Snowfall
How much snow? US cities, snowiest first
Here is the average yearly snowfall at the official weather station of all 75 US cities we track, from NOAA’s 1991 to 2020 normals.
Syracuse gets about 128 inches a year. Nashville gets about 5. Somewhere in the middle, a lot of people own a shovel they resent.
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- Syracuse, New York: about 128 inches a year
- Erie, Pennsylvania: about 104 inches a year
- Rochester, New York: about 102 inches a year
- Buffalo, New York: about 95 inches a year
- Duluth, Minnesota: about 90 inches a year
- Flagstaff, Arizona: about 90 inches a year
- Burlington, Vermont: about 88 inches a year
- Binghamton, New York: about 87 inches a year
- Anchorage, Alaska: about 78 inches a year
- Grand Rapids, Michigan: about 78 inches a year
- Casper, Wyoming: about 72 inches a year
- Portland, Maine: about 69 inches a year
- Youngstown, Ohio: about 68 inches a year
- Concord, New Hampshire: about 68 inches a year
- Great Falls, Montana: about 66 inches a year
- Fairbanks, Alaska: about 65 inches a year
- South Bend, Indiana: about 65 inches a year
- Cleveland, Ohio: about 64 inches a year
- Cheyenne, Wyoming: about 63 inches a year
- Albany, New York: about 59 inches a year
- Billings, Montana: about 57 inches a year
- Green Bay, Wisconsin: about 56 inches a year
- Salt Lake City, Utah: about 52 inches a year
- Madison, Wisconsin: about 52 inches a year
- Hartford, Connecticut: about 52 inches a year
- Fargo, North Dakota: about 51 inches a year
- Minneapolis, Minnesota: about 51 inches a year
- Bismarck, North Dakota: about 51 inches a year
- Lansing, Michigan: about 50 inches a year
- Boston, Massachusetts: about 49 inches a year
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin: about 49 inches a year
- Rapid City, South Dakota: about 49 inches a year
- Akron, Ohio: about 47 inches a year
- Spokane, Washington: about 45 inches a year
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota: about 45 inches a year
- Scranton, Pennsylvania: about 45 inches a year
- Detroit, Michigan: about 45 inches a year
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: about 44 inches a year
- Missoula, Montana: about 43 inches a year
- Dubuque, Iowa: about 43 inches a year
- Waterloo, Iowa: about 39 inches a year
- Chicago, Illinois: about 38 inches a year
- Toledo, Ohio: about 37 inches a year
- Helena, Montana: about 37 inches a year
- Rockford, Illinois: about 37 inches a year
- Providence, Rhode Island: about 37 inches a year
- Des Moines, Iowa: about 37 inches a year
- Quad Cities, Illinois and Iowa: about 36 inches a year
- Sioux City, Iowa: about 36 inches a year
- Fort Wayne, Indiana: about 34 inches a year
- Newark, New Jersey: about 32 inches a year
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: about 30 inches a year
- New York, New York: about 30 inches a year
- Columbus, Ohio: about 28 inches a year
- Omaha, Nebraska: about 27 inches a year
- Peoria, Illinois: about 26 inches a year
- Lincoln, Nebraska: about 26 inches a year
- Indianapolis, Indiana: about 26 inches a year
- Dayton, Ohio: about 25 inches a year
- Cincinnati, Ohio: about 23 inches a year
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: about 23 inches a year
- Springfield, Illinois: about 22 inches a year
- Reno, Nevada: about 21 inches a year
- Baltimore, Maryland: about 19 inches a year
- Kansas City, Missouri: about 18 inches a year
- Grand Junction, Colorado: about 18 inches a year
- Boise, Idaho: about 18 inches a year
- St. Louis, Missouri: about 17 inches a year
- Washington, DC, District of Columbia: about 14 inches a year
- Louisville, Kentucky: about 13 inches a year
- Wichita, Kansas: about 13 inches a year
- Richmond, Virginia: about 9 inches a year
- Albuquerque, New Mexico: about 8 inches a year
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: about 7 inches a year
- Nashville, Tennessee: about 5 inches a year
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991 to 2020, yearly snowfall.
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