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The Blizzard of 2010 has been dumping paralyzing snowfall from the Ohio Valley to the mid-Atlantic since Friday. In addition to bringing travel to a standstill, the snow has set numerous records.
The following is a list of snowfall totals, as of Saturday evening.
* Frostburg, Md.: 36.0 inches * Smith Crossroads, W. Va.: 29.5 inches * Friendsville, Md.: 35.5 inches * Eckhart Mines, Md.: 32.0 inches * Laurel Summit, Pa.: 29.5 inches * Leesburg, Va.: 34.5 inches * Johnstown, Pa.: 28.0 inches * Near Elkridge, Md.: 38.3 inches * Glen Rock, Pa.: 27.0 inches * Bayard, W. Va.: 27.0 inches * Brookhaven, Pa.: 26.0 inches * Claymont, Del.: 25.2 inches * Littlestown, Pa.: 25.0 inches * Millersville, Pa.: 24.5 inches * Philadelphia, Pa.: 28.5 inches * Newark, Del.: 24.3 inches * King of Prussia, Pa.: 23.4 inches * Washington, D.C.: 18.2 inches * Pittsburgh, Pa.: 21.1 inches * Quinton, N.J.: 21.5 inches * Washington, D.C.'s Reagan National Airport: 17.8 inches * Atlantic City, N.J.: 18.2 inches * Dover, Del.: 22.0 inches * Wilmington, Del.: 25.8 inches * Economy, Ind.: 12.0 inches * Dayton, Ohio: 11.1 inches
The Baltimore-Washington International Airport, Md., measured 24.8 inches of snow right before noon. That breaks the record for the largest two day snowfall, which was 24.4 inches set back on February 16-17, 2003.
In Washington, D.C., the blizzard has brought the winter's snowfall total to 44.9 inches. This winter is now the city's third snowiest on record. The winter of 1898-99 ranks first with 54.4 inches.
Philadelphia recorded 28.5 inches of snow from the blizzard at 4 p.m. This winter is now the city's second snowiest with a total of 56.3 inches. This is also the second storm that has dumped over a foot of snow on Philadelphia this winter. That has only occurred one other time in recorded history.
The snow that fell alone Friday set numerous daily snowfall records. The following lists these records with the old record in parenthesis.
* Columbus, Ohio: 9.0 inches (3.1 inches from 1967) * Dayton, Ohio: 7.7 inches (2.0 inches from 1998) * Indianapolis, Ind.: 5.3 inches (3.6 inches from 1908) * Wallops Island, Va.: 1.5 inches (0.5 of an inch from 1989)
With 11.4 inches, Pittsburgh, Pa., broke Friday's daily snowfall record that was 4.7 inches from 1899. Friday is now Pittsburgh's snowiest February day on record. February 20, 1947, previously held that record with 10.4 inches.
Pittsburgh also set a daily snowfall record today. The 9.7 inches that fell broke the previous record of 4.3 inches from 1911.
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