A Pacific storm will bring strong winds, heavy rain, and mountain snow from the Sierras to Rockies on Friday. The storm will then track east through the Midwest producing heavy snow from the Dakotas to the Great Lakes on Saturday.
An icy wintry mix is expected across the northern Mid-Atlantic states Saturday night. Heavy snow will likely impact the Northeast Saturday night into Sunday. A remarkable aspect was no lives were lost in this area, despite the severity of the storm and its sudden onslaught. Most of the people in southwestern Dakota Territory lived in and along the Black Hills and in a few towns south of Rapid City, which were more protected than the plains.
Although residents were relatively new to the Black Hills, many people thought it was the worst storm they had ever experienced.
The storm mainly affected transportation and communications, which isolated the Black Hills area from the rest of the region.
Paul, Minnesota. Telephone service between Black Hills towns remained operational, allowing information from outlying areas to reach the media. The U. Snow started to fall during the early morning hours of January 12 and ended about am local time. A total of 1. Temperatures fell throughout the day from a high of 14 degrees shortly after midnight as cold air poured into the area. By 8 pm, the temperature was Sustained north winds reached 30 mph.
