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Winter 2018-2019 Events
April 27, 2019
: Very late season snow brings 4" to 6" in places
April 14, 2019
: Late season snow brings 5" to 8" in places
March 17, 2019
: Narrow stripe of heavy snow overnight that melted that day
Meteorological Winter (Dec-Feb) Summary
: A near normal winter, however active and cold during its mid to latter period
February 24, 2019
: Strong wind event brings 60+ mph gusts and scattered damage
February 17-18, 2019
: Accumulating snow including a period of Ice and some lake effect snow
February 11-12, 2019
: Ice storm followed by strong winds
February 5, 2019
: Ice and sleet event for northern Illinois
January 2019
: Fourth snowiest January on record for Rockford, IL
January 30-31, 2019
: Record to near-record cold temperatures across northern Illinois, with Rockford reaching all-time record low
January 28, 2019
: Heavy snowfall across northern Illinois and northwest Indiana, making for messy Monday morning commute
January 22-23, 2019
: Freezing precipitation and snow bring a messy Tuesday across the area
January 18-21, 2019
: Widespread snow brings 6+" to northern Illinois followed by heavy lake effect snow into northwest Indiana
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anuary 12, 2019
: Widespread snowfall event returns area to winter weather
November 25-26, 2018
: Major early season winter storm
November 15, 2018
: Early season light snow event with a unique snow band
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