That made you look!
However I was surprised that the word is of recent origin, first used in print in Iowa.
I think the exact detailsof who invented it will never be known - but this is a nice story.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152162194143396&set=a.69264873395.71591.66658683395&type=1&permPage=1

This pdf is probably the most comprehensive to be found on the subject.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24428212/blizzard.pdf (170kb)

unfortunately a word that we don't hear ever Winter in the UK