A Recap Of Our Blizzard

Our first winter storm of the season has come and gone, and while strong winds made the most headlines and caused plenty of problems for everyone, some of our snow totals were also pretty impressive. Here's a recap:

Illinois: Northwestern Illinois saw the heaviest snow from this storm, but everyone saw at least a little bit of the white stuff Thursday. Lena in Stephenson County had the highest snow total in Illinois, checking in at a foot.

Wind gusts topped 50mph in many spots, with Steward in Lee County seeing the highest gust on Thursday... 60mph.

THE FOLLOWING ARE SNOW AMOUNTS FOR THE PREVIOUS 24-HOURS TAKEN BY
NWS COOPERATIVE...COCORAHS...CAST...AND RAST OBSERVERS. OBSERVATIONS
ARE USUALLY TAKEN AT 7 AM.


NORTHERN ILLINOIS                              SNOW
  LOCATION (COUNTY):                           FALL(INCHES)

  MOUNT MORRIS (OGLE)...........................4.4
  MACHESNEY PARK 3ENE (WINNEBAGO)...............4.0
  ROCKTON 1ESE (WINNEBAGO)......................3.6
  CAPRON (BOONE)................................3.5
  ROCKFORD 3NE (WINNEBAGO)......................3.5
  ROCKFORD 2ENE (WINNEBAGO).....................3.5
  ROSCOE 2ESE (WINNEBAGO).......................3.2
  ROSCOE 2SE (WINNEBAGO)........................3.2
  PAW PAW (LEE).................................3.0
  ROCKFORD 4NW (WINNEBAGO)......................2.8
  WOODSTOCK (MCHENRY)...........................2.3
  HARVARD (MCHENRY).............................2.3
  ROCKFORD 1NW (WINNEBAGO)......................2.0
  GENOA (DE KALB)...............................1.9
  HUNTLEY 4W (MCHENRY)..........................1.9
  BULL VALLEY 2WNW (MCHENRY)....................1.8
  HARVARD (MCHENRY).............................1.5
  ALGONQUIN 1N (MCHENRY)........................1.4
  ROCKFORD (WINNEBAGO)..........................1.4
  SPRING GROVE 2N (MCHENRY).....................1.4
  BYRON 3N (OGLE)...............................1.3
  WONDER LAKE 1WNW (MCHENRY)....................0.9
  MCHENRY (MCHENRY).............................0.8
  DE KALB (DE KALB).............................0.7
  DIXON 2SW (LEE)...............................0.7
  WOODSTOCK 2WSW (MCHENRY)......................0.7
  WOODSTOCK 5NW (MCHENRY).......................0.7
  CORTLAND (DE KALB)............................0.6
  DIXON 3NNW (LEE)..............................0.5
  AMBOY (LEE)...................................0.4
  STEWARD (LEE).................................0.4
  DE KALB (DE KALB).............................0.1
  SUBLETTE (LEE)..............................TRACE

Wisconsin: The Stateline part of Wisconsin say plenty of snow, but the heaviest totals were closer to Madison. At last check, parts of Monroe and Janesville saw anywhere between 7-9" of snow.




Here are some more observations from the Quad Cities NWS, which covers the western part of the viewing area:

....ILLINOIS....
Apple Rvr Cnyn SP                11.0
Elizabeth                         6.8
Galena                            5.0
Freeport                          5.0
Roscoe 2SE                        3.2
Paw Paw 1 E                       3.0
Freeport 2.0 NW                   2.5
Rockford ASOS                     1.4
Steward                           0.4
Romeoville                        0.2