Record Seasonal Snowfall


Highest seasonal snowfalls in Rochester.

Rank Winter Inches Centimeters
Average 89.0 226.1
1 1959-60 161.7 410.7
2 1977-78 160.9 408.7
3 1880-81 143.5 364.5
4 1970-71 142.7 362.5
5 1872-73 141.8 360.2
6 1900-01 141.5 359.5
7 1958-59 140.6 357.1
8 1978-79 138.5 351.8
9 1992-93 131.5 334.0
10 1899-1900 131.3 333.5
11 1957-58 130.8 332.2
12 1981-82 128.4 326.1
13 1993-94 126.2 320.5
14 1895-96 123.8 314.5
15 1955-56 121.4 308.4
Sources: National Weather Service; Kevin Williams, meteorologist, WROC-TV


Corrections, additions to Morris A. Pierce

Last updated January 6, 1996