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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
855 AM CDT THU MAR 28 2013

UPDATED INFORMATION ON ALL-TIME RECORD


...ALL-TIME 24 HOUR SNOWFALL RECORD ESTABLISHED AT SPRINGFIELD ON
MARCH 24-25...

...TIED GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 16 INCHES AT SPRINGFIELD ON MARCH 25...

THE NEW 24-HOUR SNOWFALL RECORD FOR SPRINGFIELD HAS BEEN DETERMINED
TO BE 17.4 INCHES. THIS IS BASED ON THE 24-HOUR PERIOD THAT EXTENDED
FROM 7 AM SUNDAY MARCH 24...THROUGH 7 AM MONDAY MARCH 25. A TOTAL OF
17.0 INCHES FELL ON THE CALENDAR DAY OF MARCH 24.

THE 17.4 INCHES BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 15.0 INCHES...WHICH WAS SET
ON FEBRUARY 28 1900.

A STORM TOTAL OF 18.5 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN 30 HOURS AT
SPRINGFIELD...FROM 1 AM SUNDAY MARCH 24 THROUGH 7 AM MONDAY
MARCH 25. ANALYSIS IS ONGOING ON WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS ALSO A
RECORD FOR A SINGLE SNOWSTORM. AS A REFERENCE...ON FEBRUARY 27-28
1900...THE 2-DAY TOTAL WAS 17.5 INCHES.

THE SNOW DEPTH OF 16 INCHES AT SUNRISE ON MONDAY MARCH 25 IN
SPRINGFIELD TIED A RECORD FOR DEEPEST SNOW DEPTH. THIS SNOW DEPTH OF
16 INCHES WAS ALSO REACHED ON JANUARY 14-18 OF 1918...AND MARCH 8
OF 1978.

SNOWFALL RECORDS IN SPRINGFIELD BEGAN IN 1881. THIS IS PRELIMINARY
DATA UNTIL CERTIFIED BY THE NATIONAL CLIMATE DATA CENTER (NCDC).

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GEELHART