Snowstorms

The snowstorm of April 19 to 21, 1907

April 19 to 21, 1907 · Below category 1 in the South

A snowstorm NOAA ranked in 2 regions on its Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the South.

The storm by region

Each region’s thresholds are its own, so the same depth of snow counts for more in the South than in the Northeast.

RegionIndexCategoryArea with snow (sq mi)People under snowAbove the top threshold (sq mi)People above it
South0.55Below category 177,9371,118,31000
Northern Rockies and Plains0.39Below category 1100,155650,64200

The Regional Snowfall Index is NOAA’s ranking of snowstorms east of the Rockies by how much snow fell, over how wide an area and on how many people, region by region: the area and the population above four snowfall thresholds set for each region, weighted against that region’s own history. A storm is scored in each region it reached, on a scale from 1, notable, to 5, extreme.

In the Storm Events record

The Storm Events Database holds winter weather only from 1996, so this storm has no episodes there.

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Sources

NOAA NCEI Regional Snowfall Index, and the Storm Events Database for the episodes.