2000: High winds of 30 to 50 mph, combined with 3 to 7 inches of snow, caused widespread blizzard conditions across north central South Dakota. Many schools were closed early in the day. Travel was also significantly disrupted. Telephone service went down for several hours between Mobridge and Selby. Some heavy snowfall amounts included, 6 inches at Eagle Butte, Selby, and Hoven, and 7 inches southwest of Keldron.

1717: On Fishers Island in Long Island Sound, 1200 sheep were discovered to have been buried under a snow drift for four weeks. When finally uncovered, one hundred sheep were still alive.

1909: An F4 tornado on the ground for 15 miles nearly obliterated Brinkley, AR. Within the city limits over 800 buildings were destroyed and several entire families were killed. Along the entire path nearly 3,000 buildings, including 1,550 homes, were damaged or destroyed and 49 people lost their lives (42 in Brinkley alone).

1984: A thunder snowstorm produced high winds, vivid lightning, and up to seven inches of snow in the northern suburbs of Washington D.C.