Was it a dark and stormy night?  On October 28, 1981 5.08 inches of rain set an Ithaca record for the highest precipitation in a day.  That handily beat the previous record of 4.60 inches set in 1935.  But you might say it was easier to take than the record setting 26 inches of snow that fell on February 14, 1914, a day that still holds the Ithaca record for the most snow to fall in a day.  It was The 15th of another February in 1942 that another snow record was set: that was the day that saw the highest daily snow depth of 40 inches.