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    First snow · Arizona

    When is the first snow in Arizona?

    In Arizona, Flagstaff’s first measurable snow usually lands around November 9.

    Arizona’s first snow lands in Flagstaff, which spends all winter explaining that yes, Arizona does snow.
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    That makes Arizona number 13 of the 36 states we track, earliest first.

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    Snow in the next 5 days?

    • Yes. Snow is in the Flagstaff forecast for Tuesday.

    Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.

    First snow, city by city

    CityUsually around8 winters in 10Snow a winter
    FlagstaffNovember 9October 16 to December 16about 87 in

    Usually around is the middle date across 30 winters. In 8 winters out of 10, the first snow lands inside the range.

    States on the same snow schedule

    • Michigan: from around November 9 in Grand Rapids
    • Iowa: from around November 7 in Sioux City
    • Ohio: from around November 7 in Youngstown

    Every state’s first snow, earliest first

    Source: NOAA daily snowfall records for each city’s official station, winters 1991 to 2020, via the Applied Climate Information System. First snow here means the first day with at least a tenth of an inch.