Mar 1, 2015 morning weather notes

Mar 1, 2015 Toledo Blade story that recaps Toledo's February 2015 weather.

Toledo's weather records date back to 1874.

Enough snow fell before Midnight to break the record for the most snowfall in February.

The month wound up being the second coldest February and the third coldest of all months.

During the final hour of February, 2015, 0.3 inch of snow fell at Toledo Express Airport. With 25.0 inches having fallen earlier in the month, that was just enough to break the 25.2-inch record set in 2011.

On the cold front, February ended Saturday with the month’s third record-breaking morning low, along with one tie.

With an average daily mean temperature of 12.4 degrees Fahrenheit, it was the coldest month in Toledo since the 11.8-degree February, 1978. Toledo’s coldest month on record was January, 1977, with an average temperature of 9.6 degrees.

The lowlight of all that cold was the morning of Feb. 20, when the temperature tumbled to -19 at Toledo Express and even further in parts of southeast Michigan.

It was the coldest February temperature recorded for Toledo [breaking the old record set on Feb 11, 1985] and the second-coldest ever, surpassed only by a -20 reading back on Jan. 21, 1984.

Sat evening, Feb 28, 2015 tweet by Ryan Wichman:

We warm above freezing Tuesday afternoon (Will be first time since Feb 11th). It lasts all of 8-10 hours. Then back in the ice box.

Counting the first couple days of March, we could end up with 19 consecutive days with temps below 32 degrees.

Ryan tweeted last week:

Record for most consecutive days below freezing in February alone: 1978, 23 straight. Can't touch that streak. Will reach 17 at months end

And

If you're curious the longest sub-freezing stretch in Toledo history was set in 1977. 39 straight days.