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
Alexander Day (artist) Adonis", Raphael's "St. Catharine" and the "Madonna, Infant Christ, and St. John" (the "Aldobrandini Madonna"), Leonardo da Vinci's "Christ disputing with the Doctors", Domenichino's "S. Jerome and the Angel", Annibale Carracci's "Christ appearing to Simon Peter after his Resurrection", and Gaspard Poussin's "Landscape with Abraham and Isaac", which are now in the National Gallery. His portrait miniatures of ladies are particularly graceful. Day purchased from the Borghese collection Annibale Carracci's "Temptation of St Anthony", and, in 1792 Andrea Mantegna's "Adoration of the Shepherds", which William Buchanan sold to Richard Payne Knight at Downton Castle. Day died in Chelsea, London on