SXUS99 KNYC 182323 CCA RERNYC RECORD REPORT...CORRECTION TO SNOWIEST FEBRUARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 612 PM EST TUE FEB 18 2003 ...RECORD SNOWFALL INFORMATION FOR CENTRAL PARK... THE FINAL SNOWFALL TOTAL FOR THE PRESIDENTS DAY STORM OF FEBRUARY 16-17, 2003 AT CENTRAL PARK WAS 19.8 INCHES. THAT MAKES THIS STORM THE 4TH LARGEST IN TERMS OF SNOWFALL SINCE RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT SINCE 1869. THE TOP THREE ARE AS FOLLOWS... 1) 26.4 INCHES ON DECEMBER 26-27, 1947 2) 21.0 INCHES ON MARCH 12-14, 1888 3) 20.2 INCHES ON JANUARY 6-7, 1996 THE DAILY SNOWFALL FOR FEBRUARY 17 REACHED 16.3 INCHES. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 10.0 INCHES SET BACK IN 1902. FEBRUARY 2003 STANDS AS THE 4TH SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD WITH 26.1 INCHES. THE SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD STILL STANDS AT 27.9 INCHES SET BACK IN 1934. ALSO AS OF RIGHT NOW...FEBRUARY 2003 WITH ITS 26.1 INCHES IS TIED FOR THE 8TH SNOWIEST MONTH ON RECORD FOR CENTRAL PARK. IT IS TIED WITH JANUARY 1996. THE SNOWIEST MONTH ON RECORD IS MARCH 1896 WITH 30.5 INCHES. ---------------------------------------------- SXUS99 KNYC 180710 RERNYC RECORD REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 200 AM EST TUE FEB 18 2003 ...RECORD PRECIPITATION BROKEN FOR CENTRAL PARK... IN ADDITION TO THE RECORD SNOWFALL AT CENTRAL PARK OF 16.3 INCHES FOR YESTERDAY, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH, 2003, BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 10.0 INCHES SET BACK IN 1902, THE RECORD PRECIPITATION OF 1.05 INCHES SET BACK IN 1884 WAS BROKEN WITH A NEW RECORD OF 1.49 INCHES.