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It has been a messy March across the entire Northeast as four nor'easters have pummeled the region from D.C. up to Boston. Philadelphia only escaped one of the systems relatively unscathed while we got hammered the other three times.
Thanks to the three major storms, especially nor'easters two and four, our snow totals for the month of March are ending up extremely high. How high? We are near record-breaking in more than a few areas across the region. Here is a breakdown of how March 2018 stacks up against other snowy Marches on record.
So far in Philly for March of 2018, we have had a total of 15.2 inches of snow and it has taken 10 days for us to reach that total, with five of those days recording a measurable amount of snow (Amount > .01″). The 15.2 inches of snow that we have seen currently has us tied for the seconnd snowiest March on record for the city of Philadelphia, tying the March of 1914.
Other cities across the region that are in the top five of snowiest Marches on record are Atlantic City, Wilmington and Allentown. In Atlantic City this March we have seen 9.6 inches of snow. In Wilmington we sit at a total of 13.2 inches and in Allentown we currently have a total of 20.7 inches. While all of these totals are extremely high, only Wilmington at 13.2 inches cracks the top two like Philly. Atlantic City and Allentown sit at fifth and fourth all time, respectfully.
Comment: Elsewhere in the US this week:
In New York City this year marks the fifth consecutive season that at least 30 inches of snow have fallen. The only other recorded time it snowed this much, for this long a period, was back in the 1880s (records begin in the 1869-1870 season).
Record snowfall hit Dulles, doubling the previous record set in 1964, as a FOURTH March Nor'easter dumped 8 inches of snow on Washington, DC leaving thousands of flights cancelled and Federal offices closed.
Almost 16 feet of snow fell in 18 days across California's Sierra Nevada.