People use their snow sled in New York鈥檚 Central Park Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, in New York. AP
NEW YORK 鈥� New York City鈥檚 Central Park saw its snowiest day in more than two years Tuesday as 3.2 inches of snow blanketed trees, statues and walkways in white.
Pedestrians posed for selfies against the backdrop and parents and kids spent the day on sleds, building snowmen and throwing snowballs.
New York City schools shifted to remote learning rather than give students a snow day, but technical problems that prevented many students, teachers and administrators from logging in to their accounts offered a good excuse to bundle up and head outside instead.
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Kirsten Lindberg dusted off her skis, telling CBS 黑料社 she wouldn鈥檛 miss a chance to take advantage of the snowy conditions.
鈥淚t鈥檚 just my favorite thing to do, so it鈥檚 worth keeping these things in my tiny closet all year-round just for today,鈥� she said.
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The snowfall was the largest since Jan. 29, 2022, when Central Park measured more than 7 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service. Since then, just two snowfalls of more than an inch have been recorded: 1.6 inches on Feb. 13, 2022, and 1.3 inches on Jan. 16, 2024.
The National Weather Service has collected data at Belvedere Castle in Central Park for more than 100 years, since 1920.