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HAGERSTOWN MD           REMARKS FOR WINTER OF 1960-1961

THE WINTER OF 1960-61 A WAS ROUGH SEASON BECAUSE IT HAD THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF
SNOW EVER TO FALL WITH 74.0". THERE WERE MANY SNOWS ONE RIGHT AFTER ANOTHER,
LARGE SNOWS, AND SEVERE DRIFTING SNOWS FOLLOWED BY ZERO DEGREE WEATHER AND
HIGH WINDS FOR DAYS. THERE WERE 4 SNOWS OF ONE FOOT OR MORE.

DEC 12  BLIZZARD WHICH BEGAN ON THE 11TH 12.5" FELL WAS FOLLOWED BY HIGH 
        WINDS AND SEVERE DRIFTING AND COLD TEMPS.
DEC 13  5 F.LOW
DEC 14  5 F.LOW
DEC 15  5 F.LOW
DEC 21  3.0" SNOW FOLLOWED BY SEVERE DRIFTING AND A COLD WAVE.
DEC 23  -11 F.LOW
DEC 24  1 F.LOW
DEC 25  14 F.LOW
DEC 26  10 F.LOW
DEC 30  2.0" OF SNOW AND SLEET WHICH BEGAN ON THE 29TH.
DEC 31  10 F.LOW
JAN  1  RAIN,SLEET AND SNOW NOT MUCH ACCUMULATION.
JAN  4  0.5" SNOW
JAN 16  4.0" SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN BEGAN ON THE 15TH.THIS SNOW TRAPPED A BUNCH
        OF BOY SCOUTS AT CAMP SINOQUIPE.
JAN 19} A THREE DAY BLIZZARD BEGINS AND DUMPS 13.0" OF SNOW ALONG WITH HIGH 
JAN 20} WINDS AND VERY SERIOUS DRIFTING FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER COLD WAVE.
JAN 21} TEMPS DOWN TO -4 F.       
JAN 22  0 F.LOW
JAN 23  -3 F.LOW AND 0.5" OF SNOW.
JAN 24  MORE HIGH WINDS,COLD TEMPS,SOME LIGHT SNOW AND MORE DRIFTING AND
        BLOWING SNOW.
JAN 25  -1 F.LOW
JAN 26  -2 F.LOW ANOTHER SNOWFALL BEGINS AND ADDS 4 MORE INCHES BEFORE IT 
         ENDS ON THE 27TH.
JAN 27  LOW 9 F.
JAN 28  LOW 4 F.
JAN 29  LOW -4 F.
JAN 30  LOW 9 F.
JAN 31  LOW 9 F.
FEB  1  0.5" SNOWFALL.
FEB  2  LOW OF -10 F.
FEB  3} ANOTHER BLIZZARD BEGINS AS SLEET CHANGES TO ALL SNOW AND PILES UP TO
FEB  4} 12.0 " WHEN IT ENDS ON THE 4TH. ALSO SEVERE DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW
        COLD TEMPS.LOW OF 5 F. ON 3RD. THIS WAS THE WORST STORM UP TO THIS
        POINT WITH A TOTAL SNOW ON THE GROUND OF 21". BULLDOZERS WORKED 10
        HOURS TO PLOW A PATH THROUGH 20 FOOT DRIFTS ON WHITE HALL ROAD. SOME
        BUILDINGS COLLAPSED FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW ON THEIR ROOFS WHILE
        OTHERS LOST THEIR ROOFS TO HOWLING GALES. PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT THE 
        WORST MUST BE OVER NOW.
FEB  6  LOW 3 F.
FEB  7  LOW 7 F.
FEB  8  THE LARGEST SNOW YET A 15 INCHER THAT CAUSED A STATE OF EMERGENCY 
        TO BE DECLARED IN THE COUNTY. A KEEDYSVILLE BOY WAS KILLED WHEN 
        A WOODSHED COLLAPSED AND THE HAGERSTOWN SPEEDWAY GRANDSTAND WAS 
        REDUCED TO SPLINTERS WHEN THE ROOF FELL IN. 
        THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 31 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AFTER THIS STORM
        MAKING THIS A RECORD THAT WILL STAND FOR A LONG TIME.(UNTIL 1996)
FEB  9  LOW 8 F.
FEB 12  2.0"SNOWFALL
FEB 24  OLD MAN WINTER GAVE IN AT THIS POINT AND TREATED EVERYONE TO A VERY
        SURPRISING TEMP OF 70 F.HIGH. MARCH WAS NORMAL WITH ONLY 3.0" SNOW.