Eastern Canadian blizzard of March 1971 information
Eastern Canadian blizzard of March 1971
Snow accumulations from 3rd to 5th of March
Type
Nor'easter/Atlantic Ocean coastal low
Formed
March 3, 1971
Dissipated
March 5, 1971
Lowest pressure
966 mb (966 hPa; 28.5 inHg)
Maximum snowfall or ice accretion
32.1 inches (82 cm) of snow in Mont Apica, Quebec[1]
Fatalities
at least 30[2]
Damage
at least $1 million
Areas affected
Eastern North America
The Eastern Canadian blizzard of March 1971 was a severe winter storm that struck portions of eastern Canada from March 3 to March 5, 1971. The storm was also nicknamed the "Storm of the Century" in Quebec.[1] The event included the worst 24-hour snowfall on record in the city of Montreal with 43 centimetres (16.9 inches) of snow falling on March 4, for a total of 47 centimetres (18.5 inches), until the one-day record was broken again on December 27, 2012.[3] Higher terrain in eastern Quebec received as much as 80 centimetres (31.5 inches). Heavy snowfall was also recorded in eastern Ontario and northern New Brunswick as well as parts of the Northeastern United States. The storm itself was responsible for the deaths of 17 people in Montreal (30 province-wide) along with numerous other injuries directly and indirectly attributed to the blizzard.
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