The Famous Blizzards Pack
A 7-page sourced companion to the Children’s Blizzard and the Great Blizzard of 1888, and the Armistice Day Storm of 1940, with period public-domain photographs and a short contrast with the 1922 Washington snowfall.
What’s inside:
- Three storms, and a contrast
- The Children’s Blizzard, 12 January 1888
- The Great Blizzard of March 1888
- New York and New England after the storm
- The Armistice Day Storm, 11 November 1940
- A contrast: 28 January 1922, and credits
Pages: 7 (A4) / 7 (US Letter). Formats: A4 (210 × 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), both PDFs included in one zip.
Printing: Print at 100% / actual size on A4 or US Letter. Most inside pages use light backgrounds and print well in black and white; the cover is dark, so print that in colour or skip it to save ink.
Every fact is written in our own words and checked on 15 November 2026 against the National Weather Service Glossary; NWS winter warning and safety pages; NWS Heritage, “The Blizzards of 1888”; Homestead National Historical Park; NWS La Crosse and Chicago on the Armistice Day Storm; NWS “What is a Nor’easter?”; NWS Flagstaff; and NWS Baltimore/Washington DC Winters. The sources are listed on the credits page.
All photographs and maps in this pack are in the public domain, resized with no other changes. The historical weather map in the activity pack is a historical weather map, not a photograph.
Safety wording is quoted National Weather Service guidance, and is not a substitute for official local warnings. This pack is independent and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the National Weather Service, NOAA, the National Park Service, or Homestead National Historical Park.
Licence: personal use. Print as many copies as you need for yourself and your household. Please don’t resell, re-upload or share it publicly. For club, school or commercial use, please email info@reallybyte.com.
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This is a digital download: no physical item will be shipped.
Price: $3.99 USD.