![]() Parts of the Chicago area saw well over a foot of snow Monday night into Tuesday, with some snowfall totals reaching as high as 18 inches, as the latest round of winter weather blanketed the region. The National Weather service provided snowfall totals across the Chicago area Friday afternoon, collected from 'a variety of sources with varying equipment. Here's how much snow has fallen in the past five seasons: Here are the Top 10 Chicago snowfalls of all time, according to the National Weather Service: For latest snow totals in your area, click here. ![]() Plenty more snow fell across the region in other parts of the Chicago area. ![]() That seasonal snowfall puts us between the 1893-1894 season (44.4 inches) and the 1896-1897 season (45.0 inches) to rank 38th among snowiest seasons. That includes 7.5 inches from this week's storm alone. Totals are measured at O'Hare International Airport. So is this the snowiest winter Chicago has ever had? Not quite.Īs of Tuesday morning, Chicago clocked 44.8 inches of snow so far for the season, according to NBC 5 meteorologist Paul Deanno. Comparatively, in the previous 122 days, we saw 8.6 inches. Typically the city averages 36 inches of snow for an entire season. In the last 22 days, 36.2 inches of snow fell on Chicago. After the latest snowstorm, the city has seen a winter’s worth of snow in the past three weeks alone. Snowstorm of 1978 Snowstorm of 2009 Snowstorm of 2011 First and foremost. If February in Chicago feels particularly snowy, you're right. The snowfall totals are annual averages based on weather data collected from. CHICAGO (CBS) If Midway Airport was the official location for Chicagos snowfall totals, this latest storm would easily crack the top 10.
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