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- 1986 (1st-5th): Dense fog & freezing drizzle brought ice buildups of 5" to 8" across central ND. About 6000 homes lost power.
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- 1887: The first official trek to Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania was made. The ground hog saw his shadow.
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- 1947: Anchorage, Alaska sets its all-time record coldest temperature at 38 degrees below zero.
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- 1972: Attendees of the 29th annual Eastern Snow Conference in Oswego were snowed in until February 6.
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- 1887: Intense cold led to a train derailment over the White River at Hartford, VT, killing 34 people.
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- 1978: "The Great New England Blizzard," Boston's greatest snowstorm, began.
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- 1986: In Johnstown, Pennsylvania, lightning struck the bell tower of a church during a snowstorm, causing some minor damage.
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- 1835: A historic cold wave set back Florida's new citrus industry by 10 years.
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- 1934: This morning's -51 degrees at Vanderbilt, MI set an all-time record cold temperature for the Wolverine state.
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- 1983 (10th-12th): Heavy snow from northeast Georgia to eastern Maine paralyzed much of the East.
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- 1935: In Ifrane, Morocco, Africa's all-time record cold temperature of 11 degrees below zero was set.
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- 1958 (12th-13th): Tallahassee, Florida set its snow record of 2.8".
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- 1853: Purple ball lightning crashed through windows to interrupt a snowstorm on Mount Desert Island, Maine.
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- 1978 (5th-14th): Freezing drizzle and wind left thousands of residents in eastern Colorado without power, some for over a week.
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- 1982: An intense cyclone off the Atlantic coast produced 80 mph winds which capsized a drilling rig killing 84 people.
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- 1986: More than $10 million in damage was caused by rare downslope winds in excess of 55 mph in and near Hilo, Hawaii.
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- 1930: Eureka, California reported an all-time high of 85 degrees, a record which lasted until September, 1983.
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- 1990: 22" of snow fell on William, Arizona, and the south rim of the Grand Canyon reported 12" of snow.
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- 1884: Over 60 tornadoes swept the entire Southeast. At least 170 were killed, possibly more.
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- 1985: A lightning strike in St. George, KS was so bright, students at a school 2 blocks away thought lights had been turned on and off.
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- 1971: The Mississippi Delta was dealt a blow by 3 major tornadoes. In Louisiana and Mississippi 119 lives were lost.
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- 1987: Thunderstorms in northern Florida produced wind gusts to 65 mph in Alachua County.
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- 1986: Surf heights rose to near 40' along Oahu's north shore as the Hawaiian Islands were pounded by damaging surf.
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- 1989: 33 cities in the eastern US reported new record low temperatures.
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- 1988: Overnight snow squalls in the lower Great Lakes region buried Pulaski, New York under 17" of snow.
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- 1972: At least 118 people died when a coal slag dam on the Middle Fork of Buffalo Creek failed.
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- 1986 (24th-28th): Record warmth covered much of the western US: Phoenix, 94; Los Angeles 94 (24th); San Francisco 81 (26th).
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- 1959: The weight of snow collapsed the Listowel Arena near Toronto while a hockey game was being played.
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- 1748: New England's "Winter of the Deep Snow" came to an end, leaving Coastal Salem with 30" of snow on the ground.
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