53 | Record 53" of snow in Eerie, Pennsylvania, Christmas and days after

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/26/us/erie-pennsylvania-snow-storm/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2017/12/26/us/erie-pennsylvania-snow-storm/index.html

Is the 53" a tribute to Pennsylvania?

Notice the records are post 1952, when admitted weather warfare began.