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In 1943, a world record temperature increase occurred at Spearfish, South Dakota, when a Chinook wind caused temperatures to soar from 4 below zero to a balmy 45 degrees in just 2 MINUTES. An hour and a half later, the mercury free fell from 54 degrees to 4 below zero in 27 MINUTES. In 1982, the second of two snowstorms struck Minneapolis in a 3-day period, overwhelming the Twin Cities with 17 to 20 inches of snow. Just two days earlier, a comparable snowstorm had buried the Twin Cities. The double winter whammy produced snow depths around 3 feet and drifts that reached an incredible 10 FEET.

 


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