A person clearing snow on a side street near Lansdowne Avenue and Dupont Street.
© Gabe Oatley/TorontoTodayA person clearing snow on a side street near Lansdowne Avenue and Dupont Street.
Toronto's major winter storm over the weekend was one for the record books.

On Sunday, there was an estimated 56 centimetres of snowfall in downtown Toronto, beating the previous single-day record of 48.3 centimetres, which according to Environment Canada meteorologist Geoff Coulson, was set on Dec. 11, 1944.

The meteorologist said Toronto Pearson Airport recorded 46.2 centimetres of snowfall on Sunday. The amount beat out the region's previous single-day snowfall record of 39.9 centimetres, set on Feb. 25, 1965.

January has also been the snowiest month in Toronto's recorded history, which Environment Canada began tracking in 1937.


Coulson said Pearson Airport has recorded 88.4 centimetres of snow so far this month, which has already surpassed the previous record of 86.6 centimetres in December 1951.

And with just under a week left of January, Toronto could keep adding to that number.

Coulson said though there likely won't be a "big organized system like we got on Sunday," flurry activity is expected in the coming days that could add to the already record-breaking snowfall totals.

"We're not done yet — accumulation wise. There's still a possibility of a little bit more to come before the month finally comes to a close," Coulson said.