…UPDATE ON VARIOUS SNOW RECORDS FOR THE WATERLOO AREA…
…WATERLOO APPROACHING SOME TEMPERATURE RECORDS AS WELL…

AMPLE SNOWFALL IN WATERLOO THIS WINTER HAS SOME SNOW RECORDS IN JEOPARDY OF FALLING. THE FOLLOWING ARE VALID THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF SNOW DEPTH…THIS IS JUST THE NUMBER OF DAYS THE SNOW DEPTH HAS BEEN AT OR EXCEEDED A GIVEN VALUE FOR CONSECUTIVE DAYS. THIS DATA IS VALID THROUGH MARCH 1ST.

SNOW DEPTH CONSECUTIVE DAYS CURRENT TOTAL
1″ OR MORE 113 (1985-86) 85 DAYS
2″ OR MORE 102 (1985-86) 84 DAYS
3″ OR MORE 101 (1985-86) 83 DAYS
4″ OR MORE 99 (1985-86) 83 DAYS
5″ OR MORE 99 (1985-86) 83 DAYS
6″ OR MORE 89 (2000-01) 83 DAYS

THE SNOW DEPTH AT WATERLOO DROPPED TO 6″ ON DECEMBER 25, 2009. THE CONSECUTIVE DAYS STRETCH FOR AMOUNTS ABOVE 6″ ARE LIKELY OUT OF REACH AT THIS POINT.

NON CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF SNOW DEPTH…THIS IS THE NUMBER OF DAYS THE SNOW DEPTH HAS BEEN AT OR EXCEEDED A GIVEN VALUE REGARDLESS IF THE SNOW DEPTH OCCURRED ON CONSECUTIVE DAYS OR NOT. IN OTHER WORDS…IT IS JUST THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TIMES THIS SNOW DEPTH HAS BEEN OBSERVED DURING THE SEASON. THIS DATA IS VALID THROUGH MARCH 1ST.

SNOW DEPTH NON CONSECUTIVE DAYS CURRENT TOTAL
1″ OR MORE 121 (1992-93) 87 DAYS
2″ OR MORE 106 (1978-79) 84 DAYS
3″ OR MORE 101 (1985-86) 83 DAYS
4″ OR MORE 99 (1985-86) 83 DAYS
5″ OR MORE 99 (1985-86) 83 DAYS
6″ OR MORE 89 (2000-01) 83 DAYS
7″ OR MORE 84 (2000-01) 82 DAYS
8″ OR MORE 81 (ONGOING) TIED RECORD (OLD 81 DAYS IN 2000-01)
9″ OR MORE 78 (ONGOING) NEW RECORD (OLD 76 DAYS IN 2000-01)
10″ OR MORE 63 (ONGOING) NEW RECORD (OLD 62 DAYS IN 1909-10)
11″ OR MORE 57 (ONGOING) NEW RECORD (OLD 54 DAYS IN 1909-10)
12″ OR MORE 52 (1909-10) 34 DAYS

MOST SNOWFALL IN A WINTER SEASON (JULY-JUNE). WE ARE CURRENTLY IN 4TH PLACE FOR TOTAL SNOWFALL IN A SEASON.

1. 59.4 INCHES IN 1961-62
2. 57.6 INCHES IN 1992-93
3. 53.9 INCHES IN 2007-08
4. 51.3 INCHES IN 2009-10
5. 50.5 INCHES IN 1904-05
6. 49.5 INCHES IN 2008-09
7. 48.8 INCHES IN 1928-29
8. 46.6 INCHES IN 2000-01
9. 46.3 INCHES IN 1978-79
10. 46.2 INCHES IN 1971-72

MOST SNOWFALL SEASON TO DATE. IN OTHER WORDS…THE MOST SNOWFALL SINCE JULY OF THE PRIOR YEAR THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH IN ANY GIVEN SEASON.

1. 51.3 INCHES IN 2009-10
2. 48.8 INCHES IN 2007-08
3. 47.0 INCHES IN 1961-62
4. 44.3 INCHES IN 2008-09
5. 44.0 INCHES IN 1904-05

AVERAGE SNOW DEPTH FOR THE ENTIRE SNOW SEASON TO THIS POINT (OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH). THE SNOW YEAR ACTUALLY BEGIN JULY 1ST BUT NO APPRECIABLE SNOW DEPTH HAS BEEN RECORDED PRIOR TO OCTOBER.

1. 7.0 INCHES IN 1909-10
2. 6.2 INCHES IN 1985-86
6.2 INCHES IN 1935-36
6.2 INCHES IN 2009-10
5. 5.9 INCHES IN 2000-01

IN ADDITION TO THE MULTIPLE SNOWFALL AND SNOW DEPTH RECORDS BEING APPROACHED OR BROKEN AT WATERLOO THIS WINTER…A FEW TEMPERATURE RECORDS ARE ALSO IN JEOPARDY. WHILE THE WINTER HAS NOT SEEN MUCH EXTREME COLD IT HAS BEEN NOTED FOR ITS LACK OF A SIGNIFICANT HEAT SPELL OR THAW. FOLLOWING ARE THE RECORDS FOR CONSECUTIVE DAYS ON WHICH THE TEMPERATURE HAS NOT REACHED 40 DEGREES OR HIGHER. THE CURRENT TOTAL IS VALID THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH.

1. 93 DAYS IN 1968-69
2. 90 DAYS IN 1977-78
3. 89 DAYS IN 2009-10
4. 84 DAYS IN 1978-79
5. 76 DAYS IN 1944-45