Chicagoland Snow Totals 1/20/12
CONTINENTAL WEATHER SERVICE
800-828-5421 630-961-2959
CONSULTING METEOROLOGISTS FAX 480-985-1100
continentalweather@cox.net
STORM SUMMARY 1-20-12
An upper level disturbance spread light snow into the area between 9:30am and 11am. Heavy snow fell at times during the afternoon hours as the snow rate at times was an inch and hour. Heaviest snowfall totals ended up be between I88 and I80. Snow diminished across the area between 8-10pm. Average snow totals were 5-8 inches. Plowing and salting operations were needed. Officially 5.4 inches fell at O’Hare Airport while Rockford had 5.1 inches.
SNOW AMOUNTS:
ORD 5.4
Rockford 5.1
Lemont 7.3
Oak Forest 6.3
Merrillville 7.3
Orland Park 7.2
Chicago 6.0
Burnaham-Hegewisch 6.7
Rolling Meadows 6.2
Manhattan 7.4
Chicago Ridge 7.5
Burr Ridge 7.5
Lisle 6.5
Carol Stream 5.2
Wilmington 6.0
Countryside 7.0
Park Forest 7.3
Plainfield 8.2
Geneva 6.0
Oak Park 6.0
Batavia 5.3
Worth 7.0
Westmont 7.3
Elmhurst 5.2
Huntley 4.8
Homer Glen 6.6
Lombard 5.9
Inverness 5.7
Bartlett 5.0
Schaumburg 5.4
Peotone 7.0
Oswego 6.8
Lincolnwood 5.5
North Aurora 5.7
Riverwoods 5.5
Cortland 4.3
Elk Grove Vlg 5.1
Ottawa 6.1
Downers Grove 8.0
Elburn 5.0
Aurora 7.0
Elgin 5.2
Naperville 6.5
Bull Valley 8.5
New Lenox 7.0
Montgomery 6.8
Sugar Grove 6.3
Cary 4.8
Lockport 8.5
Morris 5.6
Yorkville 6.0
Alsip 7.0
Marseilles 7.0
Lincolnshire 5.0
Hoffman Estates 5.6
Buffalo Grove 5.1
St. Charles 5.6
Rockton 5.1
Streamwood 5.0
Wonder Lake 4.4
Lake bluff 4.0
Harvard 6.5
Gurnee 4.5
Waukegan 4.5
Lake Villa 4.4
Beach Park 3.8
La Grange Park 6.4
Evanston 6.0
Barrington 6.0
MDW 7.3
DeKalb 5.0
Channahon 4.0
Genoa 5.
Joliet Lock Dam 8.3
Lansing 7.0
Oak Brook 5.9
Newark 5.8
Spring Grove 3.0
Shabbona 3.0
Joliet 8.0
Lake Zurich 5.5
Wauconda 4.5
Winfield 5.4
Woodstock 4.0
Monee 7.7
Romeoville 6.6
Oak Park 6.0