Toledo just short of snowfall record

2/18/2014
BLADE STAFF

Close, but no cigar!

Toledo is four tenths of an inch short of the snowfall record of 73.1 inches that fell in Toledo in the winter of 1977-1978, according to the National Weather Service in Cleveland.

The reading of 72.7 inches of snow was taken at 7 a.m. today at Toledo Express Airport. The record is 73.1 inches, according to the weather service. 

The readings are taken every six hours. The next will be taken at 1 p.m.

The National Weather Service said the Toledo area had gotten 4.1 inches early today.

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Lucas, Wood, Fulton, Ottawa, and Hancock lifted snow emergencies today, following a Monday storm.

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