Winter Storm in Chickasaw, Iowa

This snow band brought heavy snow to Chickasaw County with snowfall totals ranging from 10 to 16 inches across the county. The highest reported snowfall total was 1 mile east of Fredericksburg where 16 inches was measured.

A fast-moving and narrow snow band brought remarkably heavy snowfall rates to much of northeast Iowa during the late evening hours on February 19th through the morning on February 20th. Some locations likely received snowfall rates of 2 to 3 inches per hour at times during the overnight hours with the highest totals being in a narrow band through portions of Floyd, Chickasaw, Winneshiek, Fayette and Allamakee counties where 12 to 16 inches of snow fell. Widespread totals in excess of 6 inches were noted across much of northeast Iowa.