Knickerbocker storm



Weather map for the morning of January 28, 1922

Type: Extratropical cyclone; Blizzard
Formed: January 27, 1922
Dissipated: January 29, 1922
Fatalities: 98 fatalities, 133 injured
Areas affected: Mid-Atlantic states of the United States

The Knickerbocker storm was a blizzard on January 27–28, 1922 in the upper South and the middle Atlantic United States. The storm took its name from the resulting collapse of the Knickerbocker Theatre in Washington, D.C., shortly after 9 p.m. on January 28, which killed 98 people and injured 133.

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