FARGO — The infamous Armistice Day Blizzard hit this region suddenly on Nov. 11, 1940, killing 154 people in the Upper Midwest. Among the dead were 49 Minnesotans, mostly bird hunters who froze to ...
In the wake of that storm and another deadly blizzard the following spring, the Weather Bureau bowed to political pressure from Gov. Harold Stassen and gave states jurisdiction over their forecasts ...
Herb sent a note asking about the great Armistice Day storm of 1940. Of course this is the time of year when big contrasts of temperature sometimes provide the breeding ground for early season winter ...
The blizzard of Nov. 11, 1940, Armistice Day, was a seminal event. It covered several states in the Midwest. It seemed to come out of nowhere on a day that started with temperatures in the 50s. The ...
In the Weather Talk column on Page D6 of Wednesday's Forum, the year of the Armistice Day Blizzard was incorrect. The infamous blizzard that killed 154 people in the Upper Midwest occurred on ...