Meteorologist Samantha Davies

The Midwest has been seeing their fair share of snow this year. Several cities are in the midst of their snowiest winter on record. This region of the country has cold air in locked place and has had several weather systems pass through. These weather systems have interacted with an abundance of moisture from the south. The result…SNOW!

Here are some of the snowfall totals:

- Chicago so far this season has had 51.4” of snow. Looking back at climatology, normally Chicago sees about 30” of snow by the end of February. Chicago’s record snowfall for the season is 89.7”.

- Rockford’s record snowfall is 74.5”; so far 65.4” has fallen. Last year at this time Rockford had 33.3”.

- Madison has set its all time seasonal snowfall record; 89.8” of snow has fallen so far this season. Last year at the end of February there was 45.8” of snow on the ground. In a normal year Madison see around 39” of snow.

- Milwaukee is in one of their top 10 snowiest seasons. The record snowfall stands at 109.8 inches of snow. This season there has been 77.8 inches of snow. A typical season in Milwaukee usually gets about 42 inches of snow.

- St. Louis has seen 20.1” of snow this season, which is a little bit above normal. The normal snowfall total is 18.6”. Last year St. Louis saw just over 12” of snow at the end of February.

A season is considered as the amount of snow from July 1st through June 30th of the next year. The season is measure that way to include all of the cold and snowy days, not just those that occur in the winter months.