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    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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    1. Syracuse, New York: about 128 inches a year
    2. Erie, Pennsylvania: about 104 inches a year
    3. Rochester, New York: about 102 inches a year
    4. Buffalo, New York: about 95 inches a year
    5. Duluth, Minnesota: about 90 inches a year
    6. Flagstaff, Arizona: about 90 inches a year
    7. Burlington, Vermont: about 88 inches a year
    8. Binghamton, New York: about 87 inches a year
    9. Anchorage, Alaska: about 78 inches a year
    10. Grand Rapids, Michigan: about 78 inches a year
    11. Casper, Wyoming: about 72 inches a year
    12. Portland, Maine: about 69 inches a year
    13. Youngstown, Ohio: about 68 inches a year
    14. Concord, New Hampshire: about 68 inches a year
    15. Great Falls, Montana: about 66 inches a year
    16. Fairbanks, Alaska: about 65 inches a year
    17. South Bend, Indiana: about 65 inches a year
    18. Cleveland, Ohio: about 64 inches a year
    19. Cheyenne, Wyoming: about 63 inches a year
    20. Albany, New York: about 59 inches a year
    21. Billings, Montana: about 57 inches a year
    22. Green Bay, Wisconsin: about 56 inches a year
    23. Salt Lake City, Utah: about 52 inches a year
    24. Madison, Wisconsin: about 52 inches a year
    25. Hartford, Connecticut: about 52 inches a year
    26. Fargo, North Dakota: about 51 inches a year
    27. Minneapolis, Minnesota: about 51 inches a year
    28. Bismarck, North Dakota: about 51 inches a year
    29. Lansing, Michigan: about 50 inches a year
    30. Boston, Massachusetts: about 49 inches a year
    31. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: about 49 inches a year
    32. Rapid City, South Dakota: about 49 inches a year
    33. Akron, Ohio: about 47 inches a year
    34. Spokane, Washington: about 45 inches a year
    35. Sioux Falls, South Dakota: about 45 inches a year
    36. Scranton, Pennsylvania: about 45 inches a year
    37. Detroit, Michigan: about 45 inches a year
    38. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: about 44 inches a year
    39. Missoula, Montana: about 43 inches a year
    40. Dubuque, Iowa: about 43 inches a year
    41. Waterloo, Iowa: about 39 inches a year
    42. Chicago, Illinois: about 38 inches a year
    43. Toledo, Ohio: about 37 inches a year
    44. Helena, Montana: about 37 inches a year
    45. Rockford, Illinois: about 37 inches a year
    46. Providence, Rhode Island: about 37 inches a year
    47. Des Moines, Iowa: about 37 inches a year
    48. Quad Cities, Illinois and Iowa: about 36 inches a year
    49. Sioux City, Iowa