Rockford had never had accumulating snow after May 2nd … until this year… two weeks past the latest date. Records since 1905.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
Rockford, Illinois – 16 May 2014
Photo by Kristi Fairchild.
Source for pic:
https://twitter.com/KWWLSchnack/status/467414553807314944
NWS Chicago has more pics.
https://twitter.com/NWSChicago
It’s also the longest snow season in 109 years in Rockford … started October 22 and most likely ended May 16th.
It has snowed in the U.S for 9 straight months now since the rare September snowfall in Wyoming.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=lot&storyid=102303&source=0
Thanks to Ralph Fato for these links