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When is the first snow in Dubuque?
Snow in the next 5 days?
No. There’s no snow in the Dubuque forecast for the next 5 days.
It’s 35°F in Dubuque right now.
Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.
Dubuque’s first measurable snow usually lands around November 12.
Dubuque’s first snow on the river bluffs looks like a postcard. The postcard leaves out the hills.
Snow’s coming. Heads-up or surprise?
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Dubuque is number 31 of 76 for the earliest first snow. Is your city earlier?
- Grand Junction, Colorado: around November 12
- Green Bay, Wisconsin: around November 12
- Scranton, Pennsylvania: around November 12
The fastest way back here when the snow gets close.
In 8 winters out of 10 it arrives between October 26 and December 6. A typical Dubuque winter adds up to about 43 inches of snow.
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How much snow Dubuque gets in a year
Source: NOAA daily snowfall records for the Dubuque area, winters 1991 to 2020 (30 with complete records), via the Applied Climate Information System. First snow here means the first day with at least a tenth of an inch.