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From: JimTheWeatherGuy{at}aol.com
Date: Sat Mar 01 2003 - 11:18:45 EST
Hidi-ho good neighbors. Greetings from the high desert of the Mid Atlantic.
February here at my homestead in the hills was one for the record books.
Record winds, snowfall and precipitation with near record cold. Here is a
quick recap of the records set.
February 16 : Max of 13 degrees set a new monthly low max surpassing 15
degrees set on February 4, 1996. Daily snowfall of 18.0 inches is the fourth
greatest 24 hour amount on record.
Top Five Daily Snowfalls
1. 27.5 - February 11, 1983
2. 24.0 - March 13, 1993
3. 19.0 - January 7, 1996
4. 18.0 - February 16, 2003
5. 15.5 - January 17, 1994
The snowstorm total of 26.3 inches on February 15-18 is listed as the third
greatest snowstorm on record.
Top Five Snowstorms
1. 31.0 - January 7-8, 1996 (42.0 inches fell in six days)
2. 28.0 - February 11-12, 1983
3. 26.3 - February 15-18, 2003
4. 25.0 - March 13-14, 1993
5. 21.8 - February 22-23, 1987
February's monthly snowfall of 37.3 inches is a record high and is the second
highest monthly snow total on record.
Top Five February Snow Totals
1. 37.3 - 2003
2. 28.2 - 1983
3. 22.2 - 1987
4. 22.0 - 1979
5. 20.3 - 1993
Top Five Monthly Snow Totals
1. 42.6 - January 1996
2. 37.3 - February 2003
3. 28.2 - February 1983
4. 25.8 - January 1994
5. 25.7 - January 1993
The precipitation total of 5.78 is a new February record.
Top Five February Precips
1. 5.78 - 2003
2. 5.07 - 1998
3. 5.06 - 1984
4. 4.63 - 1994
5. 4.37 - 1981
It was also the third coldest February on record.
Bottom Five February Mean Temps
1. 23.5 - 1979
2. 24.0 - 1978
3. 28.8 - 2003
4. 30.2 - 1980
5. 30.6 - 1994 & 1995
And last but not least February experienced four days with wind gusts 50+
mph. That is a new record surpassing three such days in November 2002. Until
later...................
Jim
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