January 1999 North American ice storm

The January 1999 North American ice storm was a severe ice storm that struck the Washington D.C. metropolitan area on January 14 and 15, 1999. Heavy ice accumulation bringing down power lines resulted in around 745,000 people in the area losing power. Many of the major power companies supplying DC, Maryland, and Virginia had significant portions of their customer bases impacted. At the height of the storm, around one third of PEPCO's customers were without power, with some waiting up to two weeks for power to be restored.

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Major snow and ice events in the United States

Pre-1920s	1717 (Feb 27–Mar 7) 1886 (Jan 6–10) 1888 (Jan 12–13, Mar 11–14) 1899 (Feb 11–14) 1905 (Nov 27–28) 1913 (Nov 6–11)

1920s	1920 (Mar 15–18) 1922 (Jan 27–28)

1930s	1930 (Mar 25–26) 1931 (Mar 7–8) 1939 (Jan 30)

1940s	1940 (Nov 10–12) 1947 (Dec 25–26)

1950s	1950 (Nov 24–30) 1956 (Mar 18–19) 1958 (Feb 14–18, Mar 18–21)

1960s	1960 (Dec 11–12) 1961 (Jan 11–13) 1966 (Jan 27–31) 1967 (Jan 26–27) 1969 (Feb 8–10, Mar 5–8, Dec 25–28)

1970s	1975 (Jan 9–12) 1976 (Feb 2) 1977 (Jan 28–Feb 1) 1978 (Jan 19–21, Jan 25–27, Feb 5–7 1979 (Jan 13–14)

1980s	1982 (Apr 6–8) 1983 (Feb 10–12)

1990s	1991 (Oct 31–Nov 3) 1992 (Dec 10–12) 1993 (Mar 12–15) 1996 (Jan 6–10) 1997 (Mar 31–Apr 1, Oct 24–26) 1998 (Jan 4–10) 1999 (Jan 2–4, Jan 14–15)

2000s	2000 (Jan 18–30) 2002 (Jan 29–31, Feb 7, Dec 4–5) 2003 (Feb 14–19, Dec 5–8) 2005 (Jan 20–23, Dec 14–16) 2006 (Feb 11–13, Oct 11–13, Nov 20–24, Nov 26–Dec 1, Dec 20–Jan 1) 2007 (Jan 11–24, Feb 12–20, Apr 13–17, Dec 8–18) 2008 (Jan 3–11, Mar 6–10, Dec 11–12, Dec 19–25) 2009 (Jan 25–30, Oct 13–20, Dec 16–20, Dec 22–28)

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