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The 23 inches (58.4 cm) inches of snow that fell on Chicago for 29 hours from the morning of January 26, 1967 is a record for a single storm. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 8 ] [ 10 ] The 19.8 inches (50.3 cm) that fell on January 26–27 was the greatest amount of snow for a 24-hour period, later surpassed by Groundhog Day Blizzard of 2011 with 20.0 inches (50 ...
Winter storms can produce both ice and snow, but are usually more notable in one of these two categories. The "Maximum accumulation" sections reflect the more notable category which is represented in inches of snow unless otherwise stated. Only category 1 and higher storms as defined by their regional snowfall index are included here.
The heaviest calendar day snowfall was 18.6 in (47.2 cm), again at O'Hare, on January 2, 1999. [16] Daily snow depth has amassed as high as 29 in (74 cm) on January 14, 1979; as of 2019, January 1979 alone holds the first 8 of the top 10 daily snow-depth measurements. [16]
Here's how we compiled the list: We pored through 30-year average snowfall statistics of hundreds of locations in the U.S. from 1991 through 2020. We considered only those towns and cities with a ...
Wednesday is the 20th anniversary of the second biggest snowstorm in Chicago history, according to the National Weather Service. Here are the other biggest snowstorms to hit Chicago:
Story at a glance The United States has seen its fair share of heavy snowfall. Official and unofficial records vary, but many states have reported storms dumping feet of snow across regions.
Satellite image of the 1993 Storm of the Century, the highest-ranking NESIS storm Snow drifts from the North American blizzard of 1996 A car almost completely buried in snow following the January 2016 United States blizzard Surface weather analysis of the Great Blizzard of 1888 on March 12 Snowfall from the North American blizzard of 2007 in Vermont
The most recent record setters and the oldest. Six U.S. states have 24-hour snowfall records that were tied or broken this century. Those states include Connecticut (2013), Oklahoma (2011), Kansas ...