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In 1933, the temperature at Riverside Ranger Station in Yellowstone plunged to 66 BELOW ZERO to set a Wyoming state record. Nearby, Moran, Wyoming chilled out with a low of 63 BELOW. && In 1987, Eastern Massachusetts was smacked by a severe blizzard that produced gusts around 80 MPH, around 2 feet of snow, and drifts around 8 feet in Cape Cod. It had been the worst blizzard to hit Cape Cod since 1957. In 1934, temperatures tumbled to 51 below in Vanderbilt to set a record for the state of Michigan. In Stillwater, New York, the mercury plunged to 52 below which also set a state record.

 


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