List of Duluth Winters and what they are Remembered For

Although Duluth is known for — and by some feared — for its winters, they tend to run together in our memories. Everyone who experienced it recalls the Mega Storm of 1991 and there was a long cold snap a few years ago, but by and large the various storms and other winter climate events are forgotten or the memories get mashed together.

So, in an effort to sort them out I tossed together a brief and somewhat vague list of some winter moments that have been marked on Perfect Duluth Day in the past (with links) or have been loosely referenced on the web as having been more wintery than other winters. (As the comments have come in I’ve added a few more links from Zenith City Online and notes regarding conditions of some years.)

So, it goes a little something like this …

2017-’18 | Frozen Wiener Storm / Holiday Mess
2013-’14 | Snownami, or Crouching Branches, Biting Tiger / Insane Record-breaking Winter 2014 (Twenty-three days below zero — second-coldest winter on record; season produced 131 inches of snow)
2011-’12 | Leap Day Snowmageddon
2006-’07 | The Great Whiteout
1999-’00 | Purportedly mild.
1996-’97 | Season produced 128.2 inches of snow
1995-’96 | It was cold. Season produced 135.4 inches of snow.
1991-’92 | Halloween Mega Storm
1983-’84 | The Great Thanksgiving Blizzard
1978-’79 | Particularly cold.
1968-’69 | Season produced 121 inches of snow.
1963 | Particularly cold.
1958-’59 | Particularly cold.
1949-’50 | Season produced 131.8 inches of snow
1936 | Particularly cold.
1921-’22 | Bridge-cable Snapping Snow Barrage
1915-’16 | Heavy snow year.
1913-’14 | White Hurricane
1905-’06 | Mataafa Storm
1891-’92 | Drowning in Drifts
1884-’85 | Coldest air temperature record set at -41 F
1874-’75 | Mammoth Storm / Coldest Winter on Record