Kevin Yarr

As of Tuesday morning, monitors showed 64 centimetres of snow down in Charlottetown since Friday.

That makes it the biggest snowfall since the legendary Snowmageddon of 2015&nbsp;and the second biggest of the last decade.

Major P.E.I. snowfalls of last decade

The only bigger one was Feb. 15-16, 2015, when 86.8 centimetres came down.

A map showing snowfall amounts and wind gusts for P.E.I.

P.E.I. storm map, Feb. 6, 2024

One site in eastern P.E.I. recorded 83&nbsp;centimetres of snow, according to CBC meteorologist Jay Scotland. It was in Saint Georges, along the Boughton River just east of Cardigan.

Charlottetown Airport's official records for Monday's snowfall are missing, so the 64-centimetre figure&nbsp;is from a volunteer observer.

Snow events of more than 40 centimetres are unusual on P.E.I., and years can go by without one.

Some plows off P.E.I. roads again as cleanup from 3-day blast of snow continues

Winter storm warnings have ended as the third day of a major storm comes to a close on P.E.I. Bad roads and high winds led to the closure of schools, businesses and many medical services on Monday.

This map shows how snowy and windy it's been in various parts of Prince Edward Island since Friday afternoon. 

PEI Feb 2-5 storm totals

A highway with deep snow drifts across it.

While the worst of the actual snowfall is over, as this highway on the North Shore shows, drifting remains an issue.

Snow, North Rustico, PEI, Feb. 5, 2024

Borden-Kinkora byelection pushed to Wednesday as storm fallout continues

Elections P.E.I. officials have confirmed another delay in filling Jamie Fox's vacant seat in Borden-Kinkora, saying voting will now be delayed until Wednesday to let the area recover from a major winter storm.

A voting Location at Sherwood Recreation Hall in Charlottetown.

Voting Location Election PEI

Elections P.E.I. says that with many District 19 voters living on secondary roads, it makes sense to delay the byelection by another day to let snowclearing continue. 

Fewer stayed at P.E.I. shelters than expected during weekend storm

Emergency shelters in Charlottetown and Summerside were under capacity during a weekend snowstorm that shut down many streets and services on P.E.I.

The Park Street emergency shelter in Charlottetown still had a few beds available during the weekend storm.

Park St shelter

Storm-weary Islanders happy to get out of their houses — and their plows

Carol Moffatt baked. Whitney Paynter watched movies. Boyd MacDonald got some down time as well — nine hours stuck in a plow waiting for help.

Carol Moffatt

Two of Boyd MacDonald's plows got stuck on in eastern P.E.I. on Sunday, including this one.

Stuck snowplow

P.E.I.'s wild weekend snowstorm

A prolonged snowstorm left more than 80 centimetres of snow in parts of the province on Monday, and winds whipped up drifts that were much higher. In photos, here's a look at what the storm left behind.

Two people bundled up use shovels to get their car out. Snow is in the foreground.

Two people work to dig out their vehicle in Charlottetown on Monday morning following the weekend's snowfall.

Charlottetown snow 2024

While the total snowfall is 50 to 60 centimetres, drifts can be much higher.

This was P.E.I.'s 2nd biggest snowfall of the last decade

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