A beautiful three-day weekend in southeastern Minnesota drew many into the woods and rivers for duck hunting and fishing. Then the storm hit. The Armistice Day Blizzard of 1940 killed more than ...

Minnesota wildlife artist Michael Sieve painted “Armistice Day Blizzard” to convey the raging storm that caught Minnesota duck hunters by surprise on Nov. 11, 1940, particularly those along ...

Helen Linder and Mildren Rhyme were able to skirt a large drift as they walked by the Quast building along Second Avenue in downtown Hutchinson following the Armistice Day Blizzard, Nov. 11, 1940.

By Kristin Holtz, Correspondent Nov. 11, 1940, was an unseasonably warm fall morning. Across Minnesota duck hunters climbed into their boats to take advantage of the misty, 40-degree weather. By mi… ...

FARGO — Widely considered to be one of the worst blizzards in the recorded history of the Midwest, the Armistice Day blizzard, which happened 80 years ago, cost 154 people their lives and ...

It was another "early in the season" storm that caught Minnesota residents off guard -- the Armistice Day Blizzard. That blizzard struck back on Nov. 11, 1940.

1940 Armistice Day Blizzard a day that started out warm in the 60 degrees and the temperature dropped so quickly duck hunters and fishermen were frozen right into their boats.

St. Peter’s snow-covered streets were void of traffic following the Armistice Day blizzard. Wednesday is the anniversary of the 1940 storm. Photo courtesy Minnesota Historical Society The Free Press ...

The Armistice Day blizzard of Nov. 11-12, 1940, was one of the worst storms ever to strike the Upper Midwest area. Property damage was estimated at $1,500,000 and thousands of cars were marooned ...

The second week of November has a long history of powerful storms in the nation’s midsection, including the 1975 Edmund Fitzgerald storm and the 1940 Armistice Day blizzard.