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SPRINGFIELD MISCELLANEOUS SNOW RECORDS

**GREATEST SNOW DEPTHS**
Rank	Amount	Dates
1	16 inches	March 8-9, 1978 Jan. 14-18, 1918
2	15 inches	Dec. 19-20, 1973 March 7-9, 1973 Jan. 20-21, 1918 Jan. 11-13, 1918
3	13 inches	March 10, 1978 March 16, 1960 Jan. 22-23, 1918 Jan. 27-30, 1918 Jan. 31, 1914 March 20, 1906
4	12 inches	Jan. 3, 1999 Feb. 25, 1965

**MOST SNOW IN 24 HOURS**
Rank	Amount	Date
1	15.0 inches	Feb. 28, 1900
2	13.3 inches	Jan. 1-2, 1999
3	12.6 inches	Jan. 30-31, 1914
4	11.3 inches	Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2008
5	11.2 inches	Feb. 12-13, 2007
6	10.9 inches	Dec. 19, 1973
7	10.7 inches	Feb. 12, 1894
8	10.5 inches	Dec. 24, 1915
9	10.3 inches	Feb. 23-24, 1965
10	9.4 inches	March 19-20, 1906

**DAYS WITH AT LEAST 1" SNOW**
Rank	Most # of Days	Year	Least # of Days	Year
1	19	1960	1	1949, 2001
2	13	1977	2	1946
3	12	1951	3	1958, 1986
4	11	1961, 1964, 1965, 1975, 1980	4	1953, 1987, 1988, 1992
5	10	1978, 1979	5	1990, 1991, 1998

Records began in 1881.

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