Where does Sunday's snowstorm rank among St. Louis' biggest all-time?

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis' first snowstorm of the near year has come and gone, leaving behind one of the biggest snowfalls in several years.

According to the National Weather Service, 8.5 inches of snow were reported at St. Louis Lambert International Airport, the city's primary reporting location. This total represents total snowfall within a 24-hour span, mostly from Sunday and partly from Monday.

Other NWS reporting stations across the St. Louis region measured more than one foot of snow in some areas, with Weldon Spring leading the way at 12.7 inches.

With this in mind, when was the last time it snowed at least eight inches in St. Louis? That was January 2019, when Lambert Airport tracked 11.4 inches from Jan. 11-12.

And the last time St. Louis reached a foot of snow? That was March 2013, when a Palm Sunday snowstorm brought 12.7 inches from March 24-25.

What was the biggest snowstorm before that? You have to go all the way back to the Blizzard of 1982, which produced 13.9 inches of snow from Jan. 30-31.

According to the National Weather Service, these are the Top 5 largest 24-hour snowfall periods in St. Louis history:

• 20.4 inches: March 30-31, 1890
• 15.6 inches: February 20-21, 1912
• 13.9 inches: January 30-31, 1982
• 13.3 inches: February 16-17, 1910
• 13 inches: February 12-13, 1914

The 2013 snowfall ranked as the seventh-largest 24-hour snowfall in St. Louis history. While this week's snowstorm won't crack the Top 10 overall or Top 5 for January in St. Louis specifically, it's still a memorable event for the region and an intriguing point of comparison to past storms.

The FOX 2 Weather Team says St. Louis is usually due for a snowstorm similar to Sunday's outcome around every 4-5 years.