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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