Portal:Weather/On this day list/March 12
March 12[edit]
1888: The Great Blizzard of 1888 began dropping snow on the Northeastern United States. Eventually snow would drift as high as 40 to 50 feet (12 to 15 m), and 400 people would perish.
1993: What became known as the Storm of the Century began causing major damage across a large portion of the Southeastern United States and Cuba with heavy snows, strong winds, a storm surge, and tornadoes. The storm would eventually go on to have a major impact on the Northeastern United States and Atlantic Canada, and kill 300 people.
2006: The worst day of a multi-day outbreak of tornadoes struck the Midwestern and South Central United States, killing 9 people in Illinois and Missouri.