While a couple of inches in the last day or so is the most we've gotten -- by FAR -- this past Fall and Winter, it does not come anywhere near the all-time record for most snowfall in a 24 hour period in Yakima.
Yakima's eight inches of snowfall in the last day is a pretty heaping helping for one sitting, it does not come near the all-time record for most snowfall in a 24 hour period.