First snow · Iowa
When is the first snow in Waterloo?
Waterloo right now
36°FClear skies
- Today41°F / 28°FClear skies
- Tomorrow47°F / 26°FClear skies
- Monday50°F / 30°FClear skies
Blue sky. Suspiciously nice.
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Snow in the next 5 days?
No. There’s no snow in the Waterloo forecast for the next 5 days.
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Waterloo’s first measurable snow usually lands around November 12.
Waterloo’s first snow arrives flat, fast and with nothing to stop it for a hundred miles.
Snow’s coming. Heads-up or surprise?
Tomorrow’s roast for WaterlooFree, no account, and you pick how rude I get.Cities on the same snow schedule
Waterloo is number 35 of 76 for the earliest first snow. Is your city earlier?
- Dubuque, Iowa: around November 12
- Grand Junction, Colorado: around November 12
- Green Bay, Wisconsin: around November 12
The fastest way back here when the snow gets close.
In 8 winters out of 10 it arrives between October 24 and December 13. A typical Waterloo winter adds up to about 40 inches of snow.
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How much snow Waterloo gets in a year
Source: NOAA daily snowfall records for the Waterloo 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.