One of the worst storms ever to strike the Upper Midwest was the Armistice Day blizzard of Nov. 11-12, 1940. At least 49 people died in Minnesota alone, thousands of cars were marooned by the 16.2 ...

Armistice Day Blizzard: 'I saw one friend sitting against a tree. He was frozen to death' A beautiful three-day weekend in southeastern Minnesota drew many into the woods and rivers for duck ...

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. Viewers share their ...

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 ...

Norman Roloff and his best friend, Sonny Ehlers, used to get together every Armistice Day and toast their good fortune. They weren’t, after all, dead. On the afternoon of Nov. 11, 1940, the m… ...

Memories of the Armistice Day blizzard Last Sunday, I read James Broten’s letter to the editor about the 1940 blizzard.

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.

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 ...

Nov. 11, 1940: Known as the Armistice Day blizzard, the storm killed 154 people in the Upper Midwest, including 49 Minnesotans, many of whom were bird hunters who froze to death after getting ...

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.