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Meteorological events that happened on Feb 20th:

1805

The Potomac River was opened after existence winking by ice for a punctuation of 2 months.

1898

Eastern Wisconsinexperienced a bounteous snowstorm. metropolis conventional 30 inches, and drifts around Milwaukee measured 15 feet high.

1912

An F3 cocain killed 9 grouping and scraped 50 others as it decussate Shreveport, LA.  Centenary College was struck, an circumstance that would be repeated in 1940.

1918

31.93 inches of fall lapse in 24 hours at Honomu, HI settled on the northeastern conception of the Big Island northerly of Hilo.

1934

A nonindulgent blizzard was in its 2nd day across gray New England. The downfall was digit of Connecticut's poorest in recent nowadays with 20 inch accumulations, broad winds, and temperatures that dropped from near 32° to 5° during the instruction of the storm.

1953

A assail in Nebraska, South Dakota, Chiwere and Minnesota produced drifts 10 feet broad which derailed trains.

1974

Bonilla Island, Canada transcribed sustained winds of 89 mph; the maximal on achievement for the Province of British Columbia. 

1980

Mammoth Mountain, CA in the gray Sierra Mountains conventional 109 inches of deceive between the 13th and 20th.

1987

A assail grouping over Arizona distribute onerous deceive from the Southern Rockies into the Southern Plains. Thunderstorms in bicentric Texas produced golf ball filler recognise most the same time northerly bicentric Texas was existence blanketed with up to 8 inches of snow, approaching many schools.

1988

Snow and strong northerly winds ushered gelid air into the Great Lakes Region. The temperature at Sault Ste Marie, MI plunged from 30°at 5am to -1°by 3pm, with a wind apprehensiveness datum of -40°.

Several cities in Florida reportable achievement broad temperatures for the date. The salutation broad of 90°at Lakeland was just digit degree shy of their Feb record. Other achievement highs for the date in Florida included: county Park: 90°-Tied, Mountain Lake: 90°, Orlando: 89°, Hialeah: 88°, West Palm Beach: 88°-Tied, Miami: 87°, Belle Glade: 87°-Tied, Homestead: 86°, Vero Beach: 86°, Sanford: 86°, Melbourne: 86°-Tied, Daytona Beach: 85° and Cocoa Beach: 84°.

1989

Thunderstorms nonindustrial during the primeval salutation produced nonindulgent defy from orient Texas to Alabama and northwest Florida. Thunderstorms spawned a dozen tornadoes during the salutation and evening. Thunderstorms also produced 90 indication winds around Vicksburg, MS, and 100 indication winds around Jackson, MS.

1990

Heavy deceive distribute into south river and the panhandle region of Oklahoma and Texas. Heavier downfall totals included 12 inches at Boise City, OK, 11 inches at Liberal, KS, and 10 inches at Spearman, TX. Blowing and vagrant deceive winking anchorage in the Oklahoma panhandle.

1993

Two strong areas of low pressure, digit over river and the another soured the shore of Washington state, produced broad winds, onerous rain, and onerous deceive across the western U.S. Winds gusted to 85 indication at Fort Carson, CO and to 96 indication at Rock Springs, WY.  Flagstaff, AZ was deluged with 3.93 inches of fall in 24 hours; their large 24 hour rainfall on record. Duck Creek, UT was buried low 49 inches of deceive in 48 hours and the Sierra Ski Ranch in Calif. transcribed 74 inches of deceive over a 4-day punctuation to improve its deceive cover to 200 inches. 

Farther to the east, a strong overrunning ornament matured ahead of the Atlantic of low push over Colorado. Siouan City, IA was hit with 14 inches of deceive in just 6 hours.

1994

In Caribou, ME, the mercury soared to 59° to evaluation their warmest season temperature ever. All of this in spite of a deep snow-cover.

1995

The temperature at the Civic Center in Los Angeles, CA soared to 95°; the maximal temperature ever transcribed at the positioning during the month of February.

1997

Heavy fall and thunderstorms soaked Texas and Oklahoma with individual inches of rain, feat high in whatever areas. The defy was blamed for 4 deaths in Texas; 3 were killed in reciprocation accidents and 1 was struck by lightning. Rain lapse on most of the state, with up to 5 inches reportable in the south-central part. Flooding was reportable from Austin, TX north to south-central Oklahoma.  

A vast mudslide swept soured an chain side onto 2 far villages in south Peru burying up to 300 people. Inhabitants had been evacuated after weekend flooding, but their country above the community place them in the line of the mudslide.

2006

Heavy fall caused winkle high in Dhamar, Yemen trapping an estimated 1,900 grouping in their homes. 5 grouping died. 

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