Dear Tom,
I am putting in a bid for sidewalk snow removal in the Lincoln-Belmont-Ashland shopping area. Can you provide the average frequency of the number of snows per season of various amounts?
Bill Haderlein, Chicagoland Deck Cleaning & Sealing
Dear Bill,
Indeed we can. The following statistics are derived from 80 years (1929-2008) of Midway Airport snowfall data, courtesy of Chicago weather historian Frank Wachowski.
On average, Chicago receives at least one-half inch of snow 17 times per snow season. Snow storms in the range of 1-3 inches occur about 7 times; 4-6 inches, twice; 7-10 inches, once; more than 10 inches, about once every other year.
A note of caution: The number of storms that might occur in any given snow season varies greatly from year to year. The extreme winter of 1978-79 put down 10 snows in excess of 4 inches and a season total of 89.7 inches.
I am putting in a bid for sidewalk snow removal in the Lincoln-Belmont-Ashland shopping area. Can you provide the average frequency of the number of snows per season of various amounts?
Bill Haderlein, Chicagoland Deck Cleaning & Sealing
Dear Bill,
Indeed we can. The following statistics are derived from 80 years (1929-2008) of Midway Airport snowfall data, courtesy of Chicago weather historian Frank Wachowski.
On average, Chicago receives at least one-half inch of snow 17 times per snow season. Snow storms in the range of 1-3 inches occur about 7 times; 4-6 inches, twice; 7-10 inches, once; more than 10 inches, about once every other year.
A note of caution: The number of storms that might occur in any given snow season varies greatly from year to year. The extreme winter of 1978-79 put down 10 snows in excess of 4 inches and a season total of 89.7 inches.
