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."Snöovädret november 1995", Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. Published 12 November 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

Deep snow Since measurings begun in 1905, several November records for deep snow were broken.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)

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,Wångersjö, Mats. Expressen, 17 November 2005. "Snöstormen 17 november 1995". Access date: 24 July 2014 and people ended up stuck inside their cars. Getting around by foot was difficult. 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.

See also August Storm of 1890

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