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
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.