2018-2019 Winter Events

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Winter 2018-2019 Events

April 27, 2019: Very late season snow brings 4" to 6" in places

April 14, 2019: Late season snow brings 5" to 8" in places

March 17, 2019: Narrow stripe of heavy snow overnight that melted that day

Meteorological Winter (Dec-Feb) Summary: A near normal winter, however active and cold during its mid to latter period

February 24, 2019: Strong wind event brings 60+ mph gusts and scattered damage

February 17-18, 2019: Accumulating snow including a period of Ice and some lake effect snow

February 11-12, 2019: Ice storm followed by strong winds

February 5, 2019: Ice and sleet event for northern Illinois

January 2019: Fourth snowiest January on record for Rockford, IL

January 30-31, 2019: Record to near-record cold temperatures across northern Illinois, with Rockford reaching all-time record low

January 28, 2019: Heavy snowfall across northern Illinois and northwest Indiana, making for messy Monday morning commute

January 22-23, 2019: Freezing precipitation and snow bring a messy Tuesday across the area

January 18-21, 2019: Widespread snow brings 6+" to northern Illinois followed by heavy lake effect snow into northwest Indiana

J anuary 12, 2019: Widespread snowfall event returns area to winter weather

November 25-26, 2018: Major early season winter storm

November 15, 2018: Early season light snow event with a unique snow band

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