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27 Oct

Hurricane Sandy brought periods of rain as a cold front moved east.

A rare consolidation of a strong mid- and upper-level trough in the polar jet stream with tropical hurricane Sandy resulted in a historic snowstorm in October 2012. There were periods of rain on October 27 and 28 as a cold front moved east. Light...

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