Looking back at the six snowiest winters to date since 1884, pace of snowfall slowed down in four of them (67%) after January 28. Below bar graph shows average snowfall after January 28 and full season totals (rounded to the nearest inch) for Chicago's six snowiest winters to date.
In a historical perspective, in 6 previous winters (nearly as cold and as snowy as current one), 67% of those winters continued cold and recorded slower snowfall rates. Least observed snowfall was 9.5" and greatest was 27.5". 124 year average show snowfall after January 28 at 17.5"
