'Happy Snowmageddon!' X-Mas Storm Dumps Record-Shattering Snow on Pennsylvania

A Christmas storm covered Erie, Pennsylvania, with a record-breaking 58.5 inches (1.5 meters) of snow burying homes and cars.

The storm brought 34 inches (86.36 centimeters) of snow on Monday, an all-time record for Erie, according to the National Weather Service branch in Cleveland.

​Another 24.5 inches (62.23 centimeters) was dumped on Tuesday, bringing the total to 58.5 inches (1.5 meters), in the largest ever two-day snow total in Pennsylvania. The previous record was 44 inches (1.1 meters) that fell in Morgantown in March 1958.

​The snow, however, continued overnight.

The National Weather Service also reported that the snowfall actually started on Sunday and has dropped a grand total of 62.9 inches (1.6 meters) of snow on Erie.

The city of Erie has declared a snow emergency on Tuesday, local police said.

Many locals took to social picture to share pictures of how their city looked after the snowfall.

​The National Weather Service said that the snowfall is a result of lake-effect snow, a weather phenomenon when cold air passes over unfrozen and relatively warm lake water, forming narrow bands of snow.

​The lake-effect snow is expected to continue through Wednesday.