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Winter 2011-12 may be among least snowy

Alex Learned, 3, from Huntington, left, her mom

Photo credit: Randee Daddona | Alex Learned, 3, from Huntington, left, her mom Linda and sister Rachel, 6 run through Heckscher Park in Huntington. (Feb. 21, 2012)

Long Island is likely to ride out this winter with one of the lightest snowfall totals in history, according to several meteorologists.

To date, 5.5 inches of snow has fallen -- with spring less than a month away -- and there's no snow in the immediate forecast.

The winter with the least snow was 1997-98, with 4.5 inches, and there have been only five winters since 1947 with less than...

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