Another snow storm swept the southern Illinois region beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 18 into Wednesday, Feb. 19 bringing 5 inches of snow to the Carbondale area, according to the National Weather Service in Paducah.
The SIU campus announced on Monday that the campus would close early at 1 p.m. for an administrative closure, which extended to a full day closure on Wednesday.
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Other parts of Jackson County received 3 to 4 inches. Surrounding areas like Perry County saw a lower amount with 2.5 inches across the county as of Wednesday morning while Williamson County ranged from 3.5 to 5 inches according to the National Weather Service in Paducah.
The snow did not keep students or residents indoors and many showed up to the hill near the Banterra Center parking lot to sled and snowboard and around Campus Lake for a walk. Temperatures dipped into lows of 9 degrees and highs of 19 recorded by the National Weather Service.
Ranging from an air mattress used as a snowboard by students Morgan Langendorf, Addison Rhode and Matthew Landreth in the afternoon to a laundry basket used by students Lilie Lim and Rayden Meyer, many got creative in finding ways to sled.
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