Preliminary data from the National Weather Service indicates some of largest snowfall amounts ever recorded in some parts of Kansas.
Here are some preliminary totals from across Central Kansas:
18 inches – Chapman
16.4 inches – Abilene
15 inches – Lincoln
15 inches – 4 miles NE Delphos
14 inches – Beloit
12 inches – Salina
12 inches – Minneapolis
12 inches – Bennington
10 inches – 8 miles NNE Kanopolis
9 inches – Lindsborg
9 inches – 8 miles NW Marquette
8.5 inches – 5 miles E Bridgeport
7.5 inches – McPherson
Here are some of the previous worst snow storms ever in Salina:
12 inches – 1/18/1962, 3/9/1909
11.8 inches – 3/16/1970
11.6 inches – 2/21/1971
11.3 inches – 3/19/1998
10.2 inches – 2/23/2003
10.0 inches – 12/23/1918
9.2 inches – 2/7/1980
8.8 inches – 2/16/1975
8.7 inches – 11/9/1888
