New February Daily Snowfall Record at Oklahoma City

The National Weather Service reports that the major storm sweeping through the Midwest has set an all-time daily snowfall record for February at Oklahoma City:

PRELIMINARY REPORTS INDICATE THAT 11.8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL HAS BEEN   
MEASURED TODAY AT WILL ROGERS WORLD AIRPORT IN OKLAHOMA CITY. THIS   
IS A NEW RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 5.5   
INCHES WHICH WAS SET ON THIS DATE IN 1913.   
  
TODAYS SNOWFALL IS ALSO A NEW DAILY RECORD AMOUNT FOR ANY FEBRUARY   
DATE...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 6.5 INCHES WHICH OCCURRED ON   
FEBRUARY 7TH IN 1986.  
  
THE MONTHLY RECORD SNOWFALL FOR OKLAHOMA CITY IS 12.9 INCHES...SET   
IN 1913. TODAYS AMOUNT OF 11.8 INCHES ALREADY PLACES FEBRUARY OF   
2011 INTO THIRD PLACE ON THE MONTHLY RECORD LIST.