22 Feb 1980

Lake Placid, NY

The winter air over the upset of the century.

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Wind over Lake Placid, 22 February 1980

The Miracle on Ice. A 4–3 win for the United States over the Soviet Union on a February night cold enough that breath was visible in the arena lights. An Adirondack winter, recorded.

The poster is drawn from the ERA5 atmospheric reanalysis at 22 Feb 1980, 22:00 UTC — the real wind speed and direction, over a region centred on Lake Placid, NY.

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