Mark Holley, chief meteorologist for TV station WSAW in Wausau, reported about 9 a.m. Monday that the storm brought a record 30.7 inches to Wausau, breaking the single-storm record of 22.1 inches for the city set March 5-6, 1959.
The storm hit hardest in northeast and northern Wisconsin, with snow total reports to the National Weather Service that included 33.2 inches in Sturgeon Bay, 29 in Egg Harbor, 25 in Crivitz and Wausaukee, 24.5 in Weston, 24 in Sister Bay, and 21.5 in Algoma.
The Dane County Regional Airport recorded 2.5 inches on Sunday, and the total was up to 5.2 inches as of 7 a.m., National Weather Service meteorologist Denny VanCleve told the State Journal.
Other Dane County reports to the Weather Service included 8 inches in Stoughton and Sun Prairie, 7.8 in Oregon and Cottage Grove, 7.5 in DeForest, 6.8 in Verona, 6.7 in Shorewood Hills, and 6.5 in Middleton.
Across southern Wisconsin, the reports included 9 inches in Dodgeville, 8 inches in Reedsburg, 6.8 inches at the Weather Service office in Sullivan, 4.7 inches in Waukesha, 4.1 inches in Milwaukee, 3.5 inches in Racine, and 2.3 inches in Kenosha.
VanCleve cautioned that the high winds make it difficult to get accurate snow measurements, and that the Weather Service takes multiple measurements and averages them out to get its figure.
