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2,778 February snowfall records broken in US

Many records shattered

4 Mar 11 - Many snowfall records standing more than 100 years were shattered this month. Here is a list of days in February 2011 showing the most significant records totaling 100 or more:

404 New Records on Feb 2nd.
224 New Records on Feb 1st
219 New Records on Feb 9th
179 New Records on Feb 21st
170 New Records on Feb 25th
158 New Records on Feb 10th
116 New Records on Feb 20th
111 New Records on Feb 22nd
110 New Records on Feb 5th
109 New Records on Feb 8th

See all 2,778 February snowfall records:
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/extremes/records.php?ts=daily&elem=snow&month=2&day=0 &year=2011&sts%5B%5D=US&submitted=Get+Records
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Kenneth also thought it was worth mentioning that the total snowfall to date as of Feb 28th, 2011 at Squaw Valley, CA was 450 inches, or 37.5 feet at 8,200 foot elevation. The 8,200 foot settled snow base there as of Feb 28th was 185 inches, or 15.4 feet !!
http://www.squaw.com/snowfall-tracker-2010-11

At Kirkwood Resort, the seasonal total range is now up to 517" (over 43 feet !) and the base depth is now up to 193" (over 16 feet !) http://www.kirkwood.com/site/mountain/snow-report/2011-3-2-2

"That's allot of snow !!" says Kenneth