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By Brandon Butcher

Story Published: Mar 1, 2008 at 4:45 PM EDT

Story Updated: Oct 26, 2009 at 10:41 AM EDT

Event Details

Dates:

03/19/2008

03/19/2009

03/19/2010

Event Description

March 19th

Normals / Records:
Average High: 42°F
Average Low: 26°F

Record High: 67°F (1927)
Record Low: -6°F (1967)

Average Precipitation: 0.13"
Record: 1.49" (1956)
Month-to-Date: 2.32"
Year-to-Date: 9.12"

Average Snowfall: 0.30"
Record: 14.00" (1956)
Month-to-Date: 5.7"
Seasonal Snowfall to-Date: 42.6"

Moon Phase:

RISE		SET
Sunrise:	6:55 AM	Sunset:	7:00 PM
Civil:	6:27 AM	Civil:	7:28 PM
Nautical:	5:55 AM	Nautical:	8:01 PM
Astro:	5:21 AM	Astro:	8:34 PM
Moon:	7:04 AM	Moon:	8:05 PM

Length of Day: 12 hours, 05 min

On This Date

Boston endures its second major snowstorm in three days with 19.5 inches at Blue Hill Observatory. 20 inches fell at Putnam, Connecticut and Boston, Massachusetts recorded 13 inches. Traffic was paralyzed. This storm made a contribution to the snowiest march ever in southern New England (until 1993), 1956
An extremely heavy, wet snow fell from Virginia to New England. Totals ranged as high as 17-30 inches. 49 people died in storm related fatalities. 800 people were trapped in restaurant along Pennsylvania Turnpike near Morganton. 38 inches fell at Morganton in 24 hours and 50 inches total in 3 days, which was a Pennsylvania state record, 1958

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