National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

From February 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009, only 4.2 inches of snow fell during this 13-month period at the Dodge City Regional Airport.  This is the least amount of snowfall for a February to February 13-month period dating all the way back to 1885 when snowfall records first began.  The normal for this time period is 26 inches, and that puts Dodge City at 21.8 inches below normal!  The top-ten lowest amount of snowfall for similar 13-month (February-February) periods are:

4.2     2008-2009

5.6     2005-2006

6.1     1962-1963

6.7     1930-1931

7.6     1988-1989

7.9     1954-1955

8.4     1950-1951

8.5     1967-1968

8.6     1932-1933

8.9     1991-1992