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An unbelievable amount of snow walloped eastern Newfoundland over the past 24 hours.
So much snow fell that history was made for St. John’s International Airport this month. March 8, 2024 now stands as the snowiest day in history for the weather station, going back to 1942.
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The previous record that was toppled is the 50 cm that fell on March 4, 2005.
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With a storm total of 53 cm for YYT airport, it’s the snowiest single day since Jan. 17, 2020 when 76.2 cm of snowfall accumulated.
Although totals are comparable with this storm for two-day totals, this round features much lower wind speeds. During the 2020 storm, wind gusts hit an incredible 157 km/h, while the peak winds this go-around reached 72 km/h.
Because of the snow and strong winds, a majority of the flights into and out of St. John’s airport were cancelled through a portion of Saturday, according to the terminal’s website on Friday evening.
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The all-time daily snowfall record for the St. John’s area remains the 101.6 cm of snow that fell on Feb. 13, 1894.
If you thought 53 cm of snowfall was a lot, some other areas of the Avalon Peninsula were forecast to see as much as 70 cm of snow with this latest winter storm.
With files from Nathan Howes, a digital journalist at The Weather Network.
Thumbnail courtesy of Colin Lane/X, taken in St. John’s, N.L.
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