ABUS34 KDSM 171909
PNSDSM

	IOWA SNOWFALL STATISTICS FOR 2001-2002 WINTER SEASON

LISTED BELOW ARE THE SEASON-TO-DATE SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR SELECTED
LOCATIONS ACROSS IOWA THROUGH JANUARY 17, 2002:

CITY	       2001-2002 TOTAL     RECORD LOW SEASON-TO-DATE TOTAL

SPENCER 	    6.5 		1.6 IN 1922-1923
MASON CITY	    2.9 		0.6 IN 1913-1914
FAYETTE 	    1.0 		5.4 IN 1982-1983

WATERLOO	    1.1 		0.4 IN 1913-1914
DENISON 	    2.5 		1.0 IN 1953-1954
DES MOINES	    1.5 		2.7 IN 1949-1950

CEDAR RAPIDS	    1.3 		1.0 IN 1913-1914
CLARINDA	    TRACE		0.1 IN 1988-1989
OTTUMWA 	    TRACE		TRACE IN 1988-1989

NEVERTHELESS THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF TIME REMAINING TO RECEIVE
MORE SNOWFALL THIS SEASON.  ON AVERAGE THE MIDPOINT OF THE WINTER
SNOWFALL SEASON IN IOWA IS JANUARY 25.  THUS FAR THIS WINTER
SEASON THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE SNOWFALL HAS BEEN ONLY 2.0 INCHES. 
NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR THE ENTIRE WINTER SEASON IN IOWA AVERAGES 31.2
INCHES WHILE SEASONAL TOTALS HAVE VARIED FROM A MINIMUM OF 11.9 INCHES
IN 1965-1966 TO A MAXIMUM OF 59.0 INCHES IN 1961-1962.

THE RECORD LOWEST SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR THE ENTIRE WINTER SEASON FOR
THE CITIES LISTED ABOVE ARE AS FOLLOWS:

SPENCER 	    12.0 IN 1930-1931
MASON CITY	     9.3 IN 1967-1968
FAYETTE 	    14.4 IN 1965-1966

WATERLOO	    11.6 IN 1967-1968
DENISON 	     7.9 IN 1967-1968
DES MOINES	     8.3 IN 1965-1966

CEDAR RAPIDS	     8.5 IN 1932-1933
CLARINDA	     2.5 IN 1965-1966
OTTUMWA 	     3.2 IN 1927-1928

CRAIG COGIL...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
HARRY HILLAKER...STATE CLIMATOLOGIS