Some maps of this event: October 19, 1989: http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~gadomski/NARR/1989/us1019.php October 20, 1989: http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~gadomski/NARR/1989/us1020.php Unfortunately they don't have the ''Blizzard of '78'', but maps for that event show cold air moving north, warm air moving south, two low pressure ...

Thanks James! That's the same information I found at Weather Underground, I wonder how many other events I have entered on the wrong date in my Snow Season spreadsheet?!

Checking the records, I see that we had 5.9'' on October 30, 1993 and another 0.3'' on October 31 (both are all time records for those days).

20 years ago on October 20, 1989 October 19, 2009 we had a record (and early) 5'' snowfall. The heavy snow plus leaf covered trees caused many downed limbs and power outages. It's time to find your snow brushes so you aren't caught by surprise.

Wow, 40 inches. I remember Tony Sands predicting we would have several blizzards the year after the Blizzard of '78, of course he was doing this as part of someone's advertisements for 4 wheel drive vehicles.

Here's a link to the forecast by ''treeologist'' L. H. Frymire: http://wave3.typepad.com/belskis_blog/2009/09/frymires-forecast.html We'll have to see how well he does this year.

0.67'' of rain from round one of the storm (as of 11:50pm Thursday) at my Personal Weather Station here in western Liberty Township (Butler County) Looks like round two is about to start. Will be interesting to see the 24 hour rain totals coming in tomorrow around 7:00am at ...

''FairfldBur'' & ''trebor'' you should consider joining CoCoRaHS (Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network), they are always looking for more volunteers.They use a standardized rain gauge with readings taken each morning around 7:00am. You can find more info at http://www.cocorahs.org/The NWS lists a summary, for stations which ...

As of 8:00am a storm total of 4.56 inches of rain was recorded at my location (western Liberty Township, Butler County, Ohio) 2.81 inches was recorded in 1 hour (approximately midnight to 1:00am) 8.48''/hr Rain Rate measured at 12:05am

Heaviest rain this year for Liberty Township, Butler County, Ohio (May 13, 2009) 0.38'' in 15 minutes (4:22pm-4:37pm) 0.72'' in 1 hour (4:20pm-5:20pm) 1.58'' in 24 hours 1.61'' total for the storm (May 13-14) Pretty heavy rain last evening, but still nothing compared to the 1.13'' in 15 minutes last summer!  (August 24, 2008)