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# 2.0 inches on [[December 11]], [[1944]] | # 2.0 inches on [[December 11]], [[1944]] | ||
# 2.0 inches on [[March 1]], [[2009]] | # 2.0 inches on [[March 1]], [[2009]] | ||
# 2.0 inches on [[January 17]], [[2013]] ([http://www.srh.noaa.gov/bmx/?n=winter_01172013 link]) | |||
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Note that localized accumulations can differ markedly from these official figures. The current weather station for Birmingham is located at the [[Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport]]. | <nowiki>*</nowiki> Note that localized accumulations can differ markedly from these official figures. The current weather station for Birmingham is located at the [[Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport]]. |
Revision as of 18:39, 23 January 2013
This is a List of snowfalls of 2 inches or greater in Birmingham as reported by the Alabama Office of the State Climatologist.
- 10.3 inches on March 13, 1993 (See Blizzard of 1993)
- 9.5 inches on January 23, 1940
- 8.1 inches on January 28, 1904
- 8.0 inches on December 31, 1963
- 6.0 inches on March 13, 1924
- 5.5 inches on December 22, 1929
- 5.5 inches on January 2, 1919
- 5.5 inches on January 29, 1930
- 5.0 inches on April 3, 1987
- 5.0 inches on January 13, 1982
- 5.0 inches on February 23, 1901
- 4.4 inches on January 18, 1992
- 3.8 inches on January 23, 1948
- 3.5 inches on January 9, 1962
- 3.3 inches on December 13, 1958
- 3.0 inches on January 29, 1936
- 3.0 inches on January 29, 2000
- 2.8 inches on March 20, 1915
- 2.7 inches on March 12, 1993 (See Blizzard of 1993)
- 2.6 inches on January 22, 1987
- 2.5 inches on March 2, 1942
- 2.3 inches on December 18, 1909
- 2.3 inches on February 13, 1960
- 2.0 inches on February 28, 1941
- 2.0 inches on February 13, 1905
- 2.0 inches on March 10, 1984
- 2.0 inches on December 11, 1944
- 2.0 inches on March 1, 2009
- 2.0 inches on January 17, 2013 (link)
* Note that localized accumulations can differ markedly from these official figures. The current weather station for Birmingham is located at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport.
White Christmas?
A rare Christmas day snowfall brought accumulations of about 1/2" to parts of the Birmingham area in 2010, although no accumulation was officially reported at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport.
Prior to that, no measurable snow accumulation had ever occurred on December 24 or 25 in Birmingham. There were some flurries and light dusting in 1985, and even lighter flurries in 1961, 1963, 1966, 1980, 1989, 1990, 1993 and 1995. The nearest major snowfall was the one on December 22, 1929 which left some snow still on the ground on Christmas Eve. Christmas Day's high of 51° F melted the rest of it off.
References
- Mersmann, Tim (December 1978) "Two Percent Chance for White Christmas". Birmingham magazine. Vol. 18, No. 12, p. 4
- Alabama Weather Page database query
- "White Christmas History in Central Alabama". (December 16, 2004) National Weather Service Forecast Office, Birmingham, AL