This Day in Weather History January 2

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1999: A significant snowstorm on January 1-3 dropped a statewide average of 8.6 inches of snow across Iowa, accounting for nearly two thirds of the total snow that would fall that January. It was the largest statewide average snowfall in nearly 20 years since the storm of January 11-13, 1979. Nearly every reporting station northeast of a line from Pocahontas to Keokuk received 10 or more inches of snow and southwest of this line 7 to 10 inches of snow was common in all but far southwestern Iowa, where generally 3 to 6 inches fell. Some of the higher storm total accumulations included 13.0 inches at Mason City and Muscatine, 13.5 inches at Eldora, 14.0 inches at Mount Pleasant, 14.5 inches at Fort Madison, 15.0 inches at Clinton, and 17.5 inches at Burlington.

Source: National Weather Service