And that's how Springfield gets 36"+ of snow in drifts with widespread blowing snow and whiteout conditions at times. Would be a blizzard warning today.

Most likely the all-time pre-Thanksgiving snowstorm for a lot of the areas hit hard by it. As balmy as it was in SWMI the day prior, I can't imagine how warm it must've been at the southern edge of the accumulating snow way down south of Indy! Are you aware of other contestants for storms of that magnitude so early? Nov 2-3 1966 likely rivaled in parts of SMI as Calhoun Cnty did well with 12" from that one similar to 2015.

Also happened to be an El Nino. And the SSW isn't shaping up that well this year.... But who knows

Do you have 1989 and 1990?

The last time November had an SSW...