WeatherWhys for November 6,2013 from accuweather.com

In early November 1913, the Great Lakes were at the mercy of a fierce storm that was later called the region's deadliest and most destructive natural disaster. The powerful storm took shape as a storm traveling north from the South combined with another system ushering down arctic air. Winds whipped to around 80 mph in Cleveland, Ohio, and Buffalo, N.Y. Cleveland was also buried by 22.2 inches of snow.