![]() The winds also cut power to over 40,000 households in Western Washington. More than just the family dinner was affected by this storm that produced 60 mph winds, felled trees and killed three people. 1991 – The most blustery Thanksgiving of the century took place on Nov.18 just under a foot of snow fell wreaking havoc on local school systems and roads. The storm set records for flood levels of many northwest Washington rivers including the Elwha, Cedar, Snoqualmie, Skykomish, Snohomish and Stillaguamish. Most of the rivers to spill over banks occurred in Western Washington but there were also a few in Eastern Washington as well. But the storm gained the most notoriety for sinking the I-90 floating bridge span between Mercer Island and Seattle that was under construction. 1990 – Statewide flooding hit in November 1990 causing two deaths and an estimated $250 million worth of insurable damage.Average snowfall in November is just over an inch. 21 and 27, storms dumped a total of 17.5 inches of snow on Seattle. 1985 – The year was known for the coldest November on record at Sea-Tac.That was a La Niña year and the last time Western Washington saw a 70 degree day in November. One storm in 1968 dropped 13 inches of snow at Sea-Tac. 1968-69 – The “Snowiest Winter” in the greater Seattle area occurred from November 1968 to March 1969 as a total of 67.5 inches fell in the region.The storm caused $230 million worth of insured damage to property. 1962 – Columbus Day storm: The deadliest wind storm in the Puget Sound region’s history reached the threshold of being called an “extratropical cyclone” as it claimed 46 lives, with hundreds of people injured.That same year was La Niña and saw a record 70-degree day in November. But that January holds the record for snow fall in one month at 57.2 inches, coldest average temperature for a month at 24.9 degrees and set the record for coldest temperature at zero degrees on Jan. The storm came close to tying the 1916 record for snow fall in a 24 hour time period with 21.4 inches at Sea-Tac. High winds resulted in 6-foot snow drifts in some parts of the Puget Sound. It was credited with causing more than $1 million worth of damage and 13 fatalities as some areas of the Puget Sound recorded 70 mph winds. 1950 – One of the only storms to reach the threshold of being an actual blizzard with sustained wind gusts of 40 mph began on Jan.21 event claimed 18 lives and a high gust was recorded in Tacoma at 83 mph. 1934 – “The Gale of ’34” as it was known was the second deadliest wind storm in Western Washington history.The 21.5 inches that fell that day was also enough snow to cause the roof of the St. 1, according to official records that were not kept in 1880. The storm holds the record for the most snow falling in a 24-hour period on Feb. 3 as 33 inches of snow fell in downtown Seattle paralyzing the Puget Sound area. 1916 – Hands down the biggest storm of the 1900s occurred from Jan. ![]()
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