Official snowfall totals from our latest winter storm have hit nearly a foot in places.
North Webster recorded the highest amount in our area at 11.9 inches. Plymouth had 11.3 inches and South Bend nearly 8 inches.
The winter storm either delayed or closed more than 100 schools across northern Indiana and southwest Michigan.
A lot of us are digging out today.
THE FOLLOWING IS A BRIEF HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE RECENT
SNOWFALL AT SOUTH BEND
AT SOUTH BEND...7.7 INCHES FELL ON MARCH 5TH AND 0.1 INCHES WAS RECORDED ON THE 6TH FOR A TWO DAY TOTAL OF 7.8 INCHES. THE 7.7 INCHES RANKS AS 4TH GREATEST MARCH SNOWFALL AND SECOND GREATEST SNOWFALL FOR MARCH 5TH. THE RECORD FOR MARCH 5TH IS 9.0 INCHES SET IN 1960. THE GREATEST SINGLE DAY MARCH SNOWFALL WAS 12.2 INCHES SET ON MARCH 9TH 1998. THE TWO DAY TOTAL OF 7.8 INCHES ONLY RANKS AS THE 22ND SNOWIEST TWO DAY PERIOD IN MARCH AT SOUTH BEND.
