Incredible Storm Photos: Snow Edition

North American Blizzard Of 1996

Look at that car and all the snow on the ground. It almost looks fake. In January of 1996, what started as what looked to be a normal storm turned into something much more. It turned into a record-breaking storm, to be exact.

“It started in typical fashion, as cold air from Canada pushed down and collided with relatively warm winds from the Gulf of Mexico,” reported History.com staff. “On the evening of January 6, snow and sleet began hammering Washington, D.C., Baltimore and surrounding areas. Over the next few days, the storm made its way northeast, breaking records along the way. By the time it subsided, it had deposited between 17 and 30 inches of wind-driven snow on every city along the Eastern seaboard.”