We switch the clocks ahead next Sunday (2 am on March 14) for Eastern Daylight Time.

Here is how that will affect our sun times:

Saturday, March 13:    sunrise  6:51 am,   sunset  6:40 pm

Sunday, March 14:       sunrise  7:49 am,  sunset  7:41 pm

Wednesday marked the 27th straight day of snow on the ground.

Snow cover of at least one inch has been reported at Toledo Express Airport since February 5th.

Normal High & Low:

March 1:      40° / 23°

March 31:   53° / 33°

Normal Precip:  2.62″  (rain/melted snow & ice)       Normal snow:  5.6″

Sunrise & Sunset:

March 1:     7:10 am / 6:26 pm

March 31:  7:20 am / 8:00 pm

We spring ahead to Daylight Saving Time at 2 am on Sunday, March 14.   Spring (the vernal equinox) occurs at 1:32 pm on March 20.

Blasted by a snow storm in the first half of the month and steady periods of light snow to end the month put this February of 2010 nearly on top of the all time snow record for the month.  All totaled this February had 23.9″ of snow at Toledo Express Airport.

Here is where this February ranks compared to other years and it shows just how close we came to the all time record.

I am still hoping for an early spring…it is March now after all!

Here are some links to some National Weather Service snow totals.  Note that some totals are for 12-hour periods, and that snow on the ground also includes any previous snow on the ground from recent storms.

Click here for reports from northern Ohio, near and east of I-75

Click here for reports from northern Ohio, west of I-75

Click here for reports from lower Michigan

1)  25.1″  1900

2)  23.6″  2008

3)  23.1″  1912

4)  22.2″  1908

5)  21.4″  1896

6)  18.8″  2010  (also 2003)

7)  16.6″  1994

8)  14.4″  1967

9)  14.3″  1988  (also 1982)

While this last storm produced over 8″ of snow in some of our Michigan cities, we had about 2 to 3″ of accumulation in Toledo.

When we have temps near 30°, we normally get 1″ of water from 10″ inches of snow.  Recent snowfalls occurred when temps were in the low/mid 20s, which yielded 15 to 20″ of snow from 1″ of water.  So, if a storm brought about .40″ of water with it, the snow fluffed up to 6 to 8″ of accumulation.

The snow from Sunday night and Monday happened with temps in the low and mid 30s.  The snow was very wet, and it worked out to only 5″ of snow from 1″ of water.

Toledo Express Airport recorded 1″ of snow late Sunday and 1.5″ of snow Monday.  The storm snow total worked out to 2.5″, and the liquid in the snow was almost 1/2″.

The monthly snow total for Toledo is 18.8″, which is 12.1″ above normal.  The winter total is 33.8″, which is 5.2″ above normal.

Freshly updated snow stats from this morning at Toledo Express Airport:

                                                      
Tuesday         1.1″       Current snow depth:  7″                    

Month           16.4″   —   11.5″  above normal

Winter          31.4″   —    4.6″  above normal

Snow totals across eastern and southern counties are much higher.

Local snow totals for the season are a little above normal.  The recent snow events have allowed us to make up the deficit we had built up the past couple of months.

However, some of the winter totals in other parts of the USA are just staggering.  Some places are running 60 to 70 inches ABOVE normal.

45″     Columbus OH  (24 inches above normal)

35″     Cincinnati (+19″)

64″     Pittsburgh (+37″)

72″     Philadelphia (+60″)

67″     Wilmington, DE (+53″)

50″     Atlantic City, NJ (+41″)

104″   Beckley, WV

80″     Baltimore (+67″)

56″     Washington DC  (+45″)

28″     Richmond, VA  (+18″)

20″     Oklahoma City  (+13″)

16″     Dallas/Fort Worth  (+13″)

1.7″    Birmingham, AL

0.1″   New Orleans

Trace - Tallahassee, FL  * The second time since 2001 that a trace of snow was reported.  The last measurable snow (more than a trace) was 1989.