Some mention Dec 1989...That month was amazingly cold, dry and relatively snowless...My station had a 24.8° mean temp with only 1.2" of snow and 0.89" of precip.
I had 73.55" in 2011...In one 30 day period from approx 8/5- 9/5 , I measured over 25". Don't think I'll ever see so much rain in that period of time again.
Joe as far as I know it's bogus...I can remember the explanation of a faulty weld causing leakage into the gage...That total was 17" higher than my station even. Those totals were said to be thrown out but somehow it seems to have been forgot about. If you do a Google search you can find some further info.
25° here currently...will rise above freezing in a few hours, but have been below freezing now since 10 pm Wed, so 54 hrs and counting...pretty impressive for so early.