Snow Lie: We Broke The Record
January 2011 will go down in the record books.
Someday we’ll laugh about this: January 2011 will enter the record books for the most snow in 116 years. That's great news for sellers of snowblowers and shovels as well as stores that carry sleds, snowshoes, and other snow-related equipment. But that's bad news for those of us who have to shovel the snow ourselves. The state’s climatologist made the call on Thursday in New Brunswick, which is used as the yardstick for measurement. With 16.1 inches of fresh powder, this month has toppled a record set in 1894, said Dr. David A. Robinson, chairman of the department of geography at Rutgers University. A total of 30.9 inches of snow has fallen in New Brunswick in January. That’s a lot for January, and a lot for any winter month. In fact, …
