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Gainesvilles record snowfall was in 1898

Jessie Weber removes ice from the parking lot of Washington Square as Gainesville and Hall County begin to recover from the Jan. 10, 2011, snowstorm. That storm dumped 6 inches of snow on the area, but it was nothing compared to the record 15 inches recorded on Nov. 16, 1898.

0126ask2 — Jessie Weber removes ice from the parking lot of Washington Square as Gainesville and Hall County begin to recover from the Jan. 10, 2011, snowstorm. That storm dumped 6 inches of snow on the area, but it was nothing compared to the record 15 inches recorded on Nov. 16, 1898.

What’s the most it has ever snowed in Gainesville? On Nov. 16, 1898, it snowed 15 inches in Gainesville, according to the National Weather Service. The records go back just two more years, to 1896, but that much snow has not been recorded in Gainesville since.