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In 1899, The Great Blizzard of 1899, also known as The Great Arctic Outbreak of 1899 as well as The St. Valentine's Day Blizzard, that raged from the 10th to the 14th, continued to slam most of the U.S. east of the Rockies. Wichita set an all-time record low of 22 below zero, as did 10 other Kansas locations. The high in Wichita was 8 degrees to produce a daily average of 7 below. The average monthly statewide temperature, a numbing 19.0 degrees, makes 1899 Kansas's coldest February on record. Snowfall data are limited, but appears 2 to 3 inches occurred in parts of Eastern Kansas.

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In 1899, the Great Arctic Outbreak of !899 also slammed most of the U.S. east of the Rockies and played a huge role in making 1899 the 2nd coldest February on record for the contiguous U.S. with an average temperature of 25.50 degrees. Also on February 12th, 1899, Washington D.C. set what at the time was a single day snowfall record of 20.5 inches. The blizzard overwhelmed most of the Northeast with 15 to 25 inches of strong wind-driven snow. Light snow as far south as the Gulf Coast from New Orleans east to Tampa where 1 to 3 inches were received. In Tallahassee, snowballs were thrown on the steps of the State Capitol building.
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