Record daily maximum snowfall set at Fort Wayne

According to a 4:20 p.m. statement from the northern Indiana office of the National Weather Service, through 4 p.m. EST today, a record snowfall for Feb. 5 of 6.1 inches had fallen at Fort Wayne. This breaks the old record of 5.0 inches set on Feb. 5, 1967. This record is subject to change as snow was currently falling in Fort Wayne at the time of the statement..