Snow on March 26, 1944

Dear Tom,
My mother always told a story about our family moving during a blizzard on
my first birthday on March 26, 1944. How much snow actually fell that day?
George Pratl, Willowbrook
Dear George,
I'm sure the snow put a crimp into your family's move, but the snowfall that
day was hardly the "storm of the century." The record books show that just
2 inches of snow fell that day, and combined with the 1.7 inches from the
previous day's snowfall, the city received a two-day total of 3.7 inches.
Temperatures were in the middle 30s that day, and there was some rain mixed
with the snow, so the streets were probably a slushy mess. Just two days
earlier on March 24, spring was in the air and the mercury reached a balmy
65 degrees. However, in typical Chicago spring fashion, a cold front passed
and temperatures plunged, setting the stage for the ill-timed moving-day
snowfall.