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five all-time snowiest calendar days for the season. Finally, the February snowfall totals were in the top five all-time for most locations. Snowfall amounts across the region included 10 inches at Pollock and Selby; 11 inches at Mobridge, Kennebec, and Onida; 12 inches at Pierre, Blunt, Castlewood, and Eagle Butte. Locations with more than a foot of snowfall included 13 inches at Hayti, Roscoe, and Eureka; 14 inches at Ipswich, Clear Lake, Clark, Mission Ridge, Mclaughlin, Sisseton, Gann Valley, Gettysburg and Victor; 15 inches at Bryant, Bowdle, Watertown, and Leola; 16 inches at Faulkton, Wilmot, and Summit; with 17 inches at Andover. Locations with 18 inches or more included, 18 inches at Aberdeen, Redfield, and Stratford; 20 inches at Turton and Ree Heights; 21 inches at Milbank; 22 inches at Miller and 23 inches near Highmore. The snowfall began in the early morning hours of the 20th and ended around noon on the 21st.

1912: Centenary College of Louisiana was struck by a tornado that killed 9 people in Shreveport. The college would be struck again in 1940 and again in 2005.

1997: In southeastern Peru, a vast mudslide swept an Andean mountainside onto two remote villages burying up to 300 people. Inhabitants had been evacuated after weekend flooding, but their refuge above the village put them in the path of the mudslide.