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In 1987, a winter storm moving from the Central Rockies to the Northern Plains produced up to one foot of snow in the Colorado Rockies. Boulder measured a gust at exactly 99 mph. The high winds caused $5.6 million damage in Colorado.

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In 1922, Washington D.C. recorded what at the time was its greatest snowfall when 28 inches immobilized the nation's capital. The weight of the snow caused a movie theater roof to collapse, killing 100 people. Since the theater was named The Knickerbocker, the 2-day winter storm became known as The Knickerbocker Storm. The snowfall record stood for 94 years when from January 22nd to the 24th 2016, a historic winter storm buried the nation's capital with 29.3 inches.

In 1963, the low temperature at Cynthiana, Kentucky free-fell to 34 below zero. This equaled the state record established just 4 days earlier in Bonnieville.

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