...SNOWIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD AT ALLENTOWN...
...FOURTH EARLIEST SNOWFALL ON RECORD AT ALLENTOWN...
OCTOBER, 2011 WAS THE SNOWIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD WITH 6.8 INCHES OF
SNOW. THE PREVIOUS SNOWIEST ON RECORD OCCURRED IN 1925, WHEN 2.2
INCHES OF SNOW FELL.
ALSO, THE OCTOBER 29 SNOWFALL OF 6.8 INCHES WAS THE FOURTH EARLIEST
ON RECORD AT ALLENTOWN. THE EARLIEST OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 10, 1979,
WHEN 1.0 INCH OF SNOW FELL.
SNOWFALL RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1923.
THE SNOWIEST OCTOBERS AT ALLENTOWN DATING BACK TO 1923:
RANK SNOWFALL YEAR
(INCHES)
1 6.8 2011
2 2.2 1925
3 1.4 1972
4 1.0 1979
5 0.2 1962
NO OTHER OCTOBERS AT ALLENTOWN HAVE SEEN MEASURABLE SNOW.
THE TEN EARLIEST SNOWFALLS AT ALLENTOWN DATING BACK TO 1923:
RANK DATE(S) SNOWFALL AMOUNT
(INCHES)
1 OCTOBER 10, 1979 1.0
2 OCTOBER 18-19, 1972 1.4
3 OCTOBER 26, 1962 0.2
4 OCTOBER 29, 2011 6.8
5 OCTOBER 31, 1925 2.2
6 NOVEMBER 6-7, 1953 6.3
7 NOVEMBER 10, 1968 0.8
7 NOVEMBER 10, 1987 3.7
9 NOVEMBER 11, 1933 0.2
9 NOVEMBER 11, 1986 0.1