Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Snowfall Record Set

2009-05-19

08:44:18

The National Weather Service says International Falls set a late season snowfall record over the weekend.

On Saturday, the weather service says 0.3 inches of snow fell.

That broke the old May 16 record of 0.1 inches of snow set in 1962.

The snowfall brings the total since last July to 125.6 inches, with almost 33 inches falling since March 1.

In northwestern Ontario, Pickle Lake residents were forced to bring out the snowblowers and shovels Saturday after being buried by almost 45 centimetres of snow.