Weather History
For Monday,February 29,2016
For Monday,February 29,2016
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- The heaviest snow of the "Winter of the Deep Snow" in New England
came to an end. Coastal Salem was left with more than thirty inches of
snow on the ground. (David Ludlum)
1964
- Thompson Pass, AK, finished the month with 346.1 inches of snow, a
record monthly total for the state of Alaska. (The Weather Channel)
1988
- "Leap Day" proved to be a wet one for southern California, with 4.76
inches of rain reported at Tommys Creek in Ventura County. February went
out like a lamb across much of the rest of the nation. Sixteen cities
in the central and western U.S. reported record high temperatures for
the date. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
2008
- The world's tallest snowwoman is unveiled in the western Maine town
of Bethel, ME. "Olympia," named for Maine Senator Olympia Snowe, is
about 122 feet tall, 10 feet taller than "Angus, King of the Mountain,"
which has held the tallest snowman record since 1999. He was named for
Angus King, Maine's governor at the time. The Weather Doctor
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