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rfmcdonaldAtlantic Canada is getting heavily hit with snow but Prince Edward Island seems to be getting especially hard hit.
Welcome PEI shared Dan James' photo of shiiers on downtown Queen Street, opposite the Canton Cafe.
Last night, meanwhile, Grafton Street--also downtown--was overwhelmed.
CBC meteorologist Kalin Mitchell reports 80 centimetres of snow fell. That breaks the single storm record of 74.4 centimetres that fell during White Juan in February, 2004.
The storm comes on Islander Day, when many offices and businesses were already scheduled to be closed, but festivities were cancelled.
A storm earlier this month came close to beating the White Juan record. On Feb. 2-3 a storm dumped 65.2 centimetres.
Winter started quietly on P.E.I., with the biggest snowfalls of the season happening in November until Jan. 27. There was no snow on the ground when a storm dropped 29.2 centimetres that day. Since that time 220.4 centimetres of snow has been recorded at Charlottetown Airport, and there has been very little melting.
Welcome PEI shared Dan James' photo of shiiers on downtown Queen Street, opposite the Canton Cafe.
Last night, meanwhile, Grafton Street--also downtown--was overwhelmed.
