St. Patrick's Day Snowstorm St. Patrick's Day Snowstorm The St. Patrick's Day Snowstorm was a powerful winter storm that hit the Southeastern United States in mid-March 1892, with the heaviest snowfalls occurring in Nashville, Tennessee, and the Mid-State region. The event was atypical for this humid subtropical climate. Some portions of Middle Tennessee received record accumulation of up to of snow. The average high temperature in Nashville during the month of March is . The average snowfall is only in the latter half of the month. On St. Patrick's Day, the average temperature in Nashville is with negligible average snowfall. The winter of 1891–92
CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent Guard vessels and During 1976 "Louis S. St-Laurent", Captain Paul M. Fournier in command, made a partial transit of the Northwest Passage traveling from east to west, through Lancaster Sound, Peel Sound, and Victoria Strait. In 1979 "Louis S. St-Laurent", Captain George Burdock in command, made a full east to west transit of the Northwest Passage. She assisted CCGS "Franklin", and circumnavigated North America. "Louis S. St-Laurent" underwent an extensive and costly modernization at Halifax Shipyard Ltd. in Halifax, Nova Scotia between 1988–1993 which saw her hull lengthened as well as new propulsion and navigation equipment installed. The modernization program