Blizzard Blitz 2.0 Fed By Record Moisture Amounts

As was the case with the earlier Super Bowl storm which inundated the Mid Atlantic region with record snowfalls, the February 10 blizzard was fed by record-breaking moisture amounts. A number of locations from Pennsylvania through New Jersey, Delaware, and New York broke daily precipitation records from the storm; some dated as far back as 1881:

A RECORD WATER EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION FOR FEBRUARY 10 OF 1.20   
INCHES OCCURRED AT THE TRENTON MERCER COUNTY AIRPORT, BREAKING THE   
OLD RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 0.89 INCHES SET IN 1970.  

A RECORD WATER EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION FOR FEBRUARY 10 OF 1.50   
INCHES OCCURRED AT THE READING REGIONAL AIRPORT, BREAKING THE OLD   
RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 1.21 INCHES SET IN 1881.  

A RECORD WATER EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION FOR FEBRUARY 10 OF 0.90   
INCHES OCCURRED AT THE ATLANTIC CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, BREAKING   
THE OLD RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 0.75 INCHES SET IN 1967.  

..RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT WILMINGTON  
  
A RECORD SNOWFALL FOR FEBRUARY 10 OF 7.2 INCHES OCCURRED AT THE NEW   
CASTLE COUNTY AIRPORT, BREAKING THE OLD RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 5.0   
INCHES SET IN 1949.  
  
ALSO, THE WATER EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION FOR THE DAY OF 0.90 INCHES   
BROKE THE RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 0.80 INCHES SET IN 1926.  

..RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT ALLENTOWN  
  
A RECORD SNOWFALL FOR FEBRUARY 10 OF 17.3 INCHES OCCURRED AT THE   
LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, BREAKING THE OLD RECORD FOR THE   
DATE OF 4.2 INCHES SET IN 1926.  
  
ALSO, THE WATER EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION FOR THE DAY OF 1.40 INCHES   
BROKE THE RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 0.98 INCHES SET IN 1970.  

..RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT PHILADELPHIA  
  
A RECORD SNOWFALL FOR FEBRUARY 10 OF 9.3 INCHES OCCURRED AT   
PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, BREAKING THE OLD RECORD FOR THE   
DATE OF 8.7 INCHES SET IN 1926.  
  
ALSO, THE WATER EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION FOR THE DAY OF 1.10 INCHES   
BROKE THE RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 0.76 INCHES SET IN 1926.  

A RECORD RAINFALL OF 0.92 INCHES WAS SET AT ISLIP NY YESTERDAY. THIS   
BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 0.78 SET IN 1990.