000 NOUS43 KICT 091201 PNSICT KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-091600- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 601 AM CST THU FEB 9 2012 ...ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY... IN 1933...THE TEMPERATURE AT THE RIVERSIDE RANGER STATION IN MONTANA PLUNGED TO 66 BELOW ZERO TO ESTABLISH NOT ONLY A STATE RECORD...BUT A NATIONAL RECORD AS WELL THAT STOOD UNTIL 1954. WYOMING ALSO SET A STATE RECORD LOW WHEN THE MERCURY TUMBLED TO 63 BELOW IN MORAN. IN 1934...TEMPERATURES TUMBLED TO 51 BELOW IN VANDERBILT TO SET A RECORD FOR THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. IN STILLWATER NEW YORK...THE MERCURY PLUNGED TO 52 BELOW TO SET A RECORD FOR THE EMPIRE STATE. IN 1987...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS WAS WHIPPED BY A SEVERE BLIZZARD THAT PRODUCED GUSTS AROUND 80 MPH...AROUND 2 FEET OF SNOW...AND 8 FOOT DRIFTS IN CAPE COD. IT HAD BEEN THE WORST BLIZZARD TO HIT CAPE COD SINCE 1957. $$ AUTO