October Snowstorms

In light of the snowstorm that is underway in the Northeast U.S., and no the big cities (DC, PHI, NYC) of the Northeast are not going to see a lot of accumulation...the better chances reside west of the I-95 corridor, we'll harken back to the October 19-20, 1989 snowstorm that hit Indiana.

Locally, there is no other event in October that compares. Matter of fact, looking back through the COOP records that exist back to 1901, it is pretty rare to see 0.1" or greater snowfall in October in Lafayette (5 times in 110 years or once every 22 years). Below are some of the snowfall totals with the October 19-20, 1989 snowstorm.

Lafayette 8 S COOP: 9.5"
Purdue Airport: 6.7"
West Lafayette 6 NW COOP: 6.0"

Kokomo 3WSW COOP: 10.5"
Indianapolis International Airport: 9.3"
Frankfort Disposal Plant: 9.0"
Rochester COOP: 9.0"
Jamestown Utilities COOP: 9.0"
Marion 2N COOP: 9.0"
South Bend WSO: 8.8"
LaGrange 1S COOP: 8.6"
Fort Wayne - FWA: 8.0"
Whitestown COOP: 8.0"
Hartford City 4 ESE COOP: 7.6"
Delphi 2 N COOP: 7.0"
Knightstown 2ENE: 6.7"
Columbia City COOP: 6.0"

Snowfall totals map (credit to Baroclinicity here): http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?/topic/239657-the-fluke-of-the-century/