(WFRV) – For years, northeast Wisconsin residents referred to the “Blizzard of 2018” as the big one — until this weekend.
The “Blizzard of 2026” delivered the most snow the Green Bay area has seen in a single day since the late 1800s. Of the 26.6 inches that fell from Saturday night through Monday afternoon in Green Bay, 16 inches came down on Sunday alone. That marks the snowiest single day in the city since 17.8 inches fell on Jan. 9, 1889.
The storm’s total snowfall of 26.6 inches in Green Bay now ranks as the second-largest snowstorm on record for the city, trailing only the early March 1888 storm. It surpasses the April 2018 blizzard by more than two inches…