All Time 24-Hour Snowfall Record? (snowfalls, records, temperatures, Chicago)

[FVWinters]

There's been a lot in the news recently about the brutal start to Winter 2010-2011 and the tremendous snow falls and bone chilling temperatures we have already seen. So.....

I was wondering what your all-time ever 24 hour snow dump was, where it was and when it happened? This isn't limited to the U.S. or North America so those of you who live elsewhere can also chime in.

I'll Start: Corvallis, OR. 20 inches (50 cm) on December 9-10, 1919. This was followed by the only double digit below 0F reading in the city's history.
I have personally measured 10.5 inches (27 cm) on January 13, 1971 in Corvallis and 29.5 inches (in 18 hours!) in the Mid-Hudson Valley on January 19-20, 1961

[jazzlover]

US Record:

76" in 24 hours at Silver Lake, Colorado (in the mountains west of Boulder) on April 14-15, 1921. A total of 87" fell in 27.5 hours during that storm. Typically, the snowiest months in the southern and central Rockies are in late winter and spring, not from December-February.

[dxiweodwo]

24 hour snowfall record here is a Trace back on January 19, 1977

In Florida the 24 hour record is 3" in Milton, FL on March 6, 1954.

[Stoney63]

Half an inch, 15th August 1974, it hasn't snowed since. We get some serious snowfalls on the nearby (10 kms) mountains though.

[susancruzs]

I remember the big snow in Chicago in 1967, two feet of snow in 24 hrs., city and surrounding areas were at a stand still for several days.

[Phxguy]

There was a huge blizzard in Flagstaff, Arizona around Janurary 21st and that week. Dropped several feet in a little over an hour.

[nei]

Skiing the Cascade Volcanoes: Snowfall and Snowdepth

This shows 87" in 24 hours in Bowman Dam, California

[Stoney63]

Originally Posted by nei

Skiing the Cascade Volcanoes: Snowfall and Snowdepth

This shows 87" in 24 hours in Bowman Dam, California

A very interesting article. The States has very good data and records on so many weather conditions. I think it's possible that NZ has the biggest annual snowfall in the world, but it's unlikely we'll ever know. The biggest 24 hour snowfall I've seen in NZ (in a town) was about 50 cm in Queenstown in 1994.

[paladinking]

Originally Posted by dxiweodwo

24 hour snowfall record here is a Trace back on January 19, 1977

In Florida the 24 hour record is 3" in Milton, FL on March 6, 1954.