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The Jan. 25 snowstorm was the Wilmington area’s biggest single snowfall since the January 2016 blizzard, according to the National Weather Service.

At Wilmington Airport near New Castle, 8.3 inches of snow was recorded. On Jan. 22-23, 2016, 16.1 inches fell at the airport.

The Jan. 25 daily snowfall record at the airport, set in 2000, is 10.0 inches.

The airport has recorded 15.6 inches of snowfall this snow season. The normal amount through Jan. 25 is 7.6 inches.

Here are snow totals for other places in Delaware, according to the National Weather Service and the Delaware Environmental Observing System’s Snow Monitoring Network.

New Castle County snow totals for Jan. 25

Here is the snowfall reported, with the provider in parentheses:

• Bear: 10.0 inches at 11 p.m. (public)               
• Wilmington area: 9.0 inches at 8 p.m. (public)              
• Holiday Hills area, Brandywine Hundred: 8.7 inches at 9 p.m. (trained spotter)  
• Pike Creek: 8.5 inches at 10 p.m. (trained spotter)        
• New Castle County Airport: 8.3 inches at midnight (Automated Surface Observing System)                
• Twin Oaks, Brandywine Hundred: 8.1 inches at 8 p.m. (trained spotter)        
• New Castle: 8.0 inches at 6:46 p.m. (public)         
• Talleyville area: 8.0 inches at 3:15 p.m. (public)            
• Hockessin: 7.8 inches at 10:15 p.m. (trained spotter)      
• Newark: 7.5 inches at 6 p.m. (trained spotter)   
• Blackbird: 7.3 inches (DEOS)
• Talley: 6.9 inches (DEOS)
• Glasgow: 6.8 inches (DEOS)
• Port Penn: 6.8 inches (DEOS)
• Newark: 6.7 inches (DEOS)
• White Clay Creek: 6.7 inches (DEOS)
• Claymont: 6.3 inches (DEOS)
• Greenville: 6.4 inches (DEOS)
• Prices Corner: 6.3 inches (DEOS)
• Hockessin: 6.2 inches (DEOS)
• New Castle: 6.0 inches (DEOS)