Snowfall sets single-day record in DFW
By ALEX BRANCH
North Texas hasn't seen a winter this white in 32 years.
The 9.4 inches of snow that had fallen by 9 p.m. Thursday at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport topped the previous record for snowfall in one day of 7.8 inches recorded in 1917 and 1964.
Thursday's snow also catapulted seasonal accumulation to 12.6 inches, according to the National Weather Service in Fort Worth.
That ranks as the fourth-snowiest season ever.
It's far below the 17.6 inches that fell in 1977-78, however, which is still the snowiest on record in Dallas-Fort Worth.
That year, 13.5 inches fell in February alone, also a record.
As snow appeared to taper off Thursday night, the winter of 2009-10 seemed unlikely to rise on the list. The system was supposed to move out of North Texas on Thursday night.
The fourth-snowiest season had been 1976-77, when 10.4 inches fell.
The ingredients for a snowy season are simple: multiple upper-level storm systems supported by temperatures low enough to turn moisture to snow.
Those two elements have collided more than once over North Texas this season.
"It's definitely one of those winters," said Bill Bunting, a meteorologist with the weather service. "You never really know when you'll get one."
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It's all fun and games until someone loses a giant tree branch. The power has popped off several times so I'm going to conclude by saying, "More later."
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the broken trees are a sad byproduct of so much snow.
(hoping no roofs cave in)
"It's definitely one of those winters," said Bill Bunting, a meteorologist with the weather service. "You never really know when you'll get one."
That just strikes me as insanely funny as comments go.
Well Duh, Mr. meteorologist.
Jazz - it's funny to US because we get one all the time - maybe not so funny when you only get one every 32 years. I haven't heard anything from Geewits yet today. I wonder if she's freezing in the dark right now? It's a good thing she bought all those winter clothes for her trip recently.
It is a very weird winter. We've just had the mildest January (and it's continuing into February) we've ever had. Lots of rain, but gardens are a month ahead of where they should be. Not ideal for the Vancouver 'winter' Olympics.
Gee, we took a drive yesterday before sunset, not that there was any sun to see, and we saw lots of kids out playing, building snowmen, a cool snow cave, and some kids were building snow walls getting ready to no doubt have a huge snow ball fight! It was truly beautiful out and made me remember how much I LOVE the snow!
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