Some called it Snowmageddon. The Groundhog Blizzard of 2011 officially delivered 18.7 inches of snow from Monday, Jan. 31 through Wednesday, Feb. 2 of that year, tied for the second most snow in a 72-hour period in Madison … Remember the Groundhog Day blizzard of 2011? Looking back at Milwaukee's Groundhog Day Blizzard of 2011 In this Feb. 2, 2011 file photo, hundreds of cars are seen stranded on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago after a winter blizzard of historic proportions wobbled an otherwise snow-tough Chicago. I had just finished shoveling the sidewalk when the plow buried it in snow again. Rachel/Flickr The storm would go on the record as being one of the most vicious Indiana has ever seen, and oh, yes - there would be snow. Groundhog Day 2011 was bad, but it could have been a lot worse. The historic storm brought up to a foot of snow to eastern Iowa, along with 40-50 mph wind gusts. Share Shares Copy Link. The Groundhog Blizzard did set the city's all-time 24-hour snowfall record, as 20 inches of snow buried O'Hare from the afternoon of Feb. 1 through the morning of Groundhog Day, Feb. 2. Copy {copyShortcut} to … Archives: Groundhog Day Blizzard of 2011: Part II. A two-day blizzard packing 50-mph winds and record-setting snowfall hammered Milwaukee on Feb. 1-2, 2011. The Groundhog Day Blizzard, as it was officially named, was immortalized with eerie overhead photographs of hundreds of abandoned vehicles, including mighty … Here's a look back at scenes from that storm. My boys loved the mountain the snow plow brought them, me not so much. At the time, it tied for the second most snow in a 72-hour period in Madison history. The Groundhog Day Blizzard of 2011 clobbered southern Wisconsin from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2 of that year, officially delivering 18.7 inches of snow to Madison. On Jan. 31, 2011 – a decade ago Sunday – the snow began in a blizzard that did not let up for 40 hours. The 2011 super-blizzard, also known as the 2011 Groundhog Day Blizzard, took place from January 31st to February 2nd, 2011, across northern Illinois and northwestern Indiana. 2011 Groundhog Day blizzard; This page is a redirect. Here's what it looked like. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the powerful "Groundhog Day Blizzard of 2011". Check out scenes from around the area of the blizzard of 2011. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect: From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed) or is the result of a page move.