Grand Rapids - Extreme Daily Snowfall for Each Year
Here's a list of yearly records for the heaviest snowfalls and snowiest days in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The information easily answers questions such as: How much snow fell in a day during the biggest snowstorm of 2019? When was the last time Grand Rapids got more than ten inches of snow in a single day?
This page gives the highest daily snowfall of each year in Grand Rapids and the date it occurred. If a date has a plus sign beside it that means the same amount of snow also fell on at least one other day earlier in the year.
These records go back to 1904, with just a few years missing data. Since then, the most amount of snow to land in one day at Grand Rapids is 16.1 inches (40.9 centimetres) on January 26, 1978.
Since 1964 the snowfall extremes were measured at Gerald R. Ford International Airport. From 1943 to 1962 snow data were collected in the Godwin Heights neighborhood, south of downtown Grand Rapids. Before then, the weather station was in downtown Grand Rapids.
| Inches | Date | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|
| 8.7 | March 10, 2023 | 22.1 |
| 10.5 | December 24, 2022 | 26.7 |
| 7.9 | February 05, 2021 | 20.1 |
| 6.3 | January 18, 2020 | 16.0 |
| 5.5 | November 11, 2019 | 14.0 |
| 4.8 | November 26, 2018 | 12.2 |
| 7.0 | December 25, 2017 | 17.8 |
| 8.9 | December 11, 2016 | 22.6 |
| 8.8 | February 01, 2015 | 22.4 |
| 9.6 | November 18, 2014 | 24.4 |
| 5.9 | February 02, 2013 | 15.0 |
| 6.2 | February 10, 2012 | 15.7 |
| 11.1 | February 02, 2011 | 28.2 |
| 8.1 | February 09, 2010 | 20.6 |
| Inches | Date | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | December 10, 2009 | 18.3 |
| 10.2 | December 19, 2008 | 25.9 |
| 11.3 | February 03, 2007 | 28.7 |
| 4.4 | December 04, 2006 | 11.2 |
| 12.3 | January 22, 2005 | 31.2 |
| 9.7 | November 24, 2004 | 24.6 |
| 7.6 | January 25, 2003 | 19.3 |
| 13.6 | March 02, 2002 | 34.5 |
| 11.9 | December 26, 2001 | 30.2 |
| 14.2 | December 11, 2000 | 36.1 |
| – | 1999 | – |
| 8.2 | March 09, 1998 | 20.8 |
| 7.1 | January 09, 1997 | 18.0 |
| 5.7 | January 27, 1996 | 14.5 |
| 5.8 | November 11, 1995 | 14.7 |
| 5.9 | February 23, 1994 | 15.0 |
| 7.5 | December 24, 1993 | 19.1 |
| 5.5 | March 22, 1992 | 14.0 |
| 10.4 | November 03, 1991 | 26.4 |
| 7.0 | December 25, 1990 | 17.8 |
| 7.1 | November 17, 1989 | 18.0 |
| 4.0 | November 06, 1988 | 10.2 |
| 6.7 | December 15, 1987 | 17.0 |
| 4.6 | February 20, 1986 | 11.7 |
| 8.8 | February 11, 1985 | 22.4 |
| 5.6 | December 31, 1984 | 14.2 |
| 6.3 | March 21, 1983 | 16.0 |
| 6.8 | January 23, 1982 | 17.3 |
| 6.7 | February 10, 1981 | 17.0 |
