10 inch Snowfall Climate Data

With snowfall totals from the storm moving into the area tonight forecast from 8 to 12 inches across much of northeast and north central Illinois by Friday afternoon...here is a quick look at the dates of some of our previous 10 inch snowfalls.

Chicago
Snowfall of 10 inches or More
for the Calendar Day

January 2, 1999 18.6 inches
January 13, 1979 16.5 inches
January 26, 1967 16.4 inches
January 30, 1939 14.9 inches
January 6, 1918 14.4 inches
March 25, 1930 13.6 inches
February 18, 1908 11.5 inches
March 2, 1954 11.5 inches
February 28, 1900 11.3 inches
December 12, 1903 11.3 inches
February 18, 2000 11.1 inches
February 3, 1896 11.0 inches
December 20, 1960 11.0 inches
March 7, 1931 10.9 inches
December 10, 1934 10.9 inches
February 3, 1901 10.8 inches
December 23, 1961 10.2 inches
December 27, 1894 10.1 inches
December 14, 1951 10.0 inches

Rockford
Snowfall of 10 inches or More
for the Calendar Day

March 31, 1926 13.5 inches
March 2, 1948 13.0 inches
February 6, 1911 11.5 inches
March 21, 1932 11.0 inches
December 1, 2006 10.7 inches
December 12, 1987 10.6 inches
March 29, 1972 10.4 inches
January 9, 1930 10.0 inches

As you can see from the information above, the last storm in December to have 10 inches or more at Chicago was December 23, 1961 with 10.2 inches.  At Rockford, it was more recent being December 1, 2006 with 10.7 inches.

 

 



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