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HAGERSTOWN MD          REMARKS ON THE WINTER OF 1965-1966

THE WINTER OF 1965-1966 WAS A RATHER STRANGE WINTER. DECEMBER WAS VERY MILD
WITH ALOT OF TEMPERATUER READINGS IN THE 50'S AND 60'S IN FACT THE HIGH ON
CHRISTMAS EVE WAS 62 F. AND 61 F. ON CHRISTMAS DAY WITH SPRING LIKE SHOWERS.
THERE WAS ONLY 0.3" OF SNOW ALL MONTH AND THAT OCCURED ON 12/21 THE HIGH WAS
32 F. THE COLDEST MAXIMUM OF THE MONTH. 13 DAYS HAD HIGHS OF 50 OR HIGHER.
THE HIGHEST TEMP WAS 67 F. ON THE 31ST. DECEMBERS AVERAGE TEMP WAS 39.5 F. 
WINTER DID NOT REALLY BEGIN UNTILL THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY THEN THERE WAS A 
PROLONGED COLD SPELL. THE FAMOUS "BLIZZARD OF 66" STRIKES AT THE END OF THE
MONTH.
 
JAN 13  SLEET AND SNOW FIRST MEASURABLE OF THE MONTH WITH ONLY 0.3".
JAN 22  A TWO DAY 8.0" SNOWSTORM BEGINS ALONG WITH HIGH WINDS AND DRIFTING
        INTO THE 23RD.
JAN 25  LOW 6 F.
JAN 26  SNOWSTORM DROPS 6.0" ALONG WITH STRONG NE WINDS FOLLOWED BY A COLD
        WAVE. THERE IS A TOTAL OF 13.0" ON THE GROUND.
JAN 27  LOW 8 F.
JAN 28  LOW 4 F. HIGH 17 F.
JAN 29  THE BLIZZARD OF 66 BEGINS AT NOON AFTER A MORNING LOW OF -3 F. THE
        POWERFULL STORM INTENSIFYS RAPIDLY WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND
        WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS OF ZERO VISIBILITY AND BRUTALLY COLD TEMPS IN 
        THE SINGLE DIGITS ALONG WITH 60 MPH WINDS. THE STORM CONTINUES 
        INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH NO LET UP. HIGH OF ONLY 11 F.
JAN 30  THE SNOW ENDS BY 10 AM. DUMPING 15.0" ON TOP OF THE 12" THAT WAS 
        ALREADY ON THE GROUND MAKING A TOTAL OF 27.0". THE VERY COLD 
        TEMPERATURES, SEVERE WINDS AND SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE 
        SNOW CONTINUED THE REST OF THAT DAY AND INTO THE 31ST. LOW 12 F. 
        HIGH 15 F.
JAN 31  COLD, WINDY WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALL DAY. LOW 6 F. 
        HIGH 26 F.
 
FEB  6  LOW 2 F. 0.5" SNOW.
FEB 11  AM RAIN HIGH OF 58 F.
FEB 16  SNOW/RAIN 1.0"
FEB 20  LOW 7 F. 0.5" SNOW.
FEB 24  SNOW 3.5".
FEB 25  SNOW 4.0".
        
MARCH WAS MILD WITH ONLY TRACES OF SNOW. TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 50'S, 60'S
AND 70'S. 78 F. ON THE 22ND, 75 ON THE 23RD.