It's Impossible To Forget The Year Tennessee Saw Its Single Largest Snowfall Ever
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Meghan Kraft
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Tennessee gets a solid snowfall once every couple of years, but it’s back in the 19th century that history took notice. There were no ice scrapers or car heaters or snow plows back in the day, which means our former Tennesseans were forced to hold each other tight and slog their way through the freeze until it melted away. Do you know when Tennessee experienced its largest snowfall to date?
If you're looking for the largest snowstorm in Nashville history then you have to reach all the way back in the city's weather archives to March 17th and 18th of 1882.
March of 2019 will mark 137 years since Nashville was covered in an incredible 17.2 inches of snow in less than two days.
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To give you an idea of what the city looked like, here's Capitol Hill in the 1940s. Just subtract another 60 years or so - how crazy is that to think about?
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Unfortunately, the city doesn't have pictorial archives of the snowstorm, or even the second biggest snowstorm that occurred in February, 1886.
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Sure, scraping ice from your windshield and dealing with cars and ice is terrifying, but can you imagine living through the 15 inches of snow that fell in the February of 1929? We'll take all our modern conveniences, thank you!
It's interesting to note that Nashville hasn't had a massive winter snowfall since the late '70s, either. 27.5 inches fell during the winter season that year, whereas in 1959 a whopping 38.5 inches fell from the sky.
It makes the Polar Vortex of 2014 look like child's play, doesn't it?
Enjoy your heated blankets and electric stoves this winter, friends! We'll be over here counting our lucky stars and enjoying the rain.
You can experience a bit more of Nashville history right here…how many of these places have you been to?
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