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across the area. Some of the highest wind gusts included, 56 mph at Watertown; 58 mph at Mobridge, Sisseton, and Faulkton; 59 mph at Aberdeen; 61 mph at Bowdle; 66 mph near Hillhead, and 71 mph west of Long Lake.

1888: An unexpected blizzard dumped 4 feet of snow from New York to New England killing 400 people on the 11th and 12th. It was known as the "White Hurricane."

1911: The deepest snow cover ever measured in the U.S. was 451 inches in Tamarack, CA.

1923: An F5 tornado struck a part of Pinson, TN, killing 20 people.