November Storm of 1995


The November Storm of 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. 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.

Deep snow

Since measurings begun in 1905, several November records for deep snow were broken.
Place1995 measurementEarlier record
Gothenburg25 centimetres11 centimeters
Borås40 centimetres27 centimeters
Skara35 centimetres20 centimeters
Jönköping32 centimetres24 centimeters
Linköping35 centimetres27 centimeters
Västervik30 centimetres30 centimeters

Traffic

The winds broke trees. Traffic was heavily affected, and people ended up stuck inside their cars. Getting around by foot was difficult. Getting help took a long time. 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.