2008-09 Snowfall Reaches a New Record

April 22, 2009 07:44 AM

By Jeff Alexander

After 70-degree weather just a few days ago, many would agree that waking up to snow-covered lawns and slushy driveways Tuesday morning was tough to swallow.

This April snowfall is one for the ages, even if it was just four-tenths of one inch.

Wet, heavy snow in April is far from unusual in Green Bay, but when it adds up to a record people tend to take notice. Just don’t expect to see anyone dancing in the street.

“It’s a little too cold for that,” April Deming said. “We were shocked from the 70s last week into this again and it feels wrong.”

Like it or not, the 2008-09 snowfall has set a record for the snowiest winter season Green Bay has seen in well over 100 years.

At 87.7 inches of snow to date, the season is second to none since 1900.

It makes last year’s winter of 87.4 inches a distant memory, and the winter of 1922-23 has slipped to third place in the record books from 1900 to date.

Back-to-back snowy winters in the mid-90s (remember the Packers’ Super Bowl return?) round out the top five.

As for having back-to-back record-setting winters, opinions are mixed.

“After living in Minocqua from 1977-1989 I’m used to it, so I’m not disappointed at all. I like breaking records,” Steve Schmeisser of De Pere said.

“You don’t feel like you get much of a spring or summer at all, so I hope it changes in the years to come,” Colleen Roznowski said.

Most do agree that two extremely snow-packed winters in a row are enough for a while.

“Winters are long enough, and if they’re gonna be like this every winter, I’m thinking about trying to get out,” Jim Fossum of Green Bay said.

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