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By Christian Abbatecola Published: February 09 2017

One day after unseasonably warm temperatures made it feel a bit like spring, a winter snowstorm buried Long Island with a reminder that it is still, in fact, winter.

Long Island hasn’t seen many big snow storms during the school week this winter, but Thursday, February 9th showed that snow days are all but inevitable on the Island. Though there was only an inch or two of accumulation on the ground by the time students would normally start boarding buses early in the morning, most schools had already made the decision to stay closed for the day well before the first flurry started.

The threat of slippery roads and a persistent snowstorm that would have made getting students home in the afternoon rather difficult, even if they made it to school safe and sound in the morning, was all the schools needed to declare a snow day.

In Nassau County, Malverne received over 6 inches of snow, and in Suffolk, Farmingville topped the list with 9.4 inches. Yet if you travel a bit further towards the East End of the Island, totals are a bit less.

Nearby in Manhattan's Central Park, 9.0 inches of snowfall was recorded, in Queens totals of over 13 inches, and in the Bronx, they received totals of over 6 inches of snow so far.

Here are the reported snow totals for towns across Long Island:

Nassau County

Baldwin - 7.0 inches

Bethpage - 7.0 inches

Freeport - 7.4 inches

Garden City - 12.0 inches

Glen Cove - 12.0 inches

Glen Head - 9.0 inches

Great Neck - 9.0 inches

Hicksville - 14.0 inches

Jericho - 13.0 inches

Levittown - 11 inches

Long Beach - 8.5 inches

Manhasset - 10.2 inches

Malverne - 10.6 inches

Massapequa - 5.0 inches

Mineola - 8.7 inches

New Hyde Park - 9.3 inches

North Massapequa - 12.0 inches

Oyster Bay - 10.0 inches

Plainview - 13.0 inches

Rockville Centre - 8.0 inches

Woodbury - 12.0 inches

Suffolk County

Bay Shore - 11.4 inches

Bohemia - 15.5 inches

Centereach - 13.5 inches

Commack - 13.5 inches

Coram - 9.0 inches (Submitted by LongIsland.com Reader)

Deer Park - 10.1 inches

East Islip - 12.0 inches

Eastport - 13.5 inches

Farmingville - 14.4 inches

Greenlawn - 10.3 inches

Hauppauge - 14.0 inches

Islip Airport - 13.7 inches

Islip - 13.6 inches

Jamesport - 7.1 inches

Lindenhurst - 8.6 inches

Mattituck - 11.8 inches

Medford - 5.0 inches

Middle Island - 10.0 inches

Mount Sinai - 8.0 inches

North Babylon - 14.0 inches

Orient - 11.0 inches

Patchogue - 12.3 inches

Port Jefferson Station - 8.6 inches

Ridge - 10.2 inches

Riverhead - 10.5 inches

Ronkonkoma - 9.5 inches

Sayville - 12.0 inches

Selden - 14.0 inches

Setauket - 14.0 inches

Smithtown - 13.8 inches

Sound Beach - 10.8 inches

Southampton - 6.5 inches

South Huntington - 10.4 inches

Stony Brook - 9.5 inches

Upton - 11.1 inches

West Babylon - 11.7 inches

West Islip - 12.0 inches

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Although snow days can be a lot of fun, they can also cause all sorts of issues such as delays, closures, and unsafe driving conditions. Be sure to stay informed - head over to the LongIsland.com Weather Center, Traffic Center, Traffic Cam Feed, and School Closings Page for all of the need to know updates you're looking for!

How much snow did your neighborhood get?

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[Source: The National Weather Service]