Mark Holley, chief meteorologist for TV station WSAW in Wausau, reported about 9 a.m. Monday that the storm brought a record 30.9 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, 33 in Egg Harbor and 27.5 inches in Appleton.
Officially, the Dane County Regional Airport recorded 2.5 inches on Sunday and 5.6 inches on Monday, giving Madison an official storm total of 8.1 inches.Â
The 5.6 inches on Monday broke the record for March 16 of 3.5 inches set in 2006.
For the snow season (since July 1), Madison has seen 49.8 inches of snow, 3.1 inches above normal.
Other regional reports to the Weather Service included 11.9 inches in Wisconsin Dells, 10.9 inches in Beaver Dam, 10.5 inches in Windsor, 10 inches in Fitchburg, 9 inches in Baraboo, 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.
In southeastern Wisconsin, the reports included 7.9 inches at the Weather Service office in Sullivan, 8 inches in Pewaukee, and 4.8 inches in Cudahy.
National Weather Service meteorologist Denny 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.
