Midwest Groundhog Day Blizzard Update: Wisconsin Records Set

Images (click to enlarge): 24-hour and storm total snowfall ending Feb. 2, 2011 for southern Wisconsin, from National Weather Service

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The National Weather Service has reported that several Wisconsin locations observed top-5 snowfall amounts for 24, 48, or 72 hours in the blizzard ending yesterday:

SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WAS RECENTLY BOMBARDED WITH MULTIPLE STORMS THAT   
PRODUCED BETWEEN 15 TO 28 INCHES DURING A 72 HOUR PERIOD. MANY SITES   
SAW SNOWFALL RECORDS BROKEN DURING THIS PERIOD...FOR 24 HOUR...48   
HOUR...AND 72 HOUR INCREMENTS. THE FOLLOWING TABLES NOTE THE SITES   
THAT REPORTED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE TOP FIVE SINCE OBSERVATIONS   
BEGAN.   
**THE BEGINNING YEAR IS HOW LONG DATA HAS BEEN COLLECTED FROM THE   
INDIVIDUAL SITE**  
  
24-HOUR SNOWFALL RECORDS (FEBRUARY 1-2)  
-------------------------------------  
  
LOCATION                      AMOUNT     RANK    BEGINNING YEAR    
                             (INCHES)     
------------------------------------------------------------------  
RACINE                         24.0      1ST           1896   
HALES CORNERS(WHITNALL PARK)   22.0      1ST           2000   
BURLINGTON                     17.0      1ST           1948   
KENOSHA                        16.8      1ST           1944   
MILWAUKEE                      16.0      4TH           1871  
N.MILWAUKEE (MT MARY COLLEGE)  15.0      2ND           1946   
BELOIT                         15.0      TIED 1ST      1893  
PADDOCK LAKE                   14.0      1ST           2004   
STOUGHTON                      14.0      TIED 1ST      1931   
CLINTON                        11.5      2ND           1948  
  
48-HOUR SNOWFALL RECORDS (JANUARY 31-FEBRUARY 2)  
------------------------------------------------  
  
LOCATION                      AMOUNT     RANK    BEGINNING YEAR   
                             (INCHES)            
------------------------------------------------------------------  
HALES CORNERS (WHITNALL PARK)  28.0      1ST           2000  
RACINE                         26.0      1ST           1896  
KENOSHA                        25.3      1ST           1944  
N.MILWAUKEE (MT MARY COLLEGE)  20.5      2ND           1946  
BURLINGTON                     20.0      1ST           1948  
MILWAUKEE                      19.6      4TH           1871  
STOUGHTON                      19.1      1ST           1931  
BELOIT                         17.0      2ND           1893  
PADDOCK LAKE                   16.8      1ST           2004  
MADISON                        14.3      5TH           1869  
CLINTON                        13.9      3RD           1948  
BLANCHARDVILLE                 11.0      TIED 4TH      1954  
  
72-HOUR SNOWFALL RECORDS (JANUARY 30-FEBRUARY 2)  
------------------------------------------------  
LOCATION                      AMOUNT      RANK    BEGINNING   
YEAR           
                             (INCHES)            
------------------------------------------------------------------  
HALES CORNER(WHITNALL PARK)     28.0      2ND          2000  
RACINE                          26.0      1ST          1896  
KENOSHA                         27.3      1ST          1944  
N. MILWAUKEE                    20.5      3RD          1946  
BURLINGTON                      20.0      1ST          1948  
STOUGHTON                       19.1      1ST          1931  
MADISON                         18.7      2ND          1869  
BELOIT                          17.0      TIED 5TH     1948  
PADDOCK LAKE                    16.8      1ST          2004