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    When is the first snow in Missouri?

    Missouri’s first snow usually lands first in St. Louis, around December 2, and last in Kansas City, around December 3.

    Missouri’s first snow arrives in early December and can’t quite decide which end of the state it prefers.
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    That makes Missouri number 29 of the 36 states we track, earliest first.

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    Snow in the next 5 days?

    • No. There’s no snow in the St. Louis forecast for the next 5 days.
    • No. There’s no snow in the Kansas City forecast for the next 5 days.

    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
    St. LouisDecember 2November 11 to December 21about 17 in
    Kansas CityDecember 3October 28 to December 26about 18 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

    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.