Before the “Blizzard of ’93,” there was the 1950 “Storm of the Century.”Seventy-five years ago, as western Pennsylvanians were finishing up their Thanksgiving meals, the flakes from what would become the area’s biggest snowstorm started falling.The Ohio Valley was walloped by snow between Nov. 24 and 26, 1950. Additional snow fell each day through the end of the month. Pittsburghers spent days digging out from this record snowfall.In 1950, there wasn’t the orchestrated snowplow regime that we have today. Images from the WTAE archive show trucks dumping mounds of snow into the rivers. This event tops the list of Pittsburgh’s biggest snowstorms with nearly 27 1/2 inches over three days. Other records include a November daily snowfall record of 14 inches set on Nov. 24, and low temperatures in the single digits on Nov. 25 and 26. This snowstorm kicked off Pittsburgh’s snowiest winter on record with 82 inches.
PITTSBURGH —
Before the “Blizzard of ’93,” there was the 1950 “Storm of the Century.”
Seventy-five years ago, as western Pennsylvanians were finishing up their Thanksgiving meals, the flakes from what would become the area’s biggest snowstorm started falling.
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Snowfall between November 22-30, 1950 shows a bullseye over the Ohio Valley, in particular for western Pennsylvania.
The Ohio Valley was walloped by snow between Nov. 24 and 26, 1950. Additional snow fell each day through the end of the month. Pittsburghers spent days digging out from this record snowfall.
In 1950, there wasn’t the orchestrated snowplow regime that we have today. Images from the WTAE archive show trucks dumping mounds of snow into the rivers.
This event tops the list of Pittsburgh’s biggest snowstorms with nearly 27 1/2 inches over three days. Other records include a November daily snowfall record of 14 inches set on Nov. 24, and low temperatures in the single digits on Nov. 25 and 26.
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Pittsburgh’s “1950 Storm of Century” set records for snow and low temperatures.
This snowstorm kicked off Pittsburgh’s snowiest winter on record with 82 inches.