Mid-Atl: Some Mid-Atlantic weather facts

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Mid-Atl: Some Mid-Atlantic weather facts

sfg4uKim 1/14/2012, 12:11 pm

Did You Know that in Washington D.C.:

the earliest snowfall recorded fell on Oct. 5, 1892 as a trace? Or that .03 inches was recorded on October 10, 1979?
the latest snowfall recorded fell on May 10, 1906 as a trace? Or that 0.5 inches was recorded on April 28, 1898?
the April Fools Day Storm dropped 5″ of snow on April 1, 1924?

Did You Know that in New Jersey:

the most snowfall ever recorded from a single event occurred in 1899 when the Great Blizzard of 1899 dropped 34″ at Cape May?
the Blizzard of 1996 dropped 32″ of snow at Edison, making it a close runner-up for the grand prize?

Did You Know these record low temperatures for the Mid-Atlantic region:

New York: -15°F on February 9, 1934 in Central Park
New Jersey: -34°F on January 5, 1904 in River Vale, NJ
Pennsylvania: -42°F on January 5, 1904 in Smethport, PA
Delaware: -17°F on January 17, 1893 in Millsboro, DE
Maryland: -40°F on January 13, 1912 in Oakland, MD
Washington DC: -15°F on February 11, 1999

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