March 22nd 1998
It appeared this winter was going to have the least snow on record, with just 0.5" measured. Then a surprise five-inch snowfall occurred overnight and the winter of 1998 ended up as the fourth least snowy (behind the winters of 1973, 1919 and 1932). It would fall to fifth place four years later when the winter of 2002 had just 3.5".