March 7-8, 2008 Snowstorm

Snowfall amounts ranged from as little as 5 inches west of Toledo to over 20 inches in parts of Cuyahoga, Geuaga, Ashtabula and Erie (PA) counties. In general, north-central and northeast Ohio received over 15 inches of snow with the highest amounts along the I-71 corridor eastward and along the lakeshore from Cleveland through Erie County PA into western New York. North winds of 20 to 30 mph with higher gusts created drifts of 3 feet or more. The snow began just before noon Friday. By Saturday morning the snow was already 6 to 12 inches deep. Moderate to heavy snow continued through Saturday afternoon with blizzard conditions at times, finally winding down from west to east during the evening hours.

This snowstorm has put Youngstown over the edge with a record seasonal snowfall (as of Sunday, March 9) of 94.3 inches. This breaks the previous record of 90.2 inches set during the 2006-2007 season.

Below is a list of snowfall tallies the NWS Cleveland office received from their dedicated volunteer snow observers.

---OHIO---
ASHTABULA COUNTY
Pierpont 2SE	25.5
Dorsett 3W	23.5
Conneaut at I-90	23.0
Ashtabula 1SW	19.4
Saybrook	19.0
Windsor	14.0

CRAWFORD COUNTY
Galion	21.0
Bucyrus	20.5
New Washington 5S	18.9
Galion	13.5

CUYAHOGA COUNTY
Broadview Hts	21.5
Solon	21.4
Euclid	21.0
Garfield Hts	17.0
Shaker Hts	17.0
Lakewood	16.3
Pepper Pike	15.7
Cleveland Airport	14.8
Cleveland	13.0

ERIE COUNTY
Vermilion	18.1
Sandusky	12.0

GEAUGA COUNTY
Russel Twp.	23.0
Thompson 3S	23.0
Hamden Twp	21.6
Thompson 5SW	21.1
Claridon Twp	19.1
Chardon	18.0
Montville	17.7
Burton	17.0
Chardon	17.0
Middlefield 3SE	15.3

HURON COUNTY
New London 3NW	17.3
Norwalk	14.0
Norwalk	12.0

LAKE COUNTY
Madison 5S	28.5
Painseville Twp.	19.0
Mentor	18.5
Madison	18.0
Concord Twp.	17.3
Mentor 1S LK	17.0
Concord Twp.	16.0
Painseville	15.9
Willoughby	15.1
Kirtland	14.5
Mentor	14.3
Perry Twp	13.0

LORAIN COUNTY
Wellington	16.0
Lagrange	14.0
N. Ridgeville	13.5
Oberlin	13.5
Elyria 3E	11.5

LUCAS COUNTY
Toledo - Pt Place	7.2
Maumee	5.5
Toledo Airport	5.2

MAHONING COUNTY
Austintown	8.1

MARION COUNTY
Marion	15.4
Prospect	13.0

MEDINA COUNTY
Medina	16.0
Hinckley	14.8
Brunswick	13.2
Chippewa Lake	12.0

PORTAGE COUNTY
Ravenna 1E	18.6
Hiram	17.5
Mantua	12.5

RICHLAND COUNTY
Mansfield Airport	19.7
Mansfield	18.0

SANDUSKY COUNTY
Oak Harbor 5S	5.3

STARK COUNTY
Massillon	19.0

SUMMIT COUNTY
Richfield	24.2
Twinsburg	19.0
Akron-Canton Airport (CAK)	17.1
Tallmadge	13.9
Tallmadge 2NE	13.8
Green	12.5

TRUMBULL COUNTY
Newton Falls	16.0
Youngstown-Warren Airport (YNG)	11.6
Warren	10.0
Champion	9.0

WAYNE COUNTY
Wooster	15.9
Kidron 1N	14.5
Wooster	14.5
Dalton	13.5
Wooster 7N	13.5

---PENNSYLVANIA---
ERIE COUNTY
Franklin Center	24.8
Erie Airport (ERI)	23.4
Northeast	23.0
Waterford	22.9
Millcreek Twp.	19.5
Lake City	18.3
Amity Twp.	12.4
Edinboro	10.0

CRAWFORD COUNTY
Springboro 3NW	16.5
Meadville 5W	15.0
Linesville	13.3
Meadville	11.2
Titusville	8.0

legend for snow depth map

The above image is from NOAA's National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center. This is from their National Snow Analysis and is based on modeled snow pack characteristics that are updated each day using all operationally available ground, airborne, and satellite observations of snow water equivalent, snow depth, and snow cover. This particular image is of the snow cover across northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania from the morning of March 9 (Sunday).