It is a myth that there are always huge blizzards in March.
In the distant past as well as in recent years, March and April pass without any blizzards at all. Of course, it is also true that some of our most severe blizzards in history have happened in March.
Across North Dakota, the benchmark for blizzards may well be the monster blizzard of March 3-6, 1966, when one to three feet of snow with winds 50 to 100 mph built drifts 30 feet high.
But March is not the only month with a tendency to produce memorable winter storms. All of the cold months from October through April have produced at least a few severe blizzards.
Interestingly, the big ones are most common in three of the months; November, January, and March.
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November and March provide the greatest proximity of warm and cold as the seasons change. January is the king month for hybrid Alberta Clipper storms connecting with super strong Arctic high pressure systems.
