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45.6 inches: December snowfall record buried
 Green Bay ended the month with 45.6 inches of snowfall, the most of any December on record.It buried the previous record of 36.4 inches, set in December 1887, but fell 2.6 inches short of matching the snowiest month of all time for Green Bay. That record goes to March 1888, with 48.2 inches, which helped the winter of 1887-88 become the snowiest winter in Green Bay history at 147.7 inches total. The winter 120 years ago will be tough to beat. Its December record fell, but that winter had an impressive head start: It began in October, when 10.3 inches fell -- the most snow any October has ever had in Green Bay. And it ended with that 48.2-inch record snowfall in March. This winter hasn't produced any single major snowfalls. The 5.4 inches that fell on the Dec. 19 was the heaviest snowfall in a single 24-hour period. But the month accumulated its impressive total over 21 days of snowfall. The greatest depth at any one time was 19 inches, measured on Friday. The National Weather Service isn't expecting this December to set the tone for the remainder of the season. It is predicting normal precipitation through March. Posted by: Fred 2009-01-02 |
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