The current winter storm passing through Iowa today is a reminder that there is plenty of time left for snow producing storms this winter season. The featured chart presents the last date of the season for one plus inches of snow per year for Des Moines. The horizontal lines represent the number of days that the snowfall stuck around based on snow depth reports for days afterwards. The black line represents the accumulated frequency of the last date. For early March, just over 20% of years have experienced their final inch plus snowfall.

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