The
Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962 occurred on March 6–8, 1962 along the
mid-Atlantic coast of the
United States. Also known as the
Great March Storm of 1962, it was considered by the
U.S. Geological Survey to be one of the most destructive storms ever to affect the
mid-Atlantic states. One of the ten worst storms in the United States in the 20th century, it lingered through five high
tides over a three-day period, killing 40 people, injuring over 1,000, and causing hundreds of millions in property damage in six states. The storm also deposited significant snowfall over the
Southeast, with a regional snowfall index of 12.663.