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Today's Date is Thursday February 12, 2026...\n ON... Feb 12, 1899 The low of 26 below zero established the all time low for Dodge City. It was the coldest morning ever in the eastern Great Plains and eastern Texas. Kansas City Missouri bottomed out at 22 degrees below zero. Fort Worth Texas dropped to 8 degrees below. Camp Clark Nebraska recorded 47 degrees below zero. IN 1995...Heavy snow fell across a large part of southwest Kansas. Heaviest snow was in an area bounded by Scott City, Dighton, Ness City, and Larned to Jetmore and Garden City where 8 to 12 inches were recorded. Four to eight inches fell elsewhere. In west central Kansas, 6 to 12 inches were reported at Sharon Springs, Leoti, and Tribune.

 

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