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Today MARCH 12TH, 1967-A tremendous four day storm raged across California. Winds of 90 mph closed mountain passes, heavy rains flooded the lowlands, and in sixty hours Squaw Valley CA was buried under 96 inches (eight feet) of snow.
 
MARCH 12TH, 1888-A blizzard paralyzed southeastern New York State and western New England. The storm produced 58 inches of snow at Saratoga NY, and 50 inches at Middletown CT. The blizzard was followed by record cold temperatures, and the cold and snow claimed 400 lives. New York City received 20.9 inches of snow, Albany NY reported 46.7 inches.
 
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Mar 11 MARCH 11TH, 1962-One of the most paralyzing snowstorms in decades produced record March snowfalls in Iowa. Four feet of snow covered the ground at Inwood following the storm.
 
MARCH 11TH, 1911-Tamarack CA reported 451 inches of snow on the ground, a record for the U.S.
 
Mar 10 MARCH 10TH, 1912-The barometric pressure reached 29.26 inches at Los Angeles CA, and 29.46 inches at San Diego CA, setting all-time records for those two locations.
 
MARCH 10TH, 1922-Dodge City KS reported a record 24 hour total of 17.5 inches of snow.
 
Mar 09 MARCH 9TH, 1888-For three days the "Great Blizzard" bombards the East Coast with heavy snows; 58 in. (147 cm) at Saratoga, NY; 50 in. (127 cm), Middletown, CT; 46.7 in. (119 cm), Albany, NY; 44.7 in. (114 cm), New Haven CT; 20.9 in. (53 cm), New York City and 10 in. (25 cm) at Boston.
 
MARCH 9TH, 1960-A winter storm produced a narrow band of heavy snow from north central Kentucky into Virginia and the mountains of North Carolina. Snowfall amounts ranged from 12 to 24 inches, with drifts up to eleven feet high in western Virginia.
 
Mar 08 MARCH 8TH, 1717-On Fishers Island in Long Island Sound, 1200 sheep were discovered to have been buried under a snow drift for four weeks. When finally uncovered, one hundred sheep were still alive.
 
MARCH 8TH, 1984-A freak "thunder snowstorm" produced high winds, vivid lightning, and up to seven inches of snow in the northern suburbs of Washington D.C.
 
Mar 07 MARCH 7TH, 1987-Forty-five cities in the north central and northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Huron SD hit 80 degrees, and Pickstown SD reached 81 degrees. Rochester MN and Rockford IL smashed their previous record for the date by sixteen degrees.
 
MARCH 7TH, 1717-The "Great Snow", a composite of four winter storms to hit the eastern U.S. in nine days, finally came to an end. Snow depths averaged 60 inches following the storm. Up to four feet of snow fell around Boston MA, and snow drifts 25 feet high were reported around Dorchester MA.
 
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