November Storm of 1995

November Storm of 1995

Type	snowstorm
Formed	16 November 1995
Duration	16–21 November 1995
Maximum snowfall or ice accretion	40 centimetres (Borås)
Areas affected	Sweden

The November Storm of 1995 (Swedish: Novemberstormen 1995) was a snowstorm, coming from the North Sea in mid November 1995. Beginning on Thursday evening, 16 November 1995, the storm culminated on Friday morning, 17 November 1995, striking against the southern and western parts of Sweden.^[1] The snowstorm decreased during the Friday afternoon, disappearing from Sweden. Gothenburg with neighbouring places as the strong winds destroyed what had been cleared, creating giant snowdrifts. It wasn't until Tuesday, 21 November 1995, traffic conditions were back to ordinary. The snow also caused power failures, some lasting up to a week.^[2]

Deep snow

Since measurings begun in 1905, several November records for deep snow were broken.^[3]

Place	1995 measurement	Earlier record
Gothenburg	25 centimetres	11 centimeters (1965)
Borås	40 centimetres	27 centimeters (1925)
Skara	35 centimetres	20 centimeters (1977)
Jönköping	32 centimetres	24 centimeters (1965)
Linköping	35 centimetres	27 centimeters (1917)
Västervik	30 centimetres	30 centimeters (1905)

Traffic

The winds broke trees. Traffic was heavily affected,^[4] and people ended up stuck inside their cars. Getting around by foot was difficult.^[5] Getting help took a long time (mobile telephones had just become common at this time, but were still not in the hands of everyone). For many children, school was canceled, and many people could not get to work.

Sports

Sports were heavily affected, postponing events to other days, because of problems for clubs traveling to and home from away games. Svenska basketligan games were moved from Friday to the upcoming days, and the 1995 edition of motorcycle event Novemberkåsan was moved from the upcoming Sunday until December.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Meteorolog Peter Kondrup minns snöstormen 1995". TV4. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
2. "Snöovädret november 1995", Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. Published 12 November 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
3. Hansson, Ingvar. Räddningsverket, 1996. Stora olyckor – Snöovädret i Götaland och sydöstra Svealand november 1995 : Rapport räddningstjänstavdelningen P22-154/96. Page 9 (Swedish) (PDF; 2,7 MB)
4. Wångersjö, Mats. Expressen, 17 November 2005. "Snöstormen 17 november 1995". Access date: 24 July 2014
5. Flyckt, Marie J (17 November 2020). "Snöstormen 17 november 1995: "Den dagen gjorde vi en tidning som nådde långt ifrån alla"". Jönköpings-Posten. Retrieved 29 April 2023.