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In 1987, the Upper Mississippi Valley and Upper Great Lakes were overwhelmed by a winter storm that buried Southern Minnesota with 15 to 20 inches of snow. Northwest winds reaching 40 mph produced 6 foot drifts and near zero visibilities. There were around 1,000 accidents in Michigan, resulting in 35 injuries. && In 1988, damaging winds behind a cold front killed 3 in Eastern Pennsylvania and injured 12 in Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey and Maryland. Hammonton, NJ and Washington, D.C. both measured 87-mph gusts. In 1879, an extraordinary snowstorm occurred in a most unusual place: in the Middle East, where Jerusalem received around 17 inches.

 


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