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Midwest winter weather, November 2026
Every story from the Ryan Hall, Y'all news desk on Midwest winter weather, November 2026, newest first: one story so far, the latest updated November 11, 2026, 9:03 AM ET.
The latest: On Monday, Nov. 11, 1940, a mild morning in the 40s and 50s across Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois turned into a blizzard by afternoon, with 26.6 inches of snow at Collegeville, Minnesota, and single digits by the next morning. Nothing like it is on the map today, Veterans Day 2026: only a Level 1 of 5 risk for isolated severe storms from Illinois to Tennessee. The first accumulating snow is likely Thursday in the higher terrain of the central Appalachians and interior Northeast.
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- Armistice Day Storm, 1940: a 55-degree Chicago morning became a Midwest blizzard
On Monday, Nov. 11, 1940, a mild morning in the 40s and 50s across Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois turned into a blizzard by afternoon, with 26.6 inches of snow at Collegeville, Minnesota, and single digits by the next morning. Nothing like it is on the map today, Veterans Day 2026: only a Level 1 of 5 risk for isolated severe storms from Illinois to Tennessee. The first accumulating snow is likely Thursday in the higher terrain of the central Appalachians and interior Northeast.
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