Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Record snowfall reported in N.D. | Jamestown, North Dakota
In Bismarck, the National Weather Service said the overnight storm brought the city’s December snow total to 33.5 inches, more than any month on record in Bismarck. It tops the mark of 31.1 inches in March 1975.

Other snowfall amounts included 10 inches each in Turtle Lake and Bowdon, 8.2 inches in Williston, 6 inches in Fargo and about 5 inches in Minot and 8 inches in Jamestown.

Grand Forks and Fargo each set records with more than 30 inches of snow for December. Fargo topped its 1927 record for December by about an inch while Grand Forks topped its 1918 record of 27.6 inches.

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