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Seasonal Snowfall Records for Springfield

**SNOWIEST WINTERS**
Rank	Amount	Season
1	52.1	1977-78
2	50.4	1981-82
3	43.1	1883-84
4	43.0	1913-14
5	42.1	1959-60
6	41.9	1882-83
7	41.4	1973-74
8	40.5	1884-85
9	40.4	1964-65
10	40.2	1961-62

**LEAST SNOWIEST WINTERS**
Rank	Amount	Season
1	5.8	1953-54
2	6.2	1916-17
3	6.8	1937-38
4	8.1	1910-11
5	8.4	1949-50
6	8.5	1948-49
7	8.6	1931-32
8	8.9	1922-23, 1928-29
9	9.3	1989-90
10	9.5	1897-98

**LEAST SNOWIEST PERIODS**
Rank	Sep 1 - Jan 31	Sep 1 - Feb 29	Sep 1 - Mar 31	Sep 1 - Apr 30
1	0.7 (1933-34)	1.5 (1930-31)	5.7 (1915-16)	5.8 (1953-54)
2	0.8 (1912-13)	3.8 (1953-54)	5.8 (1953-54)	6.2 (1916-17)
3	1.1 (1910-11)	4.8 (1982-83)	6.7 (1937-38)	6.8 (1937-38)
4	1.3 (1949-50)	5.1 (1949-50)	8.1 (1910-11)	8.1 (1910-11)
5	1.4 (1930-31)	5.4 (1916-17)	8.4 (1949-50)	8.4 (1949-50)

**MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS**
Event	Amount	Date
Earliest snowfall	Trace	Sep. 19, 1918
Latest snowfall	Trace	May 2, 1966
Most 24-hour snowfall	15.0 inches	Feb. 28, 1900

Records began in 1879.

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