Snowfall and Snow Depth Totals for Chicago Area Following Ground Hog Day Blizzard 2011

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SNOW-STUNNED: Stranded motorists, firefighters on snowmobiles, and an urban coyote walking the streets of Chicago during the blizzard.

Record breaking snow is reported at 13.6 inches at Chicago O’Hare International Airport for the calendar date February 1, which was previously set at 4.0 inches on February 1, 1967. The record also tops any calendar date record for the entire month of February, which was previously 11.5 inches, which occurred on February 18, 1908.

Arlington Heights 17 inches — preliminary Arlingtoncardinal.com official.

More readings, including total storm reading, will be added to the table in the next few days.

City                       Snow    24-hour   24-hr    24-hr   Observation
Suburb                     Depth   Snowfall  max(F)   min(F)  Time (Local)
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Arlington Heights*          21      17.0                      8:00am  2/02
Bloomington 5 W                     13.0       19       15    6:00am  2/02
Bourbonnais 3 NW            13      12.5                      7:00am  2/02
Chicago Botanical Garden            10.0       25       18    8:00am  2/02
Chicago Midway Ap 3 SW              15.6       24       21    6:00am  2/02
De Kalb                             15.7       22       14    7:00am  2/02
Dwight                              16.0       21       15    7:00am  2/02
Edwardsville 2 W             1       1.0                      8:00am  2/02
Elburn                      23      17.0                      6:00am  2/02
Galena                               9.5                      7:00am  2/02
Genoa 2 SW                  23      17.1                      7:00am  2/02
Glen Ellyn 4 S              21      17.2                     10:00am  2/02
Harvard                     16       9.0                      7:00am  2/02
Kankakee Metro Wastwtr               7.5       24       15    7:00am  2/02
Marseilles Lock                     13.5       23       16    6:00am  2/02
Mattoon                      3       2.5                      8:00am  2/02
Morris 1 NW                         11.4       25       16    8:00am  2/02
Mundelein 4 WSW                     17.5       21       16    7:00am  2/02
Oak Brook 2w                20      17.7                      8:00am  2/02
Park Forest                         19.0       22       16   10:00am  2/02
Quincy Dam 21                       22.0       23       15    6:00am  2/02
Romeoville Wfo                      11.9       23       19   12:00pm  2/01
Spring Grove                28      20.8                      7:00am  2/02
Urbana                       7       6.0                      9:00am  2/02
Woodstock 5 NW              15      21.1                      7:00am  2/02

* The Cardinal -- Arlingtoncardinal.com measurement no averaging/minimal measurement

                12 HR SNOWFALL  12 HR SNOWFALL  TOTAL
LOCATION ENDING 6AM ENDING 6PM SNOW
TODAY YESTERDAY DEPTH AT 6AM
ILLINOIS

BEACH PARK 20.0 / 1.7 / 24
BEECHER 7.5 / 4.2 / 14
DOWNERS GROVE 13.4 / 4.2 / 20
GRAYSLAKE 14.0 / 2.7 / 23
MOUNT MORRIS 4.0 / 7.6 / 20
NAPERVILLE 10.6 / 2.8 / 16
PEOTONE 13.0 / 3.6 / 14
PLAINFIELD 4SW 12.0 / 1.9 / 17
RICHTON PARK / 4.0 /
WILLOWBROOK / 6.0 /
WOODSTOCK 14.0 / 3.5 / 25
YORKVILLE 2SE 9.0 / 3.0 / 14

NORTHWEST INDIANA

HIGHLAND 11.0 / / 20
SCHERERVILLE 15.2 / 1.8 / 16

Blizzard February 2-3, 2011
National Weather Service Office Chicago snowfall map showing Arlington Heights in a 15 to18 inch range (dark purple). The heaviest snow fell in Lake County, Illinois, Kenosha County and Racine County.

SOURCES:
Weather Underground State Snow Depth Illinois

National Weather Service Chicago CAST Snowfall Reports

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