U.S. Weather History, on this date, provided by the National Weather Service, Wichita, Kan.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS

ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY…

IN 1987…THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND UPPER GREAT
LAKES WERE OVERWHELMED BY A WINTER STORM THAT BURIED
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WITH 15 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW.
NORTHWEST WINDS REACHING 40 MPH PRODUCED 6 FOOT DRIFTS
AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES.  THERE WERE AROUND 1,000
ACCIDENTS IN MICHIGAN RESULTING IN 35 INJURIES. 

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IN 1988…DAMAGING WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT KILLED 3 IN
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND INJURED 12 IN EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA…SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND MARYLAND.  GUSTS
OF 87 MPH WERE REPORTED IN HAMMONTON NJ AND IN
WASHINGTON…DC.  IN 1879…AN EXTRAORDINARY SNOWSTORM
OCCURRED IN A MOST UNUSUAL PLACE: IN THE MIDDLE
EAST…WHERE JERUSALEM RECEIVED 17 INCHES OF SNOW.

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