Snowfall Consecutive Days

Lincoln, NE, 1897-2024: Most consecutive days with measurable snowfall, snowfall in inches 

# DaysDatesSnowfallSnowfallSnowfallSnowfallSnowfallSnowfallTotal
6Dec 11-16, 19400.13.50.52.04.05.015.1
6Feb 3-8, 19051.22.21.70.11.80.77.7
         
# DaysDatesSnowfallSnowfallSnowfallSnowfallSnowfallTotal 
5Jan 2-6, 19960.82.00.90.10.13.9 
5Jan 7-11, 19930.11.54.50.31.88.2 
5Dec 8-12, 19610.10.61.67.60.310.2 
5Jan 20-24, 19560.20.90.23.12.97.3 
5Jan 25-29, 19160.10.20.71.30.42.7 
5Mar 11-15, 19123.40.11.44.80.19.8 
5Dec 10-14, 19090.11.01.30.50.73.6 
         
# DaysDatesSnowfallSnowfallSnowfallSnowfallTotal  
4Feb 11-14, 20210.23.40.31.04.9  
4March 21-24, 20130.50.10.50.51.6  
4Feb 4-7, 20101.02.00.51.55.0  
4Dec 6-9, 20092.91.16.90.211.1  
4Feb 22-25, 19940.16.70.22.59.5  
4Feb 2-5, 19890.40.21.10.92.6  
4March 16-19, 19840.61.64.91.28.3  
4Dec 20-23, 19836.00.30.30.36.9  
4Jan 30-Feb2, 19831.60.23.81.57.1  
4Jan 10-13, 19790.30.12.71.54.6  
4Jan 29-Feb 1, 19780.31.20.51.23.2  
4Jan 8-11, 19741.70.42.10.24.4  
4Feb 4-7, 19610.22.10.30.12.7  
4March 13-16, 19600.44.63.20.48.6  
4April 2-5, 19570.10.52.80.43.8  
4March 18-21, 19501.42.61.11.66.7  
4Feb 10-13, 19486.01.30.41.28.9  
4Feb 11-14,19360.50.10.60.11.3  
4Jan 22-25, 19360.50.95.70.37.4  
4Jan 15-18, 19362.61.43.30.47.7  
4Dec 8-11, 19321.00.20.94.76.8  
4Jan 8-11, 19300.40.80.12.23.5  
4Nov 26-29, 19190.60.92.94.08.4  
4Mar 3-6, 19153.37.03.90.214.4  
4Dec 3-6, 19094.33.11.82.111.3  
4Feb 2-5, 19070.52.82.40.86.5  
4Dec 12-15, 19021.60.44.80.97.7  

 

The longest stretch of consecutive days with measurable snowfall is 6 days which occurred 2 times.

The most obvious feature of this data set is that having multiple days of snowfall have not generally led to huge snowfall amounts.  Instead the heaviest snowfalls have occurred in smaller time periods of two days or one day

All data in the above table are from the National Weather Service and HPRCC data archives.