Episode 042: (Nature) The Great Blizzard Of 1978 - a podcast by Andy & Michele Sargent

On January 26, 1978, a severe blizzard resulted when a relatively rare merger of two distinct upper level waves (one over Texas and one over the Northern Plains)occurred that caused an explosive intensification of a surface low pressure system causing the worst blizzard in Ohio's recorded history. The resultant massive and powerful storm system produced some of the lowest pressure readings ever recorded in the United States mainland: 28.46 inches of mercury at Columbus, 28.68 inches at Dayton, and 28.81 inches at Cincinnati. Even more impressive was Cleveland's record low pressure reading of 28.28 inches, which remains the lowest pressure ever recorded in Ohio and one of the lowest pressure readings on record within the mainland United States, not associated with a hurricane. This even came to be known as "The Great Blizzard of '78".

This episode of The Cornfield Meet: Transportation Disasters podcast is brought to you by Michele Sargent, ham radio operator and amateur disaster historian.

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