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Record April Snowstorms

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Wunderground.com - 4/5/13, Christopher C. Burt

 

 

Earlier this week Syracuse, New York reported a 10.5” snow accumulation on Tuesday April 2nd. This was said to be its greatest calendar-day accumulation on record for the month of April (although this was based on a POR that began in just 1950). The previous record was 7.1” on April 4, 1971. I thought I’d take a look at other record April snow events that have occurred in the past.

The fact is that the greatest snowfalls ever experienced on earth have occurred during the month of April. For portions of the High Plains, Rocky Mountains, and Sierra Nevada April often produces the heaviest accumulating snowstorms. Here are some examples.

World Record 24-hour Snowfall at Silver Lake, Colorado

The greatest 24-hour snowfall officially measured in the world was the 75.8” that fell at Silver Lake, Colorado (in the mountains just west of Boulder) on April 14-15, 1921. The storm total was an amazing 95.0” over a 32½-hour period.

 

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Amarillo, Texas hit by 2nd Biggest 24-hour Snowstorm on Record

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wunderground.com-2/25/13, Christopher C. Burt

 


Blizzard conditions raged in and around Amarillo, Texas this morning (February 25) depositing 19.0” of snow with drifts of 4-6’. Photo by Michael Schumacher, The Amarillo Globe News.

 

Wichita is forecast to pick up 8-10” additional accumulation through Monday night. Should this verify, it will make for February being the single snowiest month in Wichita records (which go back to 1888). Wichita’s snowiest month on record was 20.5” that fell during February 1913. So far this month the 14.2” from last week’s storm has comprised their monthly total, so an additional 6.4” needs to fall today and Tuesday to break the monthly record. Wichita’s greatest single snowstorm on record brought 15.0” on January 17-18, 1962. Its 24-hour record (which still stands) is 13.5” on March 15-16, 1970. During last week’s storm the peak snowfall amount reported in Kansas was 22” at Russell. This was well short of the Kansas state record for a single snowstorm of 37.0” set at Olathe on March 23-24, 1912. The state 24-hour snowfall record is 30.0” at Pratt on March 28, 2009.

 

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