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Top ten Chicago snowfalls

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Isn’t it nice the snow has finally subsided! But it’s still very wet out there.

Do you ever wonder about Chicago’s snowfall records? If so, here you go! These are the top 10 snowstorms in Chicago history, according to the National Weather Service:

  1. 23.0 inches Jan 26-27, 1967
  2. 21.6 inches Jan 1-3, 1999
  3. 21.2 inches Feb. 1-2, 2011
  4. 20.3 inches Jan 13-14, 1979
  5. 19.3 inches Feb 1-2, 2015
  6. 19.2 inches Mar 25-26, 1930
  7. 16.2 inches Mar 7-8, 1931
  8. 15.0 inches Dec 17-20, 1929
  9. 14.9 inches Jan 30, 1939
  10. 14.9 inches Jan 6-7, 1918
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