MARQUETTE, MI - Breaking a record few days in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
According to the National Weather Service in Marquette, several snowfall and rainfall records were broken on Monday and Tuesday.
Most notably, 21.6 inches of snow on Tuesday, February 22, is the most snowfall for a single February day at Burroughs in its history in 1961.
The snowfall broke the record of 19.4 inches in the field achieved on February 26, 2002. The previous record for snowfall on February 22 was just 7.5 inches in 1974.
"The Northeast Wind Lake-effect areas have had their fair share of snow over the past few days, including in our office," NWS meteorologists said. "While previous records were on the low end, we set new precipitation and snowfall records over the past two days. Yesterday's snowfall was also the largest snowfall amount for any day in February on record."
Daily rainfall (melted snow) records were also set on Monday and Tuesday, breaking the previous records set in 1979 and 2017 respectively.
Finally, on Monday, February 21, 9.7 inches of snow fell in the area, breaking the old 2009 record of 6.9.