January was the Valley’s third-snowiest month in 75 years

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The following is a series of images from Saturday, January 10 in Mahoning and Trumbull counties. From Western Reserve Road to East Market Street, residents dealt with a large accumulation of snow by working and playing.

Remember those major snowstorms when you were young?

The snow was over your head. A story was going around that some kid’s family was trapped in their house because the snow drifts made it impossible for them to get out.

How about the tales you heard from your parents or grandparents who walked to school through five feet of snow?

The stories were amusing but greatly exaggerated.

The 35.8 inches of snow that fell in January was the third largest accumulation of the white stuff for any month in the Mahoning Valley since the National Weather Service started tracking snowfall accumulation in 1934, 75 years ago.

The snowiest month in the Valley was January 1999 with 36.4 inches, followed by 36 inches on January 1978.

Besides being the third snowiest month in the Valley’s recorded weather history, it was the eighth coldest January in the area. Temperature records for the area date back to 1897 so that’s No. 8 out of more than 100 Januarys.

The Valley had 14 days last month in which the temperature dropped below 10 above zero. The coldest day was Jan. 16 at 10 below zero, closely followed by 9 below zero on the 17th.

For the complete story, read Tuesday’s Vindicator or Vindy.com