As the snow and ice stick around well over a week after a storm crippled Knoxville, you might be wondering if this made it to the record books.
Well, yes and no.
When it comes to actual snow amounts, the Knoxville region fell far short of the 15 inches that fell during the blizzard of 1993 or the record snowfall of 17.5 inches on Feb. 13, 1960.
But meteorologists at National Weather Service’s Morristown office said we did indeed suffer through a record-breaking stretch of significant snow cover. Knoxville experienced four consecutive days with 6 inches or more of snow on the ground, Jan. 15-18, and seven consecutive days of 4 inches or more of snow on the ground, Jan. 15-21.
This is the longest stretch on record for the 4-inch depth, the weather service said. It is the second-longest stretch for the 6-inch depth, behind Feb. 2-6, 1996.
The weather service’s snow depth data for Knoxville goes back to January 1910, although the Morristown office’s data only stretches as far back as 1995.