Winter Storm Benedict Record Breaker Report

From the National Weather Service:

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1259 AM EST THU JAN 13 2011

...GREATEST SNOWSTORM AND DAILY SNOWFALL TOTAL ON RECORD IN THE
GREATER HARTFORD AREA JANUARY 12 2011...

SNOWFALL AT BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN WINDSOR LOCKS CT
TOTALED 24.0 INCHES. THIS BEATS THE GREATEST SNOWSTORM TOTAL 21.9
INCHES WHICH OCCURRED FEBRUARY 12 2006. THIS ALSO BEATS THE GREATEST
DAILY SNOW TOTAL 21.9 INCHES ALSO OCCURRING FEBRUARY 12 2006.

OFFICIAL RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT IN THE HARTFORD AREA SINCE 1905.

ADDITIONAL NOTES...
THE PREVIOUS DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD FOR JANUARY 12 WAS 10.3 INCHES.
THAT RECORD OCCURRED ON JANUARY 12 1996.

THE DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD AT LEAST PRIOR TO TODAY FOR THE STATE OF
CONNECTICUT IS 30 INCHES AND TOOK PLACE FEBRUARY 10 1969 AT FALLS
VILLAGE AND AT MIDDLETOWN 4 W ON MARCH 12 1888.

THE GREATEST SNOWSTORM TOTAL FOR THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT IS 50
INCHES AT MIDDLETOWN 4 W ON MARCH 12-14 1888...BETTER KNOWN AS THE
BLIZZARD OF 1888.