Indianapolis: October Snowfall

Snowiest Octobers on record for Indianapolis (1884 to present).

9.3" in 1989
2.4" in 1993
1.4" in 1925
1.2" in 1962
0.4" in 1916, 1917, 1929
0.1" in 1890, 1992
Trace in 1886, 1887, 1896, 1898, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1920, 1926, 1930, 1937, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1967, 1972, 1980, 1981, 1988, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2013

So, what does October snowfall mean for the snow season? Taking all of the above years and looking at the eventual season snowfall totals (listed below)...not much. Pretty mixed bag of results.

Longterm average season snowfall: 23.1" (1884-85 to 2012-13)

1989-90: 26.0"
1993-94: 31.5"
1925-26: 22.7"
1962-63: 29.4"
1916-17: 23.7"
1917-18: 32.8"
1929-30: 19.8"
1890-91: 32.1"
1992-93: 28.5"
1886-87: 24.9"
1887-88: 11.8"
1896-97: 29.6"
1898-99: 23.2"
1906-07: 10.4"
1909-10: 32.6"
1910-11: 14.3"
1913-14: 33.3"
1914-15: 29.2"
1920-21: 17.3"
1926-27: 26.6"
1930-31: 14.4"
1937-38: 14.1"
1951-52: 15.7"
1954-55: 20.0"
1955-56: 32.4"
1957-58: 9.3"
1967-68: 36.7"
1972-73: 7.9"
1980-81: 17.3"
1981-82: 58.2" (snowiest season on record)
1988-89: 13.5"
2001-02: 10.9"
2006-07: 25.8"
2008-09: 24.3"
2013-14: ???