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SNOW (1937-DATE)

     NORMALS (1971-2000)                       MOST EVER BY MONTH (1937-1996)

     JAN.....0.9                                16.7.....JAN/1949
     FEB.....0.1                                 4.1.....FEB/1939
     MAR.....0.*                                 0.1.....MAR/1976
     APR-SEP.....NEVER OCCURRED			APR-SEP.....NEVER OCCURRED
     OCT.....0.0				   	TRACE...OCT/1956
     NOV.....0.0                                 4.0.....NOV/1964
     DEC.....0.*                                 2.0.....DEC/1967
     * LESS THAN 0.1
     ANNUAL AVERAGE.....1.0


     MOST SNOW IN 24 HOURS

     9.0.....1/4-5/1974
     7.5.....1/30-31/1979
     5.0.....1/11-12/1949
     4.7.....1/25/1949
     4.4.....1/1/1974
     4.1.....2/3-4/1939
     4.0.....11/15-16/1964
     3.6.....12/17/2008
     2.4.....1/28/1979
     2.3.....1/19-20/1949
     2.0.....12/15/1967
     1.5.....1/12/1937 AND 1/7/1955

     GREATEST SNOW DEPTHS (INCHES)		MOST SNOW IN A SEASON

      8.....1/05/1974			16.7....1948/49
      7.....1/12/1949			13.4....1973/74
      6.....1/31/1979			10.2....1978/79
					 	 4.1....1938/39
     BIGGEST SNOW STORMS			 4.0....1964/65

      9.7.....1/10-12/1949
      9.0.....1/04-05/1974			CONSECUTIVE SNOW DAYS
      7.8.....1/30-2/2/1979			(TRACE OR MORE)
      4.7.....1/25/1949		  	 5......1/9-13/1949
      4.4.....1/01/1974   			 5......1/4-08/1974
      4.1.....2/03-04/1939			
      4.0.....11/15-16/1964
      3.6.....12/17/2008
      2.4.....1/28/1979   			
      2.3.....1/19-20/1949			CONSECUTIVE SNOW DAYS
      2.0.....12/15/1967            	(MEASURABLE) 
      1.5.....1/12/1937 AND 1/7/1955	 3......1/11-13/1949
      1.4.....2/19/1990			 3......1/30-2/1/1979
      


      EARLIEST SNOW EVER (Trace or Measurable)

      11/15/1964.....3.0" (1" more on the 16th)


      LATEST SNOW EVER

      Trace..........4/4/58
      Measurable.....3/3/76.....0.1"

***Starting in 1996...snowfall and snow depth measurements were no longer officially recorded at 
   McCarran International Airport

NWS Forecast Office-LAS VEGAS SNOWFALL (1997-DATE) 3.6...12/17/2008 1.3...12/30/2003 1.0...12/06/1998

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