List of ice storms
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Ice storm
An ice storm is a type of winter storm characterized by freezing rain, also known as a glaze event or in some parts of the United States as a silver thaw. The U.S. National Weather Service defines an ice storm as a storm which results in the accumulation of at least of ice on exposed surfaces...

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1960s

  • Northern Idaho ice storm
    North American ice storm of January 1961
    The North American ice storm of January 1961 was a massive ice storm that struck areas of northern Idaho in the United States on January 1-3, 1961. The storm set a record for thickest recorded ice accumulation from a single storm in the United States, at 8 inches.The storm's swath covered...

     of January 1–3, 1961.

1970s

  • Connecticut Ice Storm of December 16–17, 1973
  • Long Island Ice Storm of January 13–14, 1978
  • Illinois Ice Storm of March 26, 1978 (Easter Sunday)

1990s

  • Western and Northern NY Ice Storm of March 3-4, 1991
  • Southern Ice Storm of February 1994
  • Eastern Washington State/North Idaho
    Idaho
    Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....

     area ice storm of 1996
  • North American ice storm of 1998
    North American ice storm of 1998
    The North American ice storm of 1998 was a massive combination of five smaller successive ice storms which combined to strike a relatively narrow swath of land from eastern Ontario to southern Quebec to Nova Scotia in Canada, and bordering areas from northern New York to central Maine in the...

  • Ice Storm of January 1999
    Ice Storm of January 1999
    The Ice Storm of January 1999 was a severe ice storm that struck the Washington D.C. metropolitan area on January 14 and 15, 1999. Heavy ice accumulation bringing down power lines resulted in around 745,000 people in the area losing power. Many of the major power companies supplying DC,...


2000s

  • 2002 Central Plains ice storm
    2002 Central Plains ice storm
    The 2002 Central Plains ice storm was a major winter storm that affected the American Midwest, causing significant damage especially in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area.-The initial storm:...

  • North Carolina ice storm of 2002
  • Rochester, NY area Ice Storm of April 4, 2003
  • Ice storm of December 2005
    Ice storm of December 2005
    The Ice storm of December 2005 was a damaging winter storm that produced extensive ice damage in a large portion of the Southern United States on December 14–16, 2005 while extensive snows were reported across portions of the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec...

  • January 2007 North American ice storm
    January 2007 North American ice storm
    The North American ice storm of 2007 was a severe ice storm that impacted a large swath of North America from the Rio Grande Valley to New England and southeastern Canada starting on January 11, 2007 through January 16, followed by a second wave in the Southern United States from Texas to the...

  • December 2007 North American ice storm
  • January 2008 New York ice storm
  • December 2008 Northeast ice storm
    December 2008 Northeast ice storm
    The December 2008 ice storm of New England and Upstate New York was a damaging ice storm that took out power for millions of people in those regions. The storm was deemed the worst ice storm in a decade for New England and the most severe in 21 years for Upstate New York...

  • January 2009 Central Plains and Midwest ice storm
    January 2009 Central Plains and Midwest ice storm
    The January 2009 ice storm was a major ice storm that occurred over parts of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, West Virginia, and Kentucky. The storm produced widespread power outages for over 2 million people due to heavy ice accumulation...



2010s

  • January 2010 Southern Ice Storm
  • January 31 – February 2, 2011 North American winter storm
    January 31 – February 2, 2011 North American winter storm
    The January 31 – February 2, 2011 North American winter storm, also called the 2011 Groundhog Day Blizzard, was a powerful and historic winter storm, situated around the US and Canadian holiday Groundhog Day. In the initial stages of the storm, some meteorologists predicted that the system would...

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