Monday, April 6, 2009

Snowy Fort Frances

2009-04-06

12:56:41

There was definitely a low of snow in the Fort Frances area in March.

Environment Canada says the area saw a total of 74 centimetres of snow - well above the monthly average of 13.

Meteorologist Sandy Radeki says the numbers were boosted by two significant storms.

"You had snow fall events reported on March 9th and 10th," says Radeki. There was 25 centimetres one day, and then 15. And on March 31st the area had 19 centimetres of snow."

Combined with a mid-month rainfall, the area saw more than 110 centimetres of precipitation in March.