963
661:1962
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552:1940
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516:1913
504:1905
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