One Year Later: Snowmageddon 2011

High temperatures in the area hovered around 58 degrees Tuesday. It’s hard to believe that exactly one year ago we were bracing for nearly two feet of snow.

We’re taking a look back at the storm that buried Winnetka, Northfield and Glencoe between Feb. 1-2, 2011, through pictures and statistics. We’ll all be that much more grateful for this year’s (so far) mild winter. All storm data comes from the National Weather Service. In many cases, data specific to our villages wasn’t available, so we used the next closest towns.

Snowfall totals: Northeast Illinois got 18 inches of snow during the blizzard.

Blown away: Wind gusts of up to 70 mph hit Chicago's Lakefront during the storm’s peak on Feb. 1, 2011. 

Peak hours: The most snow fell between 6 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. Feb. 1, 2011. O’Hare saw 10.6 inches collect during that time. 

History made: The storm dropped the most snow — 20 inches — during a 24-hour period at O’Hare in recorded history. All told, it was the third biggest blizzard ever in Chicago. 

Hanging around: The snow stuck around for 16 days after the storm.

North Shore buried: Public Works' plow crews worked around the clock in 12-hour shifts to keep roads as clear as possible during the storm. The snow was coming down so furiously that. 

Relive the storm by flipping through