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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS  
600 AM MDT MON MAR 20 2023  
   
..ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY  
 
IN 1935, ONE OF THE WORST DUST STORMS OF THE THIRTIES BLOTTED OUT  
THE SUN OVER A THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE MILE AREA OF THE GREAT  
PLAINS. POLICE BLOCKED HIGHWAYS AND PROHIBITED MOTORISTS FROM  
LEAVING MANY TOWNS. LIGHTS BURNED ALL DAY ON STREETS AND IN HOMES  
AND SHOPS. MANY FARMERS CONSIDERED THE STORM HAD DEALT THE FINAL  
BLOW TO THEIR WHEAT CROP PROSPECTS.  
 
IN 1965, A LATE SEASON COLD SNAP PUSHED MANY AREA TEMPERATURES WELL  
BELOW ZERO, INCLUDING 17 BELOW AT GOODLAND AND 14 BELOW AT COLBY  
KANSAS. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE IN GOODLAND  
BY A REMARKABLE 23 DEGREES.  
 
IN 2006, A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM OVERSPREAD THE TRI-STATE AREA  
WITH LARGE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. MOST LOCATIONS RECEIVED 6 INCHES  
OR MORE, WITH SEVERAL LOCATIONS REACHING OVER ONE FOOT OF SNOWFALL.  
IN GOODLAND, KANSAS, 13 AND A HALF INCHES OF SNOW WAS MEASURED,  
MAKING IT THE 7TH SNOWIEST CALENDAR DAY ON RECORD AND THE 3RD  
SNOWIEST CALENDAR DAY IN MARCH.  
 
 
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