IEM Daily Feature
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Just Six Snow Days
Posted: 16 Feb 2022 05:30 AM
The lack of snow producing storm events this winter season to date has been noticeable. The featured
chart presents the number of days per season with measurable snowfall between 1 September and 15
February. The total shown for Des Moines this season is just six days and only two days more than the
all-time low of just four days during the 1953-1954 season. The simple long term average is 17 days,
so we are well below average this year! The side tables show the top ten largest and smallest totals
with just two years ago showing up in the top ten. Since snowfall storm events can cross arbitrary day
boundaries, you should not construe the day totals as equating snow storms. Additionally, while the
number of days is well below average, the actual snow accumulation is not too far from average as one
of the events was the massive dump during mid January.
Voting:
Good = 14
Bad = 1
Voting:
Good = 14
Bad = 1