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    When is the first snow in Virginia?

    In Virginia, Richmond’s first measurable snow usually lands around December 29.

    Virginia’s first snow turns up so late in December it nearly arrives with the New Year fireworks.
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    That makes Virginia number 35 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 Richmond 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
    RichmondDecember 29December 4 to January 28about 9 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

    • Tennessee: from around January 3 in Nashville
    • Oklahoma: from around December 16 in Oklahoma City
    • Maryland: from around December 11 in Baltimore

    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.

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