Top Ten Season Snowfall Records for the Twin Cities

The Winter of 2010-2011 is the fourth snowiest so far in the Twin Cities

Through April 20, the Twin Cities International Airport has measured 86.6 inches of snow for the 2010-2011 winter season. This is enough to be in 4th place for the snowiest winter over the past 127 years. The snowiest season on record is the winter of 1983-84 with 98.6 inches.

Listed below are the top ten snowiest winters in the Twin Cities from 1884-2011.


Top Ten Snowiest Winters 
in the Twin Cities 1884-2011 
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1.  1983-84 ....... 98.6* 
2.  1981-82 ....... 95.0 
3.  1950-51 ....... 88.9 
4.  2010-11 ....... 86.6 (thru April 20) 
5.  1916-17 ....... 84.9
6.  1991-92 ....... 84.1 
7.  1961-62 ....... 81.3 
8.  1951-52 ....... 79.0 
9.  1966-67 ....... 78.4 
10. 2000-01 ....... 75.8

* All measurements in inches.