Campus services' Mary Schrunk clears heavy snow in a tractor with a snow plow on a walkway along Pammel Drive on Wednesday morning. Photos by Christopher Gannon.
The first significant snowfall on campus this winter brought 8.8 inches of snow and wind gusts as high as 40 mph Monday night into Tuesday. Campus services teams spent much of Tuesday and Wednesday removing the wet and heavy white stuff from sidewalks and parking lots.
The team at Iowa State Weather on X, formerly known as Twitter, reported the eight-plus inches of snow is the third largest amount to fall on campus since 2015. More than 12 inches fell Jan. 14-15, 2022, and 11 inches was recorded on Feb. 1, 2015.
The Cedar Rapids area reported more than 14 inches of snow from the same storm that blanketed much of the state.
Iowa State Weather anticipates another round of snow and blowing Thursday night into Friday, with an additional three to six inches of snow, followed by plummeting temperatures that grip the state for several days. Spring semester begins Tuesday.
Campus services' Bob Adolph spreads rock salt on the steps of Beardshear Hall on Wednesday morning. Much of the day's work focused on clearing snow and ice while making surfaces slip resistant.
