1988: A mixture of sleet, freezing rain and snow fell from north central South Dakota into west central Minnesota before changing over to all snow by the afternoon of the 15th. Snow continued across Minnesota during the morning hours on the 16th, along with increasing winds. The strong winds and snow created near zero visibilities due to blowing snow in northwest and west central Minnesota. A 60 mph wind gust was recorded in Morris, MN. Snow and blowing snow blocked roads, caused power outages and closed schools. Snow in many locations accumulated over a sheet of ice that coated roads from preceding rainfall.

1900: A lake effect snowstorm dropped 45 inches of snow in 24 hours at Watertown, NY.

1987: Starting in 1987, for three straight years there were significant tornado outbreaks that occurred on November 15. Each outbreak included F3 strength tornadoes and affected at least three states.

1989: Huntsville, AL was hit hard by a deadly F4 tornado. The tornado killed 21, injured 463, and caused damage costing upwards of $250 million.