List of blizzards
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This is a list of blizzards, arranged alphabetically by continent. A blizzard is defined as a severe snowstorm characterized by strong sustained winds of at least {{convert|56|km/h}} and lasting for three hours or more. The list states blizzards in various countries since 1972.
Africa
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!Location !Country !Date !Category !Notes |
| Johannesburg[http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=c97f0cfa-aa60-47f1-a0c0-fa7dea5eb908 South Africa dusted by rare snow storm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924124813/http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=c97f0cfa-aa60-47f1-a0c0-fa7dea5eb908 |date=2015-09-24 }}, Postmedia News
|June 27, 2007 | | |
Asia
Australia
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!Location !Country !Date !Category !Notes |
| Canberra[http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/snow-for-canberra-severe-weather-warning-in-place-20150711-gia61r.html Snow for Canberra, severe weather warning in place], The Canberra Times
|Australia |July 12, 2015 | | |
Europe
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!Location !Country !Date !Category !Notes |
| England
|United Kingdom |1614-15 | |Among most significant winters in UK history; the snowfalls of 16-22 January 1615 were particularly notable{{cite journal |last=Veale |first=Lucy |author2=G. Endfield |author3=J. owen |title=The 'Great Snow' of winter 1614/1615 in England |journal=Weather |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=3–9 |date=2018 |doi=10.1002/wea.3198 |bibcode=2018Wthr...73....3V |doi-access=free}} |
| Most of Europe
|Most of Europe |16 December 2009 | |
| England, Wales, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany
|United Kingdom, Central Europe, Eastern Europe |18 January 2018 | |
North America
{{See also|List of major snow and ice events in the United States}}
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!Location !Country !Date !Category !Notes |
| Midwestern United States
| US | January 9–12 1975 | 3 |
| Northeastern United States, Southeastern Canada
| Canada, US | February 2, 1976 | 2 |
| Western New York, Southern Ontario
| Canada, US | January 28–February 1, 1977 | - |
| Ohio Valley and Great Lakes region and Southern Ontario
| Canada, US | January 25–27, 1978 | 5 |
| New England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York metropolitan area
| US | February 5–7, 1978 | 5 |
| Northern Illinois, northwest Indiana
| US | January 13–14, 1979 | 4 |
| Upper Midwest of the United States
| US | October 31–November 3, 1991 | 5 |
| Eastern United States, Eastern Canada
| Canada, US | March 12–15, 1993 | 5 |
| Northeastern United States
| US | January 6–8, 1996 | 5 |
| Northeastern United States
| US | March 31–April 1, 1997 | 2 |
| Midwestern United States, Central and Eastern Canada
| Canada, US | January 2–4, 1999 | 4 |
| North Carolina, Virginia
| US | January 25, 2000 | 3 |
| East Coast of the United States and Canada
| Canada, US | February 14–19, 2003 | 4 |
| Northeastern United States, Atlantic Canada
| Canada, US | February 17–20, 2004 | - |
| Ohio Valley, Ontario
| Canada, US | December 21–24, 2004 | 4 |
| Upper Midwest, Great Lakes region, Northeastern United States, British Isles, Scandinavian Peninsula
| Canada, US, UK | January 20–23, 2005 | 4 |
| Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, New England, Atlantic Canada
|Canada, US |February 11, 2006 |2 |
| Central Canada, Midwestern United States, Northern Plains
| Canada, US | November 27–December 1, 2006 | - |
| Midwestern United States from Nebraska to Ohio, Northeastern United States, Canadian provinces Ontario and New Brunswick
| Canada, US | February 12–17, 2007 | 3 |
| Southern and eastern North America
| Canada, US | March 6–10, 2008 | - |
| Virginia to Maine, Canadian Atlantic provinces (portions of Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Labrador)
|Canada, US |December 16–20, 2009 |4 |
| Midwestern United States, Great Plains, Southeastern United States, Eastern Seaboard, parts of Ontario
| Canada, US | December 22–24, 2009 | 5 |
| Illinois to North Carolina to New York and New Mexico, Mexico, Eastern Canada
|Canada, US |February 5–6, 2010 |3 |
| Illinois to Virginia to Vermont, New England, and Eastern Canada
|Canada, US |February 9–10, 2010 |2 |
| Mid-Atlantic region, New England, West Virginia, Eastern Canada
|Canada, US |February 25–27, 2010 |4 |
| Mid-Atlantic region, New England, Eastern Canada
|Canada, US |March 2010 | - |
| Alaska, Western Canada, Contiguous United States, Eastern Canada, Northern Europe, Russia
|Canada, Russia, UK, US |December 27, 2010 |2 |
| Central United States, Southern Plains, New England, Northeastern Mexico, Great Lakes, Eastern Canada
|Canada, Mexico, US |January 31 – February 2, 2011 |5 |
| Pacific Northwest, Great Plains, South Central United States, Eastern United States (especially the Mid-Atlantic states), Atlantic Canada, British Isles, Finland
|Canada |January 19 - 29, 2016 |5 |
| Pacific Northwest, Western United States, Rocky Mountains, Midwestern United States, New England
|US |March 4 - 17, 2021 |3 |
| Midwestern United States, Great Lakes, New England
|Canada, US |December 21 - 26, 2022 |4 |
South America
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!Location !Country !Date !Category !Notes |
| Southern regions of Chile
|Chile |6-16 August, 1995 | |
| Southern-Central regions of Argentina
|Argentina |6 July, 2007 | |
| Buenos Aires province of Argentina
|Argentina |22 July, 2009 | |
| Biobio and Araucanía regions of Chile
|Chile |July 2011 | |