Place: New England
Year: 1798
Event: Heavy snow with high winds; great damage to vessels on coast; many killed. Houses "buried in snow" -- tunnels needed to get out.

Place: Chicago, IL
Year: 1985
Event: November precipitation record: 7.65 inches (old record of 6.95 inches set in 1982). Note: November 1985 ended up with a total of 8.22 inches in city of Chicago.