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1888Great Blizzard of 1888UnconfirmedRIT Reporter
Mentioned a few times and dangerous enough to be a snow day
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February 18, 1958Snow-Infested Streets from previous dayConfirmedRIT ReporterUnrecordedUnrecordedUnrecordedUnrecorded
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January 31, 1966Impossible Travel from BlizzardConfirmedRIT ReporterRIT ReporterContradiction
Police Housing in student dorms
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February 1, 1966Impossible Travel from BlizzardConfirmedRIT ReporterRIT Reporter48 hour stall5Unrecorded505.1
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January 11, 1977160.9 inches of snowConfirmed (Past 12 PM)RIT ReporterRIT NewsRIT Reporter
Cause for starting RIT's Snow Day Policy
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January 12, 1977160.9 inches of snowConfirmedRIT ReporterRIT NewsRIT Reporter
Had to huddle for warmth
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January 13, 1977160.9 inches of snowConfirmedRIT ReporterRIT NewsRIT Reporter
Preserve electricity
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January 14, 1977160.9 inches of snowConfirmedRIT ReporterRIT NewsRIT ReporterImages5Unrecorded405.6
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January 15, 1977160.9 inches of snowConfirmed (Saturday)RIT ReporterRIT NewsRIT Reporter5Unrecorded405.6
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January 18, 1978No funds to remove snow ConfirmedRIT Reporter
Rochester Ran Out of Snow Maintnece Money
5-30405.6
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January 20, 1978No funds to remove snow Confirmed (Half Day)RIT Reporter5-30505.6
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January 31, 1978SnowConfirmedRIT ReporterRIT Reporter
All 1978 days have scheduling problems and have potentially contradictory information
5-30455.6
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February 7, 1978Reschedule of Jan 31 and SnowConfirmedRIT Reporter5-30605.6
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March 13, 19931993 Storm of the CenturyConfirmedWitness Testimony 1Witness Testimony 2RIT Reporter18-207015
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January 8, 1996North American blizzard of 1996ConfirmedRIT ReporterRIT News
Reported Fourth Snow Day of 26 years
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January 15, 1999North American blizzard of 1999ConfirmedWitness Testimony 1RIT Reporter30Unrecorded358.1
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March 6, 200120Unrecorded403.4
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January 15, 2007RIT Froze Over (MLK Day)ConfirmedFacebook Group
Commonly considered the First RIT Snow Day
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January 21, 2007UnknownUnconfirmed (Part Day)Witness Testimony 112-10300
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February 14, 2007February 2007 North American blizzardUncomfirmed (Part Day)Witness Testimony
Potentially confused with the RIT Feeze over of 2007
32-10400
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December 19, 2008UnknownConfirmed (Past 2 PM)Witness Emails19-15408.9
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January 7, 2014Unknown (Some report -30 windchill)Confirmed (Intersession)RIT News-3-30500.7
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March 12, 2014BlizzardConfirmed (Past 10 AM)RIT News8-10451.1
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February 16, 20162+ Feet of SnowConfirmed
House of General Science
RIT FacebookYoutube Skiing27-204517.2
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November 21, 2016UnknownConfirmedRIT FacebookRIT News27-10403.5
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March 14, 2017Enviromental HazzardsConfirmed (Past 2 PM)RIT News26-10609.9
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March 15, 2017Enviromental HazzardsConfirmedRIT News16-5609.9
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January 30, 2019-30 Degrees F Wind ChillConfirmed (Past 5 PM)RIT News-1-30452
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January 31, 2019-30 Degrees F Wind ChillConfirmedRIT News-1-30450.1
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January 17, 2022Unknown (MLK Day)ConfirmedRIT News21-104010.4
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December 22, 2022Winter StormConfirmed (During Winter Break)RIT Facebook26-6500.3
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Honorable Mentions:
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August 9, 1989President M. Richard RoseManufacturedRIT News
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January 11, 1972Snow alert SystemRIT Reporter
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February 4, 1977RIT refusing to closeRIT Reporter
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https://repository.rit.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2497&context=unipubs
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https://repository.rit.edu/unipubs/1497/
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https://repository.rit.edu/unipubs/1348/
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https://repository.rit.edu/unipubs/1444/
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