The Top 10 Snows of the Past 60 Years.

Position Number	Dates	Days of Week	Amount (Inches)
#10	03/14/1999 – 03/15/1999	Sunday – Monday	12.5
#9	01/31/1948 – 02/01/1948	Saturday – Sunday	13.0
#9	03/09/1958	Sunday	13.0
#8	12/31/1970 – 01/01/1971	Thursday – Friday	14.0
#7	03/13/1993	Saturday	15.0
#6	02/15/2003 – 02/17/2003	Saturday – Monday	16.5
#5	01/21/1987 – 01/26/1987	Wednesday – Monday	19.0
#4	03/01/1994 – 03/03/1994	Tuesday – Thursday	20.0
#3	02/10/1983 – 02/11/1983	Thursday – Friday	23.0
#2	01/06/1996 – 01/08/1996	Saturday – Monday	33.0
#1	03/05/1962 – 03/07/1962	Monday – Wednesday	35.0

Other pieces of information:

The earliest measurable snow in our 60-year history - 11 inches of snow fell on October 10, 1979.

April snows are rare for the Shenandoah Valley, as they have occurred only five times over the past 60 years. On April 6 - 7, 1990, 9.5 inches of snow fell. The latest measurable snow occurred on April 12, 1959 with 5 inches.