You wouldn't be able to pin this kind of record down in a specific place at a specific time. But the highest snowfall rates tend to occur in the heaviest lake effect snow bands and are accompanied by thunder and lightning. This light fluffy snow can accumulate up to about 7-8" in one hour, though rarely does it last for even that long. It would be really hard, for complex physical reasons, to snow much more than that.
To find the rate of snowfall in inches per hour, divide the total amount of snowfall (29 inches) by the number of hours it fell (8 hours). Rate of snowfall = 29 inches / 8 hours = 3.625 inches per hour. Therefore, the rate of snowfall during the storm was 3.625 inches per hour.
The earliest recorded snowfall in Ohio occurred on October 2, 1899 in Columbus.
The latest recorded snowfall date in Columbus, Ohio was on May 9, 1923. On this date, a trace of snowfall was reported.
See the related link. Snowfall in 1995-96 was about 108", the most on record.
The record is 972 inches for a whole winter, set in Thompson Pass at about 2500 feet above sea level north of Valdez.
The record for 24 hour snowfall in the US occurred on February 9, 1963 at the Mile 47 Camp in Alaska. There were 78 inches of snowfall that day.
The record snowfall in Tigard, Oregon is 19 inches, which occurred on January 31 to February 2, 2014.
The record for 24 hour snowfall in the US occurred on February 9, 1963 at the Mile 47 Camp in Alaska. There were 78 inches of snowfall that day.
Philadelphia received an annual record snowfall of 78.7 inches during the winter of 2009-2010.
The record snowfall in Hawaii was 60 inches (5 feet) on Mauna Kea on May 12-13, 1979.
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Fairbanks, Alaska holds the record for the highest seasonal snowfall in the 1961-1962 season with 100.6 inches of snow.
To find the rate of snowfall in inches per hour, divide the total amount of snowfall (29 inches) by the number of hours it fell (8 hours). Rate of snowfall = 29 inches / 8 hours = 3.625 inches per hour. Therefore, the rate of snowfall during the storm was 3.625 inches per hour.
The record at St. Paul (The Minneapolis WSFO has some problems) is 81.8" in '82-'83.
The record 24 hour snowfall is 62" at Thompson Pass.
The greatest snowfall at Washington National by far was 28" in 1922. At Dulles, it was 32.4 inches Feb 5-6 2010.