Snow covered Wright State University’s Dayton campus as the region dug out after Winter Storm Fern brought record-breaking snowfall to southwest Ohio.
According to the National Weather Service, 12.4 inches of snow fell in Dayton on Sunday, part of a 14-inch storm total recorded between Jan. 24 and Jan. 25.
The snowfall set multiple records in Dayton. The 12.4 inches recorded on Jan. 25 established a new daily snowfall record for that date, surpassing the previous record of five inches set in 2023. It also became the highest snowfall recorded in Dayton on a single calendar day, breaking the long-standing record of 12.2 inches set Jan. 26, 1978. The storm produced a new daily precipitation record for Jan. 25, with one inch measured, surpassing the previous record of less than an inch set in 1978.
Photos taken across Wright State’s campus show snow-covered walkways, buildings, and open spaces as crews worked to clear paths and resume normal operations following the record-breaking storm.
