Breaking Snowfall records for December 2008

It is said that Winter 2008-2009 will be the snowiest in years. Here is a partial list of some of the breaking snowfall records for December 2008.


Green Bay, WI snow for Dec. 2008 (according to the Green Bay Press-Gazette)
48.9 inches: December snowfall record buried the previous record of 36.4 inches, set in December 1887.

Spokane, WA set a monthly record for snowfall, at 59.7 inches. The old record of 42.7 inches was set in 1996.

Bismarck, N.D. broke the record in December for snow totaling 33.3 inches. That tops the record of 31.1 inches set in March 1975.

Las Vegas gets record Dec. snowfall, 3.6 inches. School district calls off classes for first time in 30 years and flights canceled. It was biggest December snowfall on record there, and the worst for any month since a 7 1/2 -inch accumulation in January 1979.

Sellwood Bridge, Portland, Oregon


Portland, OR snowfall for Dec. 2008 totaled 18.9 inches. December also marked the second-snowiest month in Portland's recorded history, bested only by the remarkable 41 inches of snow that fell on the Rose City in January, 1950.

Houston, TX, snow ties 64 year old record on Dec 11, 2008.
Coeur d'alene, ID, 25.0 in. Dec 18, 2008. This broke the record of 16.0 in. Feb. 26, 1955.
Eustis, ME, 41.8 in. Dec 22, 2008. This broke the record of 29.8 in in. Feb. 15, 2007.