March set a record for wetness

YOUNGSTOWN —It wasn’t your imagination — March was a very wet and snowy month.

In terms of precipitation, this past month was the wettest March on record in the Mahoning Valley. The area had 6.38 inches of precipitation last month, breaking the record of 6.2 inches set in March 1964.

The Valley also recorded 21.7 inches of snow, the fourth most for a March, according to National Weather Service records, which date to 1943.

With the 21.7 inches of snow in March, this is the most snow to fall in a winter season in the Valley.

The area had 102.4 inches of snow for the 2007-08 winter season through March. The old record was last winter when 90.2 inches of snow fell.

And we may not be done yet.

While the average snowfall in the area for April is 2.2 inches, 14 inches fell in April 2007.

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