The winter of 1948-49 brought a series of powerful storms that blanketed much of Nebraska, Wyoming and the Dakotas with heavy snow, extreme cold and blinding winds. Snowdrifts reached as high as 30 ...

January 2, 1949 - The first storm marking the Blizzard of 1949 began on Jan. 2 and continued through Jan. 5. It brought heavy snow, strong winds and cold temperatures to much of the northern plains.

Retired Oklahoma State professor Zane Quible grew up on a cattle ranch in northwest Nebraska, and he was only 6 years old when the 1949 Blizzard hit. It was a storm where people saw snow heaped as ...

January 2, 1949 - The first storm marking the Blizzard of 1949 began on Jan. 2 and continued through Jan. 5.