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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.

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