How Many Inches Of Snow

Daily snow observations from ghcn stations are available using the pulldown menus below to select the state, month, and year of interest for either snowfall or snow depth data. When the water equivalent of snow cannot be accurately measured by melting, weighing, or core sampling; On january 25, near-record snowfall was reported across portions of colorado and kansas.

Up to 27 inches of snow was reported at mt. Sunflower, kansas, which was just 3 inches shy of the state 24. Lots and lots of snow during the height of the storm, snowfall rates of 2–3 inches per hour occurred.

In early december, record 24-hour snowfalls in buffalo, ny of 38 inches and in sault ste. Marie, mi of 28 inches on december 9-10 were due to lake-effect snowstorms. Nov 22, 2017during the storm, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, received 30.2 inches of snow, and both erie, pennsylvania, and youngstown, ohio, received more than 28 inches.

Halloween 1991 was no treat for many residents in iowa and minnesota who were buried under several feet of snow and up to 3 inches of ice. Of the stations reporting precipitation, more than 1,600 have adequate observations to report snowfall and snow depth normals.