APRIL 18 - Last Wednesday’s high of 74 marked the first time since October 21st that we have experienced 70 degrees or higher. That is a 178 day stretch. It was the latest 70+ reading in 15 years and 35 days past normal. The latest ever was on May 6, 1961.
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APRIL 10 - 4.2 inches of rain has fallen this month. This week could see another 3 inches along with some more snow. 3.54 inches is the April average.
MAR 28 - Yesterday 4.4 inches of snow fell at the official recording station at Dubuque, IA. This pushed our season snowfall total to 76.2 inches, breaking the all-time record of 75.7 inches set in 1962. Since November 21, snow has fallen on 40 different days this winter.
MAR 11 - The Current Snow Depth
MAR 6 - We received 1.3 inches of snow yesterday. That brings a season total to 71.4 inches. We are now only 4.3 inches away from the all time record.
FEB 26 - 4.1 inches of greasy snow fell yesterday and this morning. This was accompanied by .60 inches of rain. The season total now stands at 66.4 inches. The record from 1961-1962 is 75.7 inches. With 22% of the seasons snow usually falling after this date, I think we have a shot at the record…
FEB 19 - Sunday’s storm brought a mixture of rain, sleet, freezing rain and snow. Dubuque, IA set a daily rainfall record for the day (1.15 inches) and 6.1 inches of snow fell. The snow total is now at 60.6 inches for the year. 29% of the total snow amount usually falls after this date.
FEB 7 - Yesterday’s snowstorm dropped around 14″ of snow in JoDaviess County. Nearby Winslow, IL received 18″. We are now experiencing the snowiest winter since the late 1970s.
FEB 1 - The winter of 2007-2008 has dropped 36 inches of snow on Dubuque, IA already. No one storm has produced more than 5.2 inches. Along with extreme cold spells, near record high temps and a record rainfall amount in December, the winter of 2007-2008 has been memorable, among other things.
The temperature dropped to -18 degrees on Sunday morning (1/20) in Galena.
Galena received around 20 inches of snow and ice in December. One of the snowiest and coldest Decembers in recent memory.
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