| 5.3 | December 29, 1980 | 13.5 |
| 10.5 | January 13, 1979 | 26.7 |
| 16.1 | January 26, 1978 | 40.9 |
| 6.0 | January 28, 1977 | 15.2 |
| 5.1 | January 13, 1976 | 13.0 |
| 7.8 | April 02, 1975 | 19.8 |
| 5.7 | February 01, 1974 | 14.5 |
| 7.5 | March 17, 1973 | 19.1 |
| 6.0 | December 12, 1972 | 15.2 |
| 5.6 | March 06, 1971 | 14.2 |
| 10.3 | December 11, 1970 | 26.2 |
| 7.5 | January 06, 1969 | 19.1 |
| 6.8 | December 05, 1968 | 17.3 |
| 12.2 | January 27, 1967 | 31.0 |
| 7.1 | February 28, 1966 | 18.0 |
| 7.9 | November 28, 1965 | 20.1 |
| 8.4 | January 25, 1964 | 21.3 |
| – | 1963 | – |
| 6.0 | December 13, 1962 | 15.2 |
| 11.8 | April 16, 1961 | 30.0 |
| 8.0 | January 18, 1960 | 20.3 |
| 5.3 | February 03, 1959 | 13.5 |
| 6.1 | January 21, 1958 | 15.5 |
| 9.7 | December 31, 1957 | 24.6 |
| 8.4 | March 23, 1956 | 21.3 |
| 6.2 | February 10, 1955 + | 15.7 |
| 6.6 | March 29, 1954 | 16.8 |
| 4.6 | December 22, 1953 | 11.7 |
| 8.8 | April 05, 1952 | 22.4 |
| 8.8 | December 21, 1951 | 22.4 |
| 6.0 | February 22, 1950 | 15.2 |
| 4.0 | November 24, 1949 | 10.2 |
| 8.0 | March 02, 1948 | 20.3 |
| 6.6 | November 24, 1947 | 16.8 |
| 6.5 | February 13, 1946 | 16.5 |
| 6.7 | November 22, 1945 | 17.0 |
| 4.2 | December 23, 1944 | 10.7 |
| 4.4 | March 06, 1943 + | 11.2 |
| – | 1942 | – |
| 6.3 | January 04, 1941 | 16.0 |
| 8.4 | March 20, 1940 | 21.3 |
| 5.1 | January 26, 1939 | 13.0 |
| 4.3 | April 08, 1938 | 10.9 |
| 4.8 | February 22, 1937 | 12.2 |
| 6.7 | April 02, 1936 | 17.0 |
| 8.1 | February 25, 1935 | 20.6 |
| 4.3 | December 19, 1934 | 10.9 |
| 8.1 | February 07, 1933 | 20.6 |
| 5.2 | March 22, 1932 | 13.2 |
| 5.6 | January 19, 1931 | 14.2 |
| 8.0 | January 09, 1930 | 20.3 |
| 10.0 | December 19, 1929 | 25.4 |
| 3.5 | February 18, 1928 | 8.9 |
| 8.3 | January 13, 1927 | 21.1 |
| 7.0 | December 05, 1926 + | 17.8 |
| 3.5 | December 24, 1925 + | 8.9 |
| 5.5 | January 16, 1924 | 14.0 |
| 5.5 | May 09, 1923 | 14.0 |
| 5.5 | March 20, 1922 | 14.0 |
| 7.5 | November 08, 1921 | 19.1 |
| 4.0 | February 17, 1920 | 10.2 |
| 7.5 | March 09, 1919 | 19.1 |
| 11.0 | January 06, 1918 | 27.9 |
| 4.5 | January 21, 1917 | 11.4 |
| 5.0 | December 19, 1916 + | 12.7 |
| 3.8 | December 25, 1915 | 9.7 |
| 14.0 | January 31, 1914 | 35.6 |
| 4.6 | February 21, 1913 | 11.7 |
| 5.2 | March 15, 1912 | 13.2 |
| 5.8 | February 06, 1911 | 14.7 |
| 7.6 | December 07, 1910 | 19.3 |
| 7.7 | December 07, 1909 | 19.6 |
| 4.9 | February 01, 1908 | 12.4 |
| 5.1 | December 14, 1907 | 13.0 |
| 3.0 | December 05, 1906 | 7.6 |
| 4.5 | February 08, 1905 | 11.4 |
| 10.5 | March 14, 1904 | 26.7 |
Reference
Jay Lawrimore. 2016. Global Summary of the Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.