An stretch of exceptionally cold weather and low supplies of natural gas made the winter of 1976-77 one to remember.
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The Blizzard of 1978
Come celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Blizzard of ’78, probably Toledo’s worst winter event.
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Toledo’s White Christmas, 1951
On Christmas Day, 1951, Toledo got a bigger White Christmas than it bargained for.
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Snowstorm buries Toledo, December 1, 1974
On the Sunday after Thanksgiving, 1974, fourteen inches of snow showed up at exactly the wrong time.
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The Ohio Fireworks Derecho
One of the biggest storms to ever strike Toledo happened on a holiday evening in 1969, and eventually became known as the Ohio Fireworks Derecho.