Minneapolis/St. Paul Snowfall Statistics 1948-1949 thru 1993-1994 winter seasons ________________________________________________________________________ Monthly Snowfall Totals (inches) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Season mean 11.1 8.6 11.2 3.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 7.8 9.8 52.5 st dev 8.84 5.64 9.21 4.14 0.39 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.06 1.46 8.68 7.59 21.42 median 9.9 8.3 8.7 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.3 7.4 51.0 90% 20.8 14.6 22.3 8.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.4 16.0 18.7 80.2 10% 3.4 2.0 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.3 23.5 max 46.4 26.5 40.0 21.8 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 8.2 46.9 33.2 98.4 min 1.1 1.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 17.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Days with Snowfall ... 0.1 inch and greater Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Season mean 9.4 7.3 7.0 2.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 5.4 9.0 41.2 st dev 3.64 2.85 3.04 1.54 0.42 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.21 1.06 2.92 3.65 8.56 median 10.0 7.0 7.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 9.0 42.0 90% 13.0 11.0 10.5 5.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 9.5 13.5 51.0 10% 4.5 4.0 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 5.0 29.5 max 19 13 15 6 2 0 0 0 1 4 12 18 54 min 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 23 Days with Snowfall ... 1.0 inch and greater Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Season mean 3.4 2.8 3.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.2 3.3 15.7 st dev 2.31 2.04 2.06 0.93 0.21 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.42 1.90 2.64 6.02 median 3.0 2.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.0 15.0 90% 6.0 5.5 5.5 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 4.5 7.0 23.0 10% 1.0 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 8.5 max 10 8 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 11 27.0 min 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Days with Snowfall ... 2.0 inches and greater Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Season mean 1.7 1.5 1.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.3 1.8 8.3 st dev 1.50 1.38 1.65 0.78 0.15 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.31 1.46 1.45 4.09 median 1.5 1.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 8.0 90% 4.0 3.0 3.5 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 4.0 3.0 14.0 10% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 max 6 5 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 16 min 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Days with Snowfall ... 4.0 inches and greater Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Season mean 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.5 3.0 st dev 0.88 0.69 0.99 0.49 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.15 0.88 0.75 1.97 median 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 90% 2.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.5 5.5 10% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 max 4 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 8 min 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Days with Snowfall ... 6.0 inches and greater Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Season mean 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 1.3 st dev 0.47 0.34 0.60 0.31 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.15 0.59 0.53 1.28 median 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 90% 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 10% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 max 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 5 min 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Days with Snowfall ... 8.0 inches and greater Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Season mean 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.5 st dev 0.33 0.21 0.45 0.21 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.15 0.38 0.21 0.78 median 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 90% 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 10% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 max 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 min 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .