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GENERAL MITCHELL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN MILWAUKEE HAS RECORDED 99.1 INCHES OF SNOW.

THIS AMOUNT RANKS AS THE 2nd SNOWIEST WINTER SEASON ON RECORD IN MILWAUKEE.

BELOW IS A LIST OF THE TOP 10 WINTER SEASON SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FOR MILWAUKEE...

RANK   AMOUNT   SEASON

1      109.8    1885-86
*2*   *99.1*  *2007-08*
3       94.2    1897-98
4       93.3    1959-60
5       83.2    1973-74
6       82.9    1978-79
7       82.6    1903-04
8       81.9    1993-94
9       80.8    1922-23
10       80.7    1977-78

THE WINTER SEASON IN THESE RANKINGS IS DEFINED FROM JULY 1 TO JUNE 30 OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THIS TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE ENTIRE COLD SEASON. THIS DIFFERS FROM TOTALS FOR METEOROLOGICAL WINTER...WHICH IS DEFINED AS DECEMBER...AND JANUARY AND FEBRUARY OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

THE MAP BELOW WAS CREATED BY THE METEOROLOGISTS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN, WISCONSIN. 

NOTE THAT THE MAPE BELOW ONLY TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE SNOW THAT FELL THROUGH FEBRUARY 29TH.