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    First snow by state

    First snow by state, earliest first

    Here is when the first snow usually lands in 36 US states, from NOAA records for 1991 to 2020, earliest state first.

    Some states get it in September, some in January, and all of them act surprised.

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    1. Alaska: from around September 30 in Fairbanks
    2. Wyoming: from around October 4 in Casper
    3. Montana: from around October 6 in Great Falls
    4. Colorado: from around October 21 in Denver
    5. Minnesota: from around October 24 in Duluth
    6. North Dakota: from around October 28 in Bismarck
    7. New York: from around November 3 in Binghamton
    8. South Dakota: from around November 3 in Rapid City
    9. Utah: from around November 5 in Salt Lake City
    10. Vermont: from around November 7 in Burlington
    11. Iowa: from around November 7 in Sioux City
    12. Ohio: from around November 7 in Youngstown
    13. Arizona: from around November 9 in Flagstaff
    14. Michigan: from around November 9 in Grand Rapids
    15. Wisconsin: from around November 11 in Madison
    16. Pennsylvania: from around November 12 in Scranton
    17. Washington: from around November 13 in Spokane
    18. Nebraska: from around November 15 in Omaha
    19. Indiana: from around November 16 in Fort Wayne
    20. Illinois: from around November 17 in Chicago
    21. Idaho: from around November 20 in Boise
    22. New Hampshire: from around November 20 in Concord
    23. Maine: from around November 26 in Portland
    24. Nevada: from around November 27 in Reno
    25. New Mexico: from around November 28 in Albuquerque
    26. Connecticut: from around December 1 in Hartford
    27. Rhode Island: from around December 1 in Providence
    28. Massachusetts: from around December 2 in Boston
    29. Missouri: from around December 2 in St. Louis
    30. Kansas: from around December 4 in Wichita
    31. Kentucky: from around December 5 in Louisville
    32. New Jersey: from around December 9 in Newark
    33. Maryland: from around December 11 in Baltimore
    34. Oklahoma: from around December 16 in Oklahoma City
    35. Virginia: from around December 29 in Richmond
    36. Tennessee: from around January 3 in Nashville

    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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