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             Record Snowfall Data
 
        HIGHEST SNOWFALL FOR MONTHS

            Sep            Oct            Nov            Dec           Jan
            1. 15.3 2020   1. 20.3 1969   1. 20.0 1940   1. 27.7 1967   1. 21.9 2017
            2. 10.0 1936   2. 15.1 1991   2. 19.8 1972   2. 27.0 1964   2. 19.0 2019
            3.  4.2 1961   3. 14.3 1972   3. 18.1 2013   3. 13.6 1943   3. 15.8 1939
            4.  2.2 1959   4. 14.2 1970   4. 16.5 1957   4. 13.2 2007   4. 13.9 2005
            Feb             Mar             Apr             May
            1. 16.0 1963    1. 29.2 1973    1. 17.0 1938    1. 13.5 1978
            2. 15.9 2015    2. 19.1 1970    2. 15.2 2016    2. 12.2 1973
            3. 14.6 1997    3. 16.2 1992    3. 14.5 1947    3.  8.0 1935
            4. 14.0 2004    4. 16.1 1962       14.2 1957    4.  7.4 1971
            .                           4.      1961           .
          RECORD ONE-MONTH SNOWFALL         RECORD ONE-DAY SNOWFALL
            1.  29.2   Mar 1973            1.  15.8   Dec 13, 1967
            2.  27.7   Dec 1967            2.  15.0   Apr 15, 1938
            3.  27.0   Dec 1964            3.  14.7   Dec  3, 1964
            4.  20.3   Oct 1969            4.  13.7   Mar 30, 1962
            5.  20.0   Nov 1940            5.  13.1   Oct 30, 1991
            6.  19.8   Nov 1972            6.  12.0   Mar  4, 1992
            7.  19.1   Mar 1970            7.  11.4   Mar 27, 1973
            8.  18.1   Nov 2013            8.  10.9   Oct 31, 1972
            9.  17.0   Apr 1938            9.  10.7   Oct 29, 1961
           10.  16.5   Nov 1957           10.  10.5   Oct 11, 1969
.                                                      Dec  9, 1943.
GREATEST AMOUNT IN 24 HOURS:  Dec 13, 1967 15.8 inches
            .  EARLIEST SNOWFALL:  Sept 8, 2020  8.8 inches     
            .    LATEST SNOWFALL:  Jun 13, 1983  0.2 inches     
            . LATEST 1st SNOWFALL:  Dec 23, 1939  0.7 inches     .
          LOWEST SEASONAL SNOWFALL         HIGHEST SEASONAL SNOWFALL
            1.   9.1   2017-18                1.  97.5   1972-73
            2.   9.5   1949-50                2.  65.8   1964-65
            3.  10.1   1980-81                3.  60.7   1969-70
            4.  10.5   1999-2000              4.  55.1   1961-62
            5.  10.5   2010-11                5.  54.9   2018-19
            6.  11.2   1942-43                6.  54.3   1991-92
            7.  12.6   1995-96                7.  53.7   1940-41
            8.  13.6   1934-35                8.  50.6   1960-61
            9.  14.1   2002-03                9.  50.1   1959-60
            10.  14.5   1988-89               10.  49.8   1967-68.
Seasonal snowfall is from July through June.
Snowfall amounts are recorded in inches, and
include sleet and hail as of Jan. 1 1949.
LOWEST SNOWFALL FOR MONTHS
November
            1. 0.0   :  (19)32, 36               .   
                   2. Trace :  (19)39, 41, 42, 44, 49, 50, 89, 99, 
     (20)10, 12
            3. 0.1   :  (19)80                   .   
December
            1. Trace :  (19)35, 80, 96
            2. 0.2   :  (19)46       .
            3. 0.3   :  (19)57       .
January
            1. Trace :  (19)35, 81, 98
            2. 0.1   :  (20)03, 12   .
            3. 0.3   :  (19)55       .
February
            1. Trace :  (19)46, 54, 99, (20)09
            2. 0.3   :  (19)96, (20)06        
            3. 0.5   :  (19)32               .
March
            1. Trace :  (19)33, 34     
            2. 0.2   :  (19)55, (20)11.
            3. 0.3   :  (19)54, (20)20.
 
Number of days with more than a trace of snow (Oct-May)... 2035
Climatological chance for measurable snow.......... 9%
**Days through May 30, 2022 - based on 21871 days
Records are from April 1932 to present.