Bridgeport Region Finishes Third in Snowfall Departure

If you thought last Winter was brutal, you're right. The February blizzard helped push the season snowfall total at Sikorsky Airport over five feet. According to local climatologist Ralph Fato, that makes the Bridgeport region third among all National Weather Service stations across the lower 48 states in snowfall departure.

According to his research, the city with the greatest snowfall departure from normal is Little Rock, Arkansas. It received 10.6 inches of snow, which is 203% above its 3.5" normal. The runner-up is North Little Rock, Arkansas. Bridgeport finished third with more than double its normal snowfall for the season. In fact, it finished with 133% of its normal average.

Islip, New York, finished in fifth place  with just under four feet of snow. The normal annual snowfall for the Long Island community is just over two feet. The state of Kansas made the Top 20 four times!

Paul