The recent bitter cold weather prompted me to once again think back nearly 50 years ago. January 1977 was a record-setter. This January has been bitterly cold at times, with temperatures only climbing ...

Forecasting has come a long way since the 1970s. More accurate weather models and advanced radar can now pinpoint timing and ferocity of storms. The weather over the next several days looks quite ...

[LAUGHTER] MARIA: EXACTLY, MIKE WANKUM. EXACTLY. TODAY IS THE 45TH ANNIVERSARY. OF THE BLIZZARD OF ’78. ED: AND IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE SOMEONE’S FIRST YEAR FORECASTING IN BOSTON. TAKE A LOOK. HARVEY: ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Today (Fri.) is the 46th anniversary of the famous blizzard of 1978. Strong winds blew extremely heavy snow into huge snowdrifts that blocked many roads for days and ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — This week is the 45th anniversary of the famous blizzard of 1978. Strong winds blew extremely heavy snow into huge snowdrifts that blocked many roads for days and closed ...

It happened over *** generation ago, so why are we still talking about the blizzard of '78 today? Easy. Simply put, this was *** crazy wild storm. No, those aren't meteorological terms, but you'll see ...

Although January is behind us, this midwinter interval may just as well be “Janbruary” – there are many days which could be notched as January 37th, say, or January 45th. Those days are usually the ...

Editor's note:This story was originally published in 2021. We are republishing it for the anniversary of the storm on Saturday. The Blizzard of '78 was a catastrophic storm that killed about 100 ...