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Public Information Statement
Statement as of 4:49 am MDT on October 13, 2008
... Historic October snowstorm hits the city of Lander... ... Top 6 October storm impacts the city of Riverton...
The recent October snowstorm will be one for the records books in the city of Lander where the official snowfall total was 29.7 inches. This storm of October 10th-12th... 2008 will now rank as the greatest storm to ever hit Lander during the month of October and the 7th largest snowstorm of all-time.
New record... October 10th-12th... 2008... ... ... ... ... 29.7 inches. Old record... October 30th-November 1st... 1920... ... .27.6 inches.
Only other two foot October storm: October 27th-29th... 1971... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .27.1 inches.
Top all-time Lander snowstorms...
April 21st-24th... 1999... ... ... ... ..52.7 inches. November 9th-13th... 1978... ... ... ... 36.7 inches. April 9th-15th... 1927... ... ... ... ... 34.1 inches. May 4th-8th... 1978... ... ... ... ... ... 33.1 inches. April 12th-14th... 1945... ... ... ... ..32.7 inches. May 19th-21st... 1975... ... ... ... ... .31.5 inches. March 28th-30th... 2007... ... ... ... ..29.7 inches. October 10th-12th... 2008... ... ... ... 29.7 inches. May 10th-12th... 1933... ... ... ... ... .29.5 inches. February 23-27th... 1987... ... ... ... .29.0 inches.
In the city of Riverton... the 12.1 inches of official snowfall in town ranks as the 6th greatest October snowstorm of all-time and 23rd all-time greatest snowstorm.
Riverton's all-time October snowstorms:
October 27th-30th... 1971... ... ... ... ... .22.0 inches. October 29th-31st... 1920... ... ... ... ... .15.0 inches. October 11th-12th... 1928... ... ... ... ... .15.0 inches. October 8th-9th... 1961... ... ... ... ... ... 13.0 inches. October 29th-31st... 2003... ... ... ... ... .12.6 inches. October 10th-12th... 2008... ... ... ... ... .12.1 inches.
Riverton's all-time greatest top 5 snowstorms:
February 23rd-27th... 1987... ... ... ... ... 22.0 inches. October 27th-30th... 1971... ... ... ... ... .22.0 inches. December 9th-10th... 1985... ... ... ... ... .19.0 inches. April 10th-15th... 1927... ... ... ... ... ... 18.0 inches. April 22nd-24th... 1999... ... ... ... ... ... 17.5 inches.