Rochester Snowfall Records

Highest Snowfall Totals for Months
October   November   December   January
1. 7.9" 2009   1. 22.5" 1985   1. 35.3" 2000   1. 30.2" 1996
2. 6.6" 1929   2. 20.3" 1991   2. 30.6" 1969   2. 29.4" 1999
3. 5.5" 1917   3. 18.0" 1886   3. 28.6" 2008   3. 27.3" 1982
4. 5.4" 1979   4. 17.1" 1996   4. 21.4" 1950   4. 27.0" 1932
5. 4.5" 1991   5. 16.3" 1911   5. 20.8" 1990   5. 24.4" 1979
6. 4.0" 1930   6. 14.6" 1952   6. 20.7" 1968   6. 23.0" 1910
7. 2.9" 1976   7. 14.0" 1983   7. 18.8" 1977   7. 21.8" 1994
8. 2.6" 1989                  1934   8. 18.5" 1887   8. 21.0" 1917
9. 2.3"       1995   9. 13.0" 1909   9. 18.3"  1961   9. 19.3" 2000
10. 2.2" 1981   10. 12.6" 1947       1940   10. 18.2" 1988
February   March   April   May
1. 19.4" 1959   1. 35.1" 1951   1. 16.4" 1983   1. 2.0" 1944
2. 19.1" 1962   2. 25.2" 1985   2. 15.6" 1988   2. 1.0" 1893
3. 18.6" 2004   3. 23.0" 2005   3. 12.9" 1962   3. 0.7" 1954
4. 18.4" 1945   4. 19.5" 1944   4. 12.5" 1945   4. 0.3" 1967
5. 17.8" 1893   5. 18.9" 1961   5. 11.5" 1952   5. 0.2" 1989
6. 16.1" 1981   6. 18.8" 1956   6. 10.9" 1980       1976
7. 16.0" 1971   7. 18.5" 1952   7. 10.4" 1973       1973
8. 15.9" 1983   8. 18.4" 1940   8. 10.0" 1922       1966
9. 15.3" 1994   9. 16.5" 1888   9. 9.3" 1993        
10. 15.0" 1887   10. 16.2" 1962   10. 9.0" 1887   .    
            1934                


Lowest Snowfall Totals for Months
December   January   February   March
1. trace 1943   1. 0.8" 2006   1. none 1920   1. trace 1981
    1913   2. 1.7" 1961   2. 0.2" 1954       1910
3. 0.7" 1979   3. 1.8" 1920   3. 0.6" 1958   3. 0.4" 1968
    1967   4. 2.0" 1957   4. 0.7" 1912   4. 0.5" 1990
5. 0.9" 1965       1920   5. 0.8" 1964   5. 1.2" 2009
6. 1.9" 1975   6. 2.1" 1974       1910       1986
7. 2.0" 1960       1958   7. 1.4" 1995   7. 1.3" 1946
    1929   8. 2.2" 1944   8. 1.6" 1976   8. 1.5" 1973
9. 2.2" 2001   9. 2.3" 1948   9. 1.8" 1977   9.  2.0"  1921
10. 2.5" 1922   10. 2.5" 1962   10. 1.9" 1996       1911
    1886                        


Highest Snowfall for One Month Record One-Day Snowfall
1. 35.3" December 2000 1. 19.8" March 18, 2005
2. 35.1" March 1951 2. 15.4" January 22, 1982
3. 30.6" December 1969 3. 13.0" April 26, 1988
4. 30.2" January 1996 4. 10.8" March 10, 1956
5. 29.4" January 1999 5. 10.6" November 25, 1952
6. 28.6" December 2008 6. 10.5" November 10, 2006
7. 27.3" January 1982     March 13, 1997
8. 27.0" January 1932 8. 10.3" December 25, 1955
9. 25.2" March 1985 9. 10.2" March 22, 1952
10. 24.4" January 1979 10. 9.7" November 18, 1957
                      



Seasonal Snowfall
Highest   Lowest
1. 84.6" 1996-97   1. 9.1" 1967-68
2. 77.5" 1950-51   2. 10.5" 1913-14
3. 74.5" 1961-62   3. 17.5" 1924-25
4. 73.6" 1951-52   4. 19.4" 1930-31
5. 73.3" 1978-79   5. 20.5" 1910-11
6. 68.6" 1984-85   6. 21.2" 1919-20
7. 68.0" 1881-82   7. 21.6" 1957-58
8. 66.3" 1887-88   8. 24.4" 1956-57
9. 66.0" 1983-84   9. 24.6" 1937-38
10. 65.6" 2000-01   10. 24.8" 1953-54

Seasonal snowfall is measured from July through June.



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