12 strange weather features of Superstorm Sandy

Published October 27, 2013 5:17pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — Superstorm Sandy set several records and was unusual in even more ways. Here are 12 strange weather features of Sandy:

1. SIZE: With tropical-storm-force winds that extended for 1,000 miles, Sandy was the largest Atlantic system on record. However, meteorologists only started recording this measurement for comparison in 1988.

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