First snow · Michigan
When is the first snow in Grand Rapids?
Grand Rapids right now
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- Today43°F / 38°FClouds
- Tomorrow45°F / 37°FClouds
- Monday49°F / 33°FClouds
Cold enough to notice.
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Snow in the next 5 days?
No. There’s no snow in the Grand Rapids forecast for the next 5 days.
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Grand Rapids’s first measurable snow usually lands around November 9.
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Snow’s coming. Heads-up or surprise?
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Grand Rapids is number 26 of 76 for the earliest first snow. Is your city earlier?
- Flagstaff, Arizona: around November 9
- Akron, Ohio: around November 8
- Buffalo, New York: around November 8
The fastest way back here when the snow gets close.
In 8 winters out of 10 it arrives between October 18 and November 24. A typical Grand Rapids winter adds up to about 77 inches of snow.
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How much snow Grand Rapids gets in a year
Source: NOAA daily snowfall records for the Grand Rapids 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.