A tow-truck driver is on the job during the Blizzard of ’93, which dumped 23.6 inches on Butler County, the largest single-day snowfall in history. Butler Eagle File Photo

Monday, March 13, marked the 30th anniversary of the Blizzard of ’93 and, according to meteorologist Jared Rackley, it really was the storm of the century in the region.

At 23.6 inches, March 13, 1993 is the highest recorded snowfall in a single day for the region, said Rackley, of the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh, and brought snowdrifts as high as 10 feet in some areas.

“The only one that even comes close to it is 22 inches back in 1890,” Rackley said.

“I know that it really crippled transportation, because it took them several days to really plow the roads,” Rackley said. “That’s a lot of snow.”