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SXUS71 KBOX 240003
RERPVD
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON, MA
700 PM EST MON FEB 23 2026
..RECORD SNOWSTORM FOR PROVIDENCE RI
THE BLIZZARD OF 2026 BROKE SEVERAL SNOWFALL RECORDS AT RHODE
ISLAND T.F. GREEN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN PROVIDENCE:
- STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 37.9 INCHES BROKE THE RECORD FOR THE
GREATEST SINGLE SNOWSTORM ON RECORD, WHICH WAS 28.6 INCHES SET
DURING THE BLIZZARD OF '78, ON FEBRUARY 6-7, 1978.
- DAILY SNOWFALL OF 35.5 INCHES BROKE THE RECORD ONE-DAY SNOWFALL,
WHICH WAS 19.0 INCHES SET DURING THE BLIZZARD OF '96, ON JANUARY 8,
1996.
- FINALLY, THE DAILY SNOWFALL OF 35.5 INCHES BROKE THE RECORD
SNOWFALL FOR FEBRUARY 23, WHICH WAS JUST 3.8 INCHES IN 1967.
A FINAL UPDATE WILL BE SENT JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
JWD/KJC
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