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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.
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