Monthly Snowfall Records for Springfield

January
Rank Most Snowfall Year Least Snowfall Year
1 21.1 inches 1977 Trace 1933, 1944,
1954
2 20.3 inches 1987 0.1 inches 1900
3 19.3 inches 1997 0.2 inches 1932, 1934,
1935, 1986
4 19.2 inches 1918 0.3 inches 1989
5 16.2 inches 1939 0.4 inches 1931, 1966, 1988
6 16.1 inches 1999 0.5 inches 1896
7 15.9 inches 1979 0.6 inches 1917, 1973, 1990
8 14.5 inches 1914 0.7 inches 1950
9 13.1 inches 1936 0.8 inches 1913
10 13.0 inches 1968 0.9 inches 1919, 1953, 2006

 

February
Rank Most Snowfall Year Least Snowfall Year
1 24.4 inches 1900 Zero 1998
2 18.4 inches 1914 Trace 1935, 1957,
1987, 1997
3 17.2 inches 1908 0.1 inches 1931
4 16.0 inches 1993 0.2 inches 1953
5 15.3 inches 1903 0.3 inches 1920, 1927,
2000
6 15.1 inches 1986 0.4 inches 1887, 1922
7 14.9 inches 1960 0.5 inches 1990
8 14.2 inches 1965, 1975 0.6 inches 1918, 1943
9 13.7 inches 1989 0.7 inches 1921, 1954
10 13.6 inches 1964 0.8 inches 1991

 

March
Rank Most Snowfall Year Least Snowfall Year
1 23.4 inches 1906 Zero 1908, 1938, 1987
2 20.3 inches 1960 Trace Many years, most
recent in 1997
3 18.5 inches 1978 0.2 inches Many years, most
recent in 2007
4 15.7 inches 1934 0.3 inches Many years, most
recent in 2005
5 15.1 inches 1931 0.4 inches 1897, 1927, 2001
6 12.9 inches 1926 0.6 inches 1894, 1977,
1981, 1986
7 11.1 inches 1965 0.7 inches 1928, 1961,
1971, 1982
8 11.0 inches 1912 0.8 inches 1901
9 10.7 inches 1947 0.9 inches 1959, 1994
10 9.2 inches 1953 1.2 inches Many years, most
recent in 1990

 

April
Rank Most Snowfall Year
1 8.2 inches 1920
2 7.3 inches 1980
3 4.9 inches 1957
4 4.6 inches 1982
5 3.8 inches 1899, 1971
6 3.6 inches 1910
7 2.7 inches 1994
8 1.9 inches 1949, 1951
9 1.8 inches 1961
10 1.6 inches 1935, 1953


May:   Most snowfall 0.6 inches in 1929.  2nd most 0.2 inches in 1940.  Trace values 7 years,
most recently in 1990.

June, July, August:   No snowfall recorded.

September:  A trace of snow was recorded in 1942.

October
Rank Most Snowfall Year
1 2.8 inches 1925
2 2.4 inches 1930
3 1.8 inches 1916
4 0.9 inches 1913
5 0.3 inches 1930, 1989
6 0.2 inches 1917, 1993
7 0.1 inches 1967
8 Trace Many years

 

November
Rank Most Snowfall Year
1 9.2 inches 1951
2 8.5 inches 1975
3 8.4 inches 1926
4 7.6 inches 1932
5 6.8 inches 1974
6 6.4 inches 1977
7 6.1 inches 2004
8 5.5 inches 1961
9 5.4 inches 1972
10 5.1 inches 1895, 1941

 

December
Rank Most Snowfall Year Least Snowfall Year
1 22.7 inches 1973 Zero 1889
2 21.6 inches 1981 Trace Many years
3 16.2 inches 1983 0.1 inches 1979
4 14.5 inches 1944, 2005 0.2 inches 1910,
1928, 1994
5 13.4 inches 1915 0.4 inches 1949
6 13.1 inches 1909 0.5 inches 1933, 1938,
1991
7 11.7 inches 1943 0.6 inches 1930
8 11.0 inches 2007 0.7 inches 1946, 1984
9 10.7 inches 1945 0.8 inches 1919, 1923,
1947
10 10.5 inches 1929 0.9 inches 1970, 1982

 

Monthly Record Summary
Month Most Snowfall Year Least Snowfall Year
January 21.1 inches 1977 Trace 1933, 1944, 1954
February 24.4 inches 1900 Zero 1998
March 23.4 inches 1906 Zero 1908, 1938, 1987
April 8.2 inches 1920 Zero Many years
May 0.6 inches 1929 Zero Many years
September Trace 1942 Zero Many years
October 2.8 inches 1926 Zero Many years
November 9.2 inches 1951 Zero Many years
December 22.7 inches 1973 Zero 1889

RECORDS BEGAN 1881

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