When the first snowiest recorded was in 1893. That’s 126 years ago.
Apparently global warming does cause record cold and record snow! </sarcasm>
Spokane International Airport recorded 28.6 inches of fresh snowfall in February, ranking it the snowiest February in 126 years. Besting it was a 39.6-inch snow blitz in February 1893.
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A forecast El Nino was thought to be the ticket to a milder winter in the Inland Northwest, but it never gained strength, especially not compared with the monster weather pattern along the West Coast in February.
Looking ahead to March 8 through March 14, the Climate Prediction Center is calling for below normal temperatures and above normal precipitation.
Farewell to the second snowiest February on record
News > Spokane UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 28, 2019, 8:43 p.m. While many people in the lowlands are grousing about all of the February snow and cold, folks at mountain ski areas are reveling in the winter weather.