TOP TEN SNOWFALLS PER MONTH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
THE TWIN CITIES
TOP TEN GREATEST/LEAST MONTHLY SNOWFALLS
SEPTEMBER OCTOBER
GREATEST MONTHLY GREATEST MONTHLY
1. 1942.............1.7 INCHES 1. 1991.HALLOWEEN..8.2 INCHES
2. 1985.............0.4 " 2. 1905............5.5 "
3. 1961.............0.1 " 3. 1916............4.3 "
4. NUMEROUS OCCURRENCES TRACE 4. 1959............3.7 "
5. 1925............3.3 "
6. 1977............3.0 "
7. 1917............2.6 "
8. 1955............2.5 "
9. 1969............2.4 "
10. 1919/1976.......2.3 INCHES
NOVEMBER...TOP TEN SNOWFALLS
GREATEST MONTHLY LEAST MONTHLY
1. 1991.(ALL-TIME).46.9 INCHES 1. 1928/1939/63/09..TRACE
2. 1983............30.4 " 2. 1916/1973........0.1 INCHES
3. 1940............26.3 " 3. 1904/1907/1908...0.3 "
4. 1985............23.9 " 4. 1914.............0.4 "
5. 1947............21.8 " 5. 1918/1938........0.5 "
6. 1996............16.8 " 6. 1913.............0.6 "
7. 1921............16.6 " 7. 1931.............0.7 "
8. 1978............16.5 " 8. 1894/1922/1967...0.8 "
9. 1975............16.2 " 9. 1917/1942/1980...0.9 "
10. 1988............15.8 INCHES 10. 1899/1912........1.0 INCHES
DECEMBER...TOP TEN SNOWFALLS
GREATEST MONTHLY LEAST MONTHLY
1. 2010............33.6 INCHES 1. 1913/1943........TRACE
2. 1969............33.2 " 2. 1895.............0.6 INCHES
3. 2000............30.2 " 3. 1930.............0.7 "
4. 1968............28.7 " 4. 1944.............1.1 "
5. 1950............25.0 " 5. 1965.............1.2 "
6. 1902............24.0 " 6. 1897/1898........1.5 "
7. 1996............23.7 " 7. 1922/1960/1979...1.7 "
8. 1927............22.8 " 8. 1899/1905........1.9 "
9. 1983............21.0 " 9. 1956.............2.1 "
10. 2009............20.9 INCHES 10. 1957.............2.2 INCHES
JANUARY...TOP TEN SNOWFALLS
GREATEST MONTHLY LEAST MONTHLY
1. 1982............46.4 INCHES 1. 1892/1898........0.6 INCHES
2. 1967............35.3 " 2. 1931.............0.9 "
3. 1999............33.1 " 3. 1944.............1.0 "
4. 1917............28.8 " 4. 1990.............1.1 "
5. 1975............27.4 " 5. 1959.............1.4 "
6. 1916............23.9 " 6. 1942.............1.7 "
7. 1969............21.6 " 7. 1958.............2.4 "
8. 1998............20.4 " 8. 1974.............2.5 "
9. 1971............19.9 " 9. 1928/1983........3.2 "
10. 1988............19.5 INCHES 10. 1941.............2.3 INCHES
FEBRUARY...TOP TEN SNOWFALLS
GREATEST MONTHLY LEAST MONTHLY
1. 1962............26.5 INCHES 1. 1894.............0.3 INCHES
2. 1909............24.2 " 2. 1935.............0.8 "
3. 1967............23.7 " 3. 1954/1964........1.0 "
4. 1936............19.7 " 4. 1958/1987........1.2 "
5. 2004............19.7 " 5. 1977.............1.8 "
6. 1893............17.8 " 6. 1947.............1.9 "
7. 1989............17.3 " 7. 1927/1934/1995...2.1 "
8. 2001............16.5 " 8. 1896/1968........2.2 "
9. 1974............15.7 " 9. 1956.............2.4 "
10. 1945............15.4 INCHES 10. 1903.............2.6 INCHES
MARCH...TOP TEN SNOWFALLS
GREATEST MONTHLY LEAST MONTHLY
1. 1951............40.0 INCHES 1. 2010.............0.0 INCHES
2. 1965............37.1 " 2. 1981.............0.1 "
3. 1985............36.8 " 3. 1925.............0.3 "
4. 1917............29.9 " 4. 1895/1931/1973. 0.4 "
5. 1940............25.6 " 5. 1945.............0.7 "
6. 1952............25.4 " 6. 1968.............0.8 "
7. 1899............23.6 " 7. 1910.............0.9 "
8. 1989............22.7 " 8. 1905/1921........1.0 "
9. 1962............21.8 " 9. 1922.............1.4 "
10. 1901............19.1 INCHES 10. 1902/1919/46/09..1.5 INCHES
APRIL...TOP TEN SNOWFALLS
GREATEST MONTHLY LEAST MONTHLY
1. 1983............21.8 INCHES 1. 1976.LAST OF MANY. ZERO
2. 2002............20.2 " 2. 1987.LAST OF MANY..TRACE
3. 1928............16.9 " 3. 1921/1946........0.1 INCH
4. 1893/1907.......13.0 " 4. 1954/1967........0.2 "
5. 1908............11.7 " 5. 1944/48/69.......0.3 "
6. 1923............11.0 " 6. 1934/66/68/86....0.4 "
7. 1984.............9.8 " 7. 1897/1912/17.....0.5 "
8. 1957.............9.6 " 8. 1952.............0.6 "
9. 1949.............9.3 " 9. 1953/1979........0.7 "
10. 1929.............9.2 INCHES 10. 1902/1989........0.8 INCH
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MAY...TOP TEN SNOWFALLS
GREATEST MONTHLY LEAST MONTHLY
1. 1892/1935/1946..3.0 INCHES 1. 2002...TO NUMEROUS...ZERO
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JUNE..JULY..AND AUGUST NO SNOWFALL FROM 1891 TO 2001
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