On this day in 2009, clouds lowered and thickened and flakes began to fly as the “Snowpocalypse” storm got underway. After a high of 35 degrees, the snow began between 8 and 9 p.m. and temperatures quickly fell into upper 20s. By midnight, 1.4 inches of snow had accumulated. A lot more would pile up the next day.
Here are other notables for this day:
- Average high: 48
- Average low: 34
- Record high: 74 (2006)
- Record low: 10 (1926)
- Record precipitation: 2.81 inches (1977)
- Maximum snow: 3.0 inches (1945)
