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Chicagoland Snow Totals 2/1/11-2/2/11

Feb 05, 2011
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STORM SUMMARY 2-1&2-11

A MONSTER STORM SYSTEM PRODUCE A BLIZZARD FOR THE LOCAL AREA STARTING 2-4 PM ON 2-1 AND ENDED 8-11AM ON 2-2-11. THIS STORM BROUGHT WINTERY WEATHER FROM NEW MEXICO TO NEW ENGLAND. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER SNOW AT TIMES ALONG WITH WINDS THAT GUSTED 40-60 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS PRODUCED WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES WHICH FORCED ROAD CREWS OFF OF THE STREETS FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT TIME HOURS. THERE WERE MANY ROAD CLOSURES AND WINDS PRODUCED SNOW DRIFTS UP TO 8 FEET. THIS WAS ONLY THE THIRD TIME GOING BACK TO THE 1800S THAT STORM TOTALS REACHED 20 INCHES IN CHICAGO. BECAUSE THE WINDS WERE SO STRONG WITH THIS SYSTEM, IT WAS HARD TO GET REAL ACCURATE SNOW TOTALS. SOME SURFACES WERE ALMOST BLOWN CLEAN AND OTHER SURFACES HAD THE 6-8FT DRIFTS. THE THUNDER SNOW ALSO PRODUCED A LOT OF VARIABILITY OF SNOWFALL FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER WITHIN THE INDIVIDUAL TOWNS, CITIES AND VILLAGES. AVERAGE AMOUNTS THERE BETWEEN 15-20 INCHES. OBVIOUSLY PLOWING WAS NEEDED TO CLEAR SURFACES. THE OFFICIAL SNOWFALL TOTAL WAS 20.2 INCHES, ROCKFORD AIRPORT 14.3 INCHES, MDW 20.9 INCHES AND 16.4 INCHES ROMEOVILLE.

SNOW TOTALS:

ORD 20.2
RFD 14.3
MDW 20.9
ROMEOVILLE 16.4
ELK GROVE VLG 22
St. Charles 20
Worth 18.1
Peotone 16.1
Spring Grove 20.8
Antioch 20
Beach Park 20
Ottawa 20
Marseilles 20
Hoffman Estates 19
Park forest 20
Westmont 19
North Aurora 19
Naperville 19
DKB 15.7
Addison 22.5
Lombard 19
Carol Stream 19
Woodstock 21.1
Inverness 21.3
Waukegan 20.2
Plainfield 20
Palatine 18
Oak Park 19
Cortland 14.6
Chicago Ridge 17.4
Bridgeview 19
Batavia 14.4
Park Forest 20
Lincolnwood 20
North Aurora 19
Elburn 18.5
Geneva 15.6
Orland Hills 18
Lisle 17
Yorkville 10.5
Bartlett 17.5
Huntley 14
La Grange Park 19
Roselle 18
Sugar Grove 15.5
Melrose Park 16.3
Montgomery 17
Alsip 19
Joliet 18
New Lenox 15.4
Homewood 15.7
Manhattan 12.5
Barrington 18
Botanic Gardens 11.1
Elgin 18
Genoa 17.1
Lansing 18
Mundelein 19.2
Oak Brook 18.9
Streamwood 16.5
Yorkville 14
Lake Zurich 17.8
Wauconda 17
Winfield 16.5
Montgomery 15
Wheaton 18
New Lenox 14.5
Aurora 16
Lemont 17
Bolingbrook 17
Schererville 20.2
Lilly Lake 17
Wonder Lake 20
Riverwoods 19
Mt. Prospect 20.2
Arlington Hts. 20
Northbrook 20.3
Waukegan 20.9
Crystal Lake 20
Libertyville 20
Woodridge 18
Oswego 18
Grayslake 21
Beach Park 22.5
Highland 23.9
Westchester 22
Downers Grove 21.1
Willowbrook 20.1
Mendota 20.1
Park Forest 20
Antioch 20
Hoffman Estates 19.5
Lake Zurich 19.5
Worth 18.1