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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
318 PM EDT TUE MAY 14 2013

...24-HOUR SNOWFALL RECORD ESTABLISHED FOR THE STATE OF
CONNECTICUT...

THE BLIZZARD WHICH OCCURRED FEBRUARY 8 THROUGH 9 OF THIS YEAR
PRODUCED OVER TWO FEET OF SNOW ACROSS MOST OF CONNECTICUT. MANY
LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE RECEIVED OVER 30
INCHES OF SNOW.

AN OFFICIAL SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT...TAKEN IN ANSONIA...RECORDED 36.0
INCHES IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD...ECLIPSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 30.0
INCHES SET AT FALLS VILLAGE IN 1969. ANSONIA...OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED
AS ANSONIA 1 NE...IS LOCATED IN NEW HAVEN COUNTY AND IS AN
ESTABLISHED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COOPERATIVE OBSERVING STATION.
THIS STATION WAS ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED IN 1941.

AS A RESULT OF THE RECORD BREAKING MEASUREMENT...A STATE CLIMATE
EXTREMES COMMITTEE WAS CONVENED TO ASSESS THE VALIDITY OF THE
OBSERVATION. THE COMMITTEE CONSISTED OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER AND
NORTHEAST REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER. A REPORT WAS COMPILED...AND ON
APRIL 24...THE COMMITTEE MET AND UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO RECOMMEND THIS
RECORD BE CERTIFIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA
CENTER.

ON MAY 1...THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER
CERTIFIED THIS RECORD...MAKING THE 36.0 INCHES OF SNOW RECORDED IN
ANSONIA THE OFFICIAL 24-HOUR STATE SNOWFALL RECORD FOR CONNECTICUT.

THIS RECORD AND OFFICIAL REPORT CAN BE ACCESSED AT:
HTTP://WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV/EXTREMES/SCEC/RECORDS (ALL IN LOWER CASE)

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JMC