The Great Blizzard of 1888 was a winter storm that pummeled the Atlantic coast of the United States, from the Chesapeake Bay to Maine, on March 11β14. New York City received some 22 inches (550 mm) of snow, and other areas experienced as much as 50 inches (1,250 mm). Winds gusted up to 80 miles (130 km) per hour, causing snowdrifts as high as 50 feet (15 meters). Many New Yorkers unfamiliar with blizzard conditions tried to go to work. As the weather worsened, workers were stranded in the streets, on trains, in elevated transit cars, and at their places of employment. More than 400 people, including about 100 sailors, were killed.
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