Here’s how much snow, sleet fell in Belleville, Swansea, and elsewhere in southwest IL
Snow and sleet totals ranging from 5 to 11 inches have been reported in the metro-east for the two-day winter storm this week.
Freezing rain, sleet and snow fell on Wednesday morning and then late Wednesday, and most of the day on Thursday, it was all snow.
Ben Herzog, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in St. Louis, on Friday said Lambert St. Louis International Airport had 6.7 inches of sleet and snow.
Herzog said freezing rain amounts are measured in a different category and there was just a glazing at the airport.
As far as a verdict on the weather service’s prediction for snow and sleet totals in the metro-east, Herzog called it “pretty close.”
The weather service noted that the 6.7 inches of snow at the St. Louis airport was the first time St. Louis has had a snowfall of 6 or more inches in the month of February since Feb. 24-25, 1993.
“That 29-year stretch has finally ended,” the agency said in a Facebook post.
Here are some of the measurements of sleet and snow totals in the metro-east as reported to the National Weather Service and the News-Democrat:
St. Clair County
Belleville’s west side: 5.5 inches
Belleville’s southeast side: 6.5 inches
Belleville, one mile east: 8 inches
Fairview Heights: 5 inches
O’Fallon’s northwest side: 6.5 inches
Smithton: 6.5 inches
Swansea: 7 inches
Madison County
Collinsville, 1 mile east: 6.2 inches
Edwardsville: 8 inches
Edwardsville, two miles west: 9 inches
Godfrey: 5.9 inches
Granite City: 7.8 inches
Highland: 7.8 inches
Pontoon Beach: 11.5 inches
Roxana, 1 mile south-southwest: 8 inches
St. Jacob: 4.1 inches
Troy, 1.9 mile south: 5 inches
Wood River: 7 inches
Wood River: 5 inches
Monroe County
Waterloo: 12 inches
Waterloo: 5.8 inches
Jersey County
Grafton: 8.6 inches
Perry County
Pinckneyville: 4 inches
Randolph County
Kaskaskia Lock and Dam: 5 inches
Red Bud: 6 inches
Sparta, 2.4 miles northwest: 6.5 inches
Steeleville: 5.5 inches
Washington County
Ashley, 1.4 miles north-northeast: 9.5 inches
Hoyleton, 3 miles west-northwest: 7.5 inches
Marion County
Centralia: 8 inches
Salem: 6 inches
We will update this story as we get more totals. If you have a snow and sleet amount to report, send an email to newsroom@bnd.com.
This story was originally published February 4, 2022 at 11:24 AM.
