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.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Seventy-five years ago, an early season snowstorm caught Minnesota residents off guard -- the Armistice Day Blizzard. That blizzard struck back on Nov. 11, 1940. Ranked No. 2 ...

Editor’s note: This story was reported and written in 2010. Norman Roloff and his best friend, Sonny Ehlers, used to get together every Armistice Day and toast their good fortune. They weren&… ...

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It was Nov. 11, 1940, and the storm became known at the Armistice Day Blizzard, ... including 49 in Minnesota. The highest snow total was 26.6 inches reported in Collegeville, Minn.

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 men ...

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 ...

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 ...

Minnesota lore is full of stories about weather-related events that were quirky, unexpected and sometimes deadly. Some of those are winter storms that wreaked havoc on a state that knows a thing ...

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 ...

The Armistice Day blizzard of 1940 is widely regarded as one of, if not the most, severe blizzard to hit Minnesota in recorded history. One element that made the storm so devastating was that it ...