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SXUS99 KBOX 191534
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RECORD EVENT REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1035 AM EST WED FEB 19 2003

...RECORD 24 HOUR SNOWFALL AND RECORD SNOWSTORM SNOWFALL SET AT 
LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FEBRUARY 17TH-18TH 2003...
...FEBRUARY MONTHLY SNOWFALL RECORD ESTABLISHED IN BOSTON...
...FEBRUARY 2003 IS THE SNOWIEST MONTH OF ANY MONTH ON RECORD... 

LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN EAST BOSTON MEASURED 27.5 INCHES OF 
SNOWFALL. THIS ECLIPSED THE PREVIOUS 24 HOUR SNOWFALL RECORD OF 25.4 
INCHES SET DURING THE APRIL FOOLS DAY BLIZZARD OF MARCH 31ST AND 
APRIL 1ST OF 1997.

THE TOTAL OF 27.5 INCHES ALSO SET THE RECORD FOR GREATEST SNOWSTORM 
SNOWFALL TOTAL. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 27.1 INCHES SET FEBRUARY 6TH 
AND 7TH 1978.

IN ADDITION THE PRESIDENTS DAY SNOWSTORM HELPED SET THE FEBRUARY 
SNOWFALL RECORD IN BOSTON. CURRENTLY THE FEBRUARY 2003 SNOWFALL 
TOTAL IS 41.6 INCHES. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS FEBRUARY MONTHLY 
RECORD OF 41.3 INCHES SET IN 1969.

FEBRUARY 2003 IS NOW THE SNOWIEST MONTH OF ANY MONTH ON RECORD IN 
BOSTON. 

SNOWFALL RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT IN BOSTON SINCE 1892.

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AED/STRAUSS