Danville on Wednesday received its highest one-day snowfall in 22 years, according to official records from the National Weather Service office in Blacksburg.
A total of 8.8 inches of snow was measured at Danville Regional Airport on Wednesday. Snow began falling around 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning and continued through the day and into the evening before ending around 9 p.m.
That total is the most since Jan. 7, 1996, and it ranks as the seventh highest one-day total since recordkeeping for Danville began in 1948.
Here are the Top 10 highest one-day snowfall totals for Danville:
- 16.3 inches — March 13, 1993
- 14.2 inches — Jan. 7, 1996
- 11.3 inches — Feb. 15, 1958
- 11.0 inches — Feb. 10, 1948
- 10.0 inches — Feb. 13, 1960
- 9.2 inches — Feb. 1, 1948
- 8.8 inches — Jan. 17, 2018
- 7.8 inches — Jan. 7, 2017
- 7.8 inches — Jan. 22, 2016
- 7.0 inches — Feb. 27, 2004 * (Value also occurred in one or more previous years)
Sunny skies and temperatures in the 40s and 50s yesterday and today have prompted plenty of snow melt. However, the National Weather Service warns that any remaining water on untreated roads, sidewalks and parking lots will refreeze overnight. Temperatures are forecast to fall into the 20s.
Motorists are urged to continue to use caution overnight. A surface that looks wet may actually be ice.
On Saturday, temperatures are expected to reach a high near 59; and on Sunday, 61 degrees.