Two women walk through a blizzard in Chicago on Jan. 12, 1979. A forecasted snowfall of 2-4 inches frizzled out, but the city was still digging out from the New Year’s Eve storm 10 days earlier.

Michael Peregrine is a Chicago lawyer. He endured the 1979 blizzard at Northwestern University Law School, which refused to acknowledge the concept of a “snow day.” ...

1979: The city was walloped by a massive blizzard that dumped 20.3 inches of snow. At the time it was the second-largest snowfall in city history. Today, it’s the fourth-largest .

Some other notable blizzards in Chicago history were January 12-14, 1979 blizzard with 19.3 inches of snow and the city’s biggest snowstorm, the January 26-27, 1967 “Big Snow” which produced ...

The snow storm in the movie was likely inspired by the 1979 Great Chicago Blizzard. 99¢/month for 3 months SUBSCRIBE NOW Show Search. Clear Search Query Submit Search.

A Midwest blizzard that delivered Chicago's heaviest snowstorm on record was wrapping up on this day in 1967, ... (21.6 inches), 2011 (21.2 inches) and 1979 (20.3 inches).