May 2, 2013 Snowfall Totals | May 2, 2013 Snow Viewer Pictures
Snowfall of May 2, 2013 in Rochester reached a total of 14.0″, which ranks very high in a number of record rankings for Rochester. This has bumped our seasonal snowfall total to 73.5″. Look how that number fits within the following records.
Record for one-day snowfall in Rochester
1) 19.8″ March 18, 2005
2) 15.4″ January 22, 1982
3) 15.0″ December 11, 2010
4) 14.0″ May 2, 2013
—tie—March 30, 1934
—tie—April 20, 1893
6) 13.5″ February 27, 1893
7) 13.0″ April 26, 1988
8) 12.0″ November 30, 1934
9) 10.8″ March 10, 1956
10) 10.6″ November 25, 1952
May Snowfall
1) 14.0″ 2013
2) 2.0″ 1944
3) 1.0″ 1893
4) 0.7″ 1954
5) 0.3″ 1967
6) 0.2″ 1989
1976
1973
1966
Seasonal Snowfall
1) 84.7″ 1996-97
2) 77.5″ 1950-51
3) 74.5″ 1961-62
4) 73.6″ 1951-52
5) 73.5″ 2012-13
6) 73.3″ 1978-79
7) 70.5″ 2010-11
8) 68.6″ 1984-85
9) 68.0″ 1881-82
10) 66.3″ 1887-88
More from NWS La Crosse
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
807 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2013
...UNPRECEDENTED SNOWFALL FOR ROCHESTER MINNESOTA...
WHAT A STORM FOR THE RECORD BOOKS. THE INFORMATION BELOW SHOWCASES
HOW THIS SNOWSTORM RANKS FROM A MAY PERSPECTIVE...AND ALSO THE
ENTIRE CALENDAR YEAR.
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TO PUT THIS SNOWSTORM IN ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE...TODAYS SNOWFALL IN
ROCHESTER SHATTERS THE COMBINED TOTAL FOR ALL PREVIOUS MAY
MEASURABLE SNOW EVENTS. SINCE 1886...THERE WERE 10 MEASURABLE MAY
EVENTS...FOR A TOTAL OF 4.3 INCHES. TODAYS SNOWFALL IS OVER 3 TIMES
THAT.
Posted under Records, Rochester
This post was written by Randy on May 2, 2013
