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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
820 AM EST MON DEC 21 2009

...RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL FOR PROVIDENCE RI DECEMBER 20 2009 AND
HIGHEST DECEMBER CALENDAR TOTAL IN THE PERIOD OF RECORD...

THE 14.3 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED AT T.F. GREEN AIRPORT REPRESENTING
PROVIDENCE WAS NOT ONLY A NEW DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD FOR THE DATE
BUT ALSO THE HIGHEST CALENDAR DAY DECEMBER SNOWFALL SINCE RECORDS
BEGAN IN 1905.

THE PREVIOUS RECORD SNOWFALL FOR DECEMBER 20TH WAS 6.3 INCHES SET IN
1995.

THE TOTAL EVENT SNOWFALL FOR THE STORM WAS 16.0 INCHES.

IN ADDITION THE 16.0 INCH TOTAL IS THE NINTH GREATEST SNOWSTORM
TOTAL SINCE RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT IN 1905. IT IS THE SECOND
GREATEST DECEMBER SNOWSTORM TOTAL ON RECORD. THE GREATEST DECEMBER
SNOWSTORM TOOK PLACE DECEMBER 5TH THROUGH 7TH 2003 WHEN 17.0 INCHES
ACCUMULATED.

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