Dear Tom,
A recent column talked about all the snow in December 2000. Wasn’t the rest of that winter relatively snow free?
–Richard Strombom, Wheeling
Dear Richard,
You are correct. After the Chicago area was staggered by one of the snowiest months on record in December 2000, the rest of that winter turned out to be a piece of cake. More than three-quarters of the season’s snowfall fell that December. At Midway Airport, where the month brought a record 41.3 inches of snow, the rest of the winter delivered only 13.2 inches, bringing the seasonal total to 54.5 inches. January had 2 inches; February, 2.9 inches; March, 6.6 inches; and April, 0.6 inches. O’Hare International Airport recorded 30.9 inches of snow for that December — nearly 80 percent of the city’s official 39.2-inch seasonal total.
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