March 12, 2026, marks the 138th anniversary of the Blizzard of 1888, a catastrophic weather event that killed more than 400 people across the Northeastern United States. Often referred to as the “Great White Hurricane,” the storm paralyzed the eastern seaboard from the Chesapeake Bay through Maine and into the Atlantic provinces of Canada between March 11 and March 14, 1888. The event remains the deadliest snowstorm in United States history.