Ask people who live in Erie and some may say it always snows on St. Patrick’s Day, but the weather data doesn’t bear that out.
According to the First Warning Weather team, there’s only been a measurable snowfall 8 times since 2000. The deepest was nearly a foot in 1936. There were measurable snows of 3 inches or so in 2001 and 2007.
This year’s significant snow, may end up in the top five.
Still, people turned out at Sullivan’s Pub, the oldest Irish bar in Erie, around since 1905. They didn’t seem surprised by the March 17 snow, and they didn’t seem to mind it.