At a Glance

Calgary had its snowiest October day on record Tuesday.It was also the snowiest day for any time of year since the early 1980s.Crews were called in from neighboring cities to help with snow removal.

An early-season winter storm pummeledCalgary, Canada, on Tuesday, vaulting the city to its heaviest single-day snowfall since 1981 and setting a new Octobersnow record.

Calgary International Airport received . No other single day has had more snow there since May 6, 1981,when a piled up.

Tuesday's snowfall was also the seventhheaviest for any day in Calgary's weather records dating to 1881, according to a tweet from YYC Weather Records.

When just looking at October, the snowstorm was a calendar day record breaker, topping 11.7 inches (29.7 centimeters)on Oct. 4, 1914.

The storm total for Calgary when including Monday's additional 2 inches (5.3 centimeters) was 15 inches (38.1 centimeters).

Calgary's averageOctober snowfall of 3.9 inches (10 centimeters) was more than tripled by this two-day snowstorm.

The southwestern Canada city also picked up about 30 percent of its in those two days.

Travel was heavily impacted by the snow.

Calgary police reported from 11 p.m. Monday to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, local time.

Crews were called in from Edmonton and other locations to help with snow removal. Edmonton is about 200 miles north of Calgary.

A snow route parking ban went into effect at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

One positive is that trees had , sparing Calgary from widespread tree damage.