The
Blizzard of 1999 was a strong winter
snowstorm which struck the
Midwestern United States and portions of eastern
Canada, hitting hardest in
Iowa,
Wisconsin,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Michigan,
Ohio,
Ontario and
Quebec dumping as much as 60 cm (2 feet) of snow in many areas. Chicago received a recorded . The storm hit just after
New Year's Day, between January 2 and January 4, 1999. Travel was severely disrupted throughout the areas and the cities of
Chicago and
Toronto were also paralyzed. Additionally, record low temperatures were measured in many towns in the days immediately after the storm (January 4 - January 8).