New All-Time Monthly Snowfall Record for Pittsburgh

Feb. 27 Update: From the National Weather Service:

AS OF 3 AM TODAY...THE MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTAL HAS REACHED 46.8   
INCHES. FEBRUARY 2010 RANKS AS THE SNOWIEST MONTH EVER. THE PREVIOUS   
RECORD FOR SNOWIEST MONTH WAS 40.2 IN JANUARY OF 1978.  
  
THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR FEBRUARY WAS 25.3 IN 2003. THE NORMAL FOR   
FEBRUARY IS 8.5 INCHES.  
  
THE TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON SO FAR IS 75.0 INCHES.  THIS RANKS   
AS THE 5TH SNOWIEST SEASON ON RECORD.   

Evening Update:
Note that the average temperature so far this month has now increased to 26.1° (3.9° below normal). This is over 5° warmer than in 2007, when just over one-third as much snow fell. The largest daily total of 11.4" fell on Feb. 5, a day which averaged above freezing and 5° above normal.

Original post:
The National Weather Service announced within the last hour that Pittsburgh has broken its record for snowiest month ever (measurements began in 1884). The 0.8" of snowfall today from the back edge of the powerful storm pounding the northeast has pushed the total for February to 40.8", just over the previous record of 40.2" in January 1978.

Several more inches of snow accumulation are forecast for tonight, Friday, and Friday night.

From the NWS:

THE TOP 5 SNOWIEST MONTHS...

40.8 FEBRUARY 2010.
40.2 JANUARY 1978.
36.3 DECEMBER 1890.
34.1 MARCH 1993.
32.3 NOVEMBER 1950.

THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR FEBRUARY WAS 25.3 IN 2003. THE NORMAL FOR 
FEBRUARY IS 8.5 INCHES.

THE TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON SO FAR IS 69.0 INCHES.  THIS RANKS 
AS THE 8TH SNOWIEST SEASON ON RECORD.

THE SNOWIEST SEASONS...

82.0 1950-51.
78.5 1913-14.
76.8 1993-94.
76.0 1960-61.
74.5 1995-96.
72.1 1992-93.
70.7 1969-70.
69.0 2009-10.
40.6 NORMAL.

NORMAL FOR THE REST OF FEBRUARY IS ABOUT 1 INCH, MARCH 7.9 
INCHES, AND APRIL 1.5 INCHES.