Toronto breaks snowfall record for Feb. 27
Posted February 28, 2013 7:49 am.
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Toronto broke a snowfall record for Feb. 27, according to Environment Canada.
At Pearson International Airport, 12.4 centimetres of the heavy wet snow covered the ground, breaking the record of 7.1 centimetres set in 1967.
The slush is still flooding some city streets.
City officials are asking homeowners to stop shovelling the slushy snow onto the road as it’s blocking the catch basins.
According to a report in the Toronto Sun, the city said the cost to clean up Wednesday’s slushy mess is around $2.5-million. However, that figure doesn’t cover any potential plowing on Thursday.
Toronto had set aside $82-million for snow removal this winter.
Peter Noehammer, director of Toronto’s Transportation Services, told the Sun that despite Toronto’s rough winter, the snow budget is still in “pretty good shape.”
Sloppy conditions continued Thursday morning, with some more wet snow in the forecast and a high of 3 C.
Check the full forecast here.
