List of Blizzards - BRANDON AIRPORT (Since 1958)
*Based on Consecutive Hourly Observations*
Date(s) |
Duration |
Type |
Min vis |
Min WC |
Max gust |
Dom wdir |
Event snow |
Apr 28, 1958 |
N/A |
Likely blizzard |
zero |
N/A |
N/A |
NW |
17.8 cm |
Feb 15, 1959 |
5 hours |
Ground blizzard |
200 m |
-23 |
N/A |
WNW |
0.3 cm |
Jan 1, 1960 |
5 hours |
Blizzard |
200 m |
-21 |
N/A |
NE |
21.9 cm |
Apr 26, 1961 |
6 hours |
Blizzard |
Zero |
-13 |
N/A |
NW |
17 cm (??) |
Feb 4, 1962 |
7 hours |
Blizzard |
200 m |
-27 |
N/A |
NE |
20.8 cm |
Jan 19, 1963 |
4 hours |
Ground blizzard |
Zero |
-43 |
72 km/h |
NNW |
0.8 cm |
Jan 23, 1963 |
4 hours |
Ground blizzard |
200 m |
-44 |
76 km/h |
W |
None |
Mar 18-19, 1964 |
5 hours |
Blizzard |
400 m |
-22 |
51 km/h |
ENE |
18.0 cm |
Nov 27, 1964 |
10 hours |
Blizzard |
Zero |
-30 |
66 km/h |
ENE |
12.0 cm |
Mar 4, 1966 |
8 hours |
Ground blizzard |
200 m |
-25 |
77 km/h |
N |
0.3 cm |
Jan 15-16, 1967 |
7 hours |
Blizzard |
Zero |
-39 |
82 km/h |
NE |
6.9 cm |
Apr 20-21, 1967 |
7 hours |
Blizzard |
Zero |
-13 |
80 km/h |
NNE |
10.7 cm |
Feb 16, 1968 |
12 hours |
Ground blizzard |
200 m |
-44 |
74 km/h |
WNW |
None |
Feb 10, 1969 |
4 hours |
Blizzard |
200 m |
-20 |
74 km/h |
WNW |
0.8 cm |
Feb 26, 1969 |
8 hours |
Blizzard |
Zero |
-13 |
68 km/h |
ESE |
31.0 cm (3-day 51 cm) |
Jan 30, 1971 |
4 hours |
Ground blizzard |
200 m |
-48 |
71 km/h |
WNW |
None |
Jan 11-12, 1975 |
18 hours + 4 hours |
Ground blizzard |
Zero |
-51 |
103 km/h |
WNW |
0.5 cm |
Mar 20, 1976 |
8 hours |
Blizzard |
Zero |
-20 |
87 km/h |
N |
7.1 cm |
Jan 24-25, 1978 |
5 hours |
Blizzard |
400 m |
-36 |
74 km/h |
N |
1.6 cm |
Dec 28-29, 1978 |
13 hours |
Blizzard |
Zero |
-38 |
87 km/h |
ENE |
9.5 cm |
Dec 24, 1983 |
4 hours |
Ground-blizzard |
200 m |
-43 |
85 km/h |
W |
2 cm |
Apr 27, 1984 |
9 hours |
Blizzard |
Zero |
-17 |
115 km/h |
N |
37.0 cm |
Jan 7, 1989 |
4 hours |
Blizzard |
200 m |
-35 |
76 km/h^ |
N |
17.2 cm (4-day) |
Dec 4-5, 1995 |
11 hours |
Blizzard |
200 m |
-33 |
89 km/h |
W |
11.2 cm |
Feb 25, 1998 |
10 hours |
Blizzard |
200 m |
-13 |
78 km/h |
NE |
46.3 cm (4-day) |
Jan 12, 2017 |
5 hours |
Blizzard |
200 m |
-43 |
87 km/h |
WNW |
1.6 cm |
Mar 6-7, 2017 |
31 hours |
Blizzard/Ground |
zero |
-30 |
95 km/h |
WNW |
41.4 cm |
Feb 18, 2022 |
4 hours |
Ground blizzard |
400 m |
-37 |
71 km/h |
NW |
6.8 cm |
Apr 13, 2022 |
5 hours + 4 hours |
Blizzard |
200 m |
-13 |
91 km/h |
NE |
≈ 25 cm |
Mar 11, 2023 |
8 hours |
Blizzard |
200 m |
-21 |
77 km/h |
ENE |
7.6 cm |
- Duration: 4 hours or longer.
- Visibility: 400 metres or less in 'blowing snow' or 'snow and blowing snow'.
- Sustained wind 40 km/h or stronger.
A ground blizzard is a blizzard where there is predominently no falling snow. The snow on the ground is simply being lifted by the wind.
In the table, 'Blizzard/Ground' means the event was partially a blizzard (with falling snow), and partially a ground-blizzard (no falling snow).
***Notes***
-Jan 11-12, 1975 - There was a two hour break with 800 metre visibility, with 18 hours of blizzard before the break and 4 hours of blizzard afterwards.
^Jan 7, 1989: The gust did not occur during the blizzard. During the blizzard itself, the maximum gust was probably between 60 and 75 km/h.
-Apr 13, 2022 - Snowfall was missing on Apr 13. The observer recorded some S groups in the metar as well as snow depths. I could estimate that the event total was 25 cm as a result.