Welcome to The Weather Notebook for Saturday, February 4, 2012.
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    • 1956 - Plainview Texas records states greatest 24-hour snowfall total with 25 inches.
    • 1961 - Northeast U.S. experiences its third major snowstorm of the season. 40 inches fell at Cortland NY. New York City picked up 24 inches. Newark NJ had 23 inches. The Blue Hill Observatory in Milton MA picked up a wind gust to 96 mph.
    • 1964 - Big blizzard in Texas Panhandle. 26 inches of snow fell in Borger TX between the 2nd and 5th.
    • 1982 - 36 degrees in Barrow AK on this date is the warmest that it has ever been in February.. In fact only time ever got above freezing in the month.
    • 1989 - Huge winter storm over the west. Alta UT picked up 49 inches of snow in 4 days. 66 inches fell in 6 days at Wold Creek CO. As much as 7 feet of snow fell in northern New Mexico over a 3-day period.
    • 1995 - Southern Mid Atlantic to Northern New England pounded by huge nor'Easter. It would be the only significant storm in the 94-95 winter storm season. Over 20 inches of snow buried parts of upscale New York. Wind chills were in the -40 degree range.
    • 1996 - The temperature in Waterloo IA final went above zero at 3pm to break an amazing string of 139 hours below zero that started at 7pm on January 30th. LaCrosse WI set its record for longest period of subzero temperatures (144 hours). Baton Rouge LA recorded their all-time record high barometric pressure with a reading of 30.82 inches.
    • 1996 - -51 at Amasa MI. Tulsa fell to -11, its lowest in 66 years. The mercury plunged to -19 at Muskegon MI to record their all-time record low.
    • 1997 - Junction TX sets record low for date of 9 degrees. Not unusual, except for the fact they would set their record high on the 22nd with a sizzling 98!

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