March blizzards have a history of hitting New York, too. A legendary blizzard struck the city on March 12, 1888, dumping 21 inches of snow. Still, if this storm were to produce a foot or more of ...

ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 14.--The loss of life by the great blizzard of Thursday is shown to have been very great, by far the largest number of casualties being reported from Dakota points.