COLUMBIA, MO ANNUAL SNOWFALL 1890-CURRENT
ANNUAL TOTAL SNOWIEST   LEAST SNOWIEST
YEAR TOTAL YEAR TOTAL rank YEAR TOTAL
1890 27.3 1960 49.4 1 2001 2.9
1891 11.6 1978 44.7 2 1923 4.9
1892 17.0 1906 44.6 3 1935 5.7
1893 7.3 1977 41.0 4 1933 5.8
1894 12.9 1980 38.4 5 1946 6.4
1895 32.7 1987 38.3 6 1893 7.3
1896 19.4 1947 37.3 7 1998 8.4
1897 14.6 1958 35.9 8 1986 8.5
1898 13.8 1979 35.5 9 1994 8.6
1899 35.0 1995 35.3 10 1950 8.6
1900 26.2 1975 35.1 11 1928 8.6
1901 17.3 1899 35.0 12 2004 8.8
1902 16.9 1912 33.0 13 1992 9.4
1903 24.7 1924 32.8 14 1917 9.8
1904 23.7 1895 32.7 15 1922 10.1
1905 27.9 1989 32.5 16 1959 10.7
1906 44.6 1965 32.1 17 1919 10.8
1907 18.6 1993 31.8 18 1941 11.0
1908 25.3 1973 31.5 19 1910 11.5
1909 27.1 1915 30.7 20 1957 11.6
1910 11.5 1911 30.2 21 1891 11.6
1911 30.2 1945 29.6 22 1955 11.7
1912 33.0 1934 28.5 23 1963 11.9
1913 22.0 1951 28.3 24 1999 12.2
1914 28.0 1914 28.0 25 1968 12.5
1915 30.7 1905 27.9 26 1954 12.6
1916 20.1 1890 27.3 27 1996 12.7
1917 9.8 1909 27.1 28 1949 12.7
1918 19.7 1974 26.9 29 1894 12.9
1919 10.8 1937 26.9 30 1921 13.1
1920 18.2 1900 26.2 31 1966 13.7
1921 13.1 1997 25.6 32 1898 13.8
1922 10.1 1908 25.3 33 1991 14.4
1923 4.9 1985 25.1 34 1967 14.5
1924 32.8 1903 24.7 35 1897 14.6
1925 20.5 1948 24.3 36 1929 14.7
1926 22.5 1984 23.8 37 1953 14.8
1927 21.6 1969 23.8 38 2002 15.0
1928 8.6 1943 23.8 39 1970 15.4
1929 14.7 1904 23.7 40 1930 15.9
1930 15.9 1964 23.4 41 1936 16.3
1931 17.2 1962 22.9 42 1983 16.6
1932 17.6 1976 22.7 43 1971 16.7
1933 5.8 1939 22.7 44 1902 16.9
1934 28.5 1926 22.5 45 1892 17.0
1935 5.7 2000 22.4 46 1931 17.2
1936 16.3 1990 22.1 47 1901 17.3
1937 26.9 1913 22.0 48 1952 17.4
1938 19.3 1988 21.8 49 1932 17.6
1939 22.7 1982 21.7 50 1920 18.2
1940 20.2 1927 21.6 51 1907 18.6
1941 11.0 1961 21.2 52 1938 19.3
1942 20.9 1972 21.0 53 1896 19.4
1943 23.8 1942 20.9 54 1918 19.7
1944 20.7 2003 20.7 55 1916 20.1
1945 29.6 1944 20.7 56 1940 20.2
1946 6.4 1981 20.6 57 1956 20.5
1947 37.3 1956 20.5 58 1925 20.5
1948 24.3 1925 20.5 59 1981 20.6
1949 12.7 1940 20.2 60 2003 20.7
1950 8.6 1916 20.1 61 1944 20.7
1951 28.3 1918 19.7 62 1942 20.9
1952 17.4 1896 19.4 63 1972 21.0
1953 14.8 1938 19.3 64 1961 21.2
1954 12.6 1907 18.6 65 1927 21.6
1955 11.7 1920 18.2 66 1982 21.7
1956 20.5 1932 17.6 67 1988 21.8
1957 11.6 1952 17.4 68 1913 22.0
1958 35.9 1901 17.3 69 1990 22.1
1959 10.7 1931 17.2 70 2000 22.4
1960 49.4 1892 17.0 71 1926 22.5
1961 21.2 1902 16.9 72 1976 22.7
1962 22.9 1971 16.7 73 1939 22.7
1963 11.9 1983 16.6 74 1962 22.9
1964 23.4 1936 16.3 75 1964 23.4
1965 32.1 1930 15.9 76 1904 23.7
1966 13.7 1970 15.4 77 1984 23.8
1967 14.5 2002 15.0 78 1969 23.8
1968 12.5 1953 14.8 79 1943 23.8
1969 23.8 1929 14.7 80 1948 24.3
1970 15.4 1897 14.6 81 1903 24.7
1971 16.7 1967 14.5 82 1985 25.1
1972 21.0 1991 14.4 83 1908 25.3
1973 31.5 1898 13.8 84 1997 25.6
1974 26.9 1966 13.7 85 1900 26.2
1975 35.1 1921 13.1 86 1974 26.9
1976 22.7 1894 12.9 87 1937 26.9
1977 41.0 1996 12.7 88 1909 27.1
1978 44.7 1949 12.7 89 1890 27.3
1979 35.5 1954 12.6 90 1905 27.9
1980 38.4 1968 12.5 91 1914 28.0
1981 20.6 1999 12.2 92 1951 28.3
1982 21.7 1963 11.9 93 1934 28.5
1983 16.6 1955 11.7 94 1945 29.6
1984 23.8 1957 11.6 95 1911 30.2
1985 25.1 1891 11.6 96 1915 30.7
1986 8.5 1910 11.5 97 1973 31.5
1987 38.3 1941 11.0 98 1993 31.8
1988 21.8 1919 10.8 99 1965 32.1
1989 32.5 1959 10.7 100 1989 32.5
1990 22.1 1922 10.1 101 1895 32.7
1991 14.4 1917 9.8 102 1924 32.8
1992 9.4 1992 9.4 103 1912 33.0
1993 31.8 2004 8.8 104 1899 35.0
1994 8.6 1994 8.6 105 1975 35.1
1995 35.3 1950 8.6 106 1995 35.3
1996 12.7 1928 8.6 107 1979 35.5
1997 25.6 1986 8.5 108 1958 35.9
1998 8.4 1998 8.4 109 1947 37.3
1999 12.2 1893 7.3 110 1987 38.3
2000 22.4 1946 6.4 111 1980 38.4
2001 2.9 1933 5.8 112 1977 41.0
2002 15.0 1935 5.7 113 1906 44.6
2003 20.7 1923 4.9 114 1978 44.7
2004 8.8 2001 2.9 115 1960 49.4
Average snowfall for the period of record: 20.8

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