Two of Michigan’s most famous blizzards occurred on January 26. You may be more familiar with the second blizzard, which occurred on January 26, 1978. The first huge blizzard to occur on January 26 was the Blizzard of 1967. The picture above was Lake Shore Drive in downtown Chicago. Even the expressways were impassible due to gigantic drifts and buried vehicles. The 23 inches (58.4 cm) of snow that fell on Chicago in 29 hours beginning the morning of January 26, 1967 was a record for a single storm. The 19.8 inches (50.3 cm) that fell on January 26-27 was the greatest amount of snow for a 24-hour period.