NWS #Indy now up to 7.8" storm total #snow. 5.8" since midnight sets the new #record for #March 1st. Previous record 5.5 in 1963. #INwx
— NWS Indianapolis (@NWSIndianapolis) March 1, 2015#Indy surpassed the average March snowfall in the first 5 hrs of the month. March avg 2.6", we've seen 3.1" since 12AM. #INwx #snowdoinwork
— NWS Indianapolis (@NWSIndianapolis) March 1, 2015
And while this winter has not been as bad as the one in Boston, where they have had more than double the amount of snowfall we had last winter (which set a record here), we did manage to record the third coldest February on record; and I believe they said we recorded the seventh coldest November on record. November is not part of astronomical or meteorological winter, but we had snow on Halloween, and it was so cold that we had to cut trick-or-treating short.
Jackson had fun with it, though:
I can't stand being cooped up in the house all day, but no one wanted to go for a walk with me, so I had to strike out on my own after we took care of shoveling the driveway and sidewalk and front steps. What's cool about taking a walk on a day like this is that you get to see things from a different perspective. I went downtown, parked near the canal, got a cup of coffee at Mo'Joe, and then hit the Canal Walk. Normally this is a heavily populated multi-use path for walkers, joggers, bikers, skaters - you name it. (It's also part of the Cultural Trail, so it always gets plowed after fresh snow.) But today it was deserted, and a little bit eerie - but that was kind of cool, because you never see it that way.
It's been so cold this month that some parts of the canal have frozen solid, which allowed some enterprising architect(s) to create this:
And last but not least, you never see the mastodonts at the State Museum covered in snow, either.
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