NUGGET #79
Snow storms, notable —
- Jan. 18-19, 1857
- Blizzard with -7 low temperature shuts down the town with huge drifts; snow in some places in the county was 10 feet deep [Diary of Anna Resseguie (DAR)].
- March 21-22, 1861
- Snow drifts “10 feet high in some places” from a storm. [DAR]
- Jan. 18, 1867
- A huge snowstorm with 11-foot drifts shuts down town for two days. [DAR]
- Easter Sunday, April 4, 1915
- Called by Press “worst storm of the season” [Ridgefield Press 4/6/1915].
- Oct. 10, 1925
- An early “blizzard.”
- February 19-21, 1934
- Called by Jennie Holmes the “biggest snowfall ever in Ridgefield” [Dick’s Dispatch #85]. [See Dick’s Dispatch #90, 91 for details.]
- Dec. 28, 1947
- Drifts reached 11 feet [Dick’s Dispatch #85].
- Feb. 9 and 10, 1969
- Over 20 inches fell, winds of up to 50 mph, called the worst snowstorm in 20 years.
- Oct. 10, 1979
- 6 inches fell, unusually early, much damage to trees and power lines.
- Feb. 11, 1983
- In only 12 hours, nearly two feet of snow fell, one of the fastest accumulations on record.
- Oct. 4, 1987
- A surprise storm drops three inches of heavy wet snow on trees that have all their leaves, and with wind gusting to 40 mph, many break; 83% of town lost power, some sections for many days [Ridgefield Press 10/8/1987].
- Oct. 29, 2011
- Called “Snowtober,” caused cancellation of Halloween in town (cancelled also next year by Hurricane Sandy, same date).
