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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
512 AM CST WED FEB 4 2026
..ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY
IN 1961, A BLIZZARD HIT MOST OF THE NORTHEAST. MANY
AREAS RECEIVED 1 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW, PRIMARILY FROM WEST
VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
COUPLED WITH THE SNOW THAT REMAINED FROM THE JANUARY 19TH
AND 20TH BLIZZARD, THE SNOWFALL FROM THIS BLIZZARD
BROUGHT DEPTHS IN MANY AREAS TO BETWEEN 2 AND 4 FEET, BUT
WITH GUSTS THAT REACHED AN ASTONISHING 96 MPH IN MILTON
MASSACHUSETTS AND 80 MPH AT NEW YORK LAGUARDIA AIRPORT,
DRIFTS IN SOME AREAS REACHED AROUND 15 FEET! IN ALL, 73
PEOPLE DIED.
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