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SPRINGFIELD MISCELLANEOUS SNOW RECORDS

 

 

SNOWIEST MONTHS ON RECORD

Rank Amount Month
1 24.4 inches February 1900
2 23.4 inches March 1906
3 22.7 inches December 1973
4 21.6 inches December 1981
5 21.1 inches January 1977
6 (tie) 20.3 inches January 1987
6 (tie) 20.3 inches March 1960
8 19.6 inches March 2013
9 19.3 inches January 1997
10 19.2 inches January 1918

 

GREATEST SNOW DEPTHS

Rank Amount Dates
1 16 inches March 25, 2013
March 8, 1978
Jan. 14-18, 1918
2 15 inches Dec. 19-20, 1973
March 7-9, 1973
Jan. 20-21, 1918
Jan. 11-13, 1918
3 13 inches March 10, 1978
March 16, 1960
Jan. 22-23, 1918
Jan. 27-30, 1918
Jan. 31, 1914
March 20, 1906
4 12 inches Jan. 3, 1999
Feb. 25, 1965

 

MOST SNOW IN 24 HOURS

Rank Amount Date
1 17.4 inches March 24-25, 2013
2 15.0 inches Feb. 28, 1900
3 13.3 inches Jan. 1-2, 1999
4 12.6 inches Jan. 30-31, 1914
5 11.3 inches Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2008
6 11.2 inches Feb. 12-13, 2007
7 10.9 inches Dec. 19, 1973
8 10.7 inches Feb. 12, 1894
9 10.5 inches Dec. 24, 1915
10 10.3 inches Feb. 23-24, 1965

 

DAYS WITH AT LEAST 1" OF SNOW

Rank Most
# of Days
Year
1 19 1960
2 14 1914
3 13 1977
4 (tie) 11 1961, 1964, 1965, 1975, 1980

 

EARLIEST AND LATEST DATES OF FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE SEASON

Rank Earliest Rank Latest
1 Oct. 19, 1989 (0.3") 1 Jan. 4, 1913 (0.5")
2 Oct. 20, 1916 (1.8") 2 Jan. 1, 2021 (0.1")
3 Oct. 23, 1929 (2.4") 3 Dec. 31, 1994 (0.2"
4 (tie) Oct. 27, 1925 (0.2") 4 Dec. 30, 1998 (2.5")
4 (tie) Oct. 27, 1967 (0.1") 5 Dec. 26, 1933 (0.5)"
6 (tie) Oct. 29, 1913 (0.9") 6 (tie) Dec. 24, 2002 (5.1")
6 (tie) Oct. 29, 1917 (0.2") 6 (tie) Dec. 24, 1918 (1.0")
8 (tie) Oct. 30, 1930 (0.3") 8 (tie) Dec. 23, 2017 (0.1")
8 (tie) Oct. 30, 1993 (0.2") 8 (tie) Dec. 23, 1939 (0.2")
10 Oct. 31, 2019 (2.3") 10 Dec. 21, 1946 (0.3")

 



Records began in 1881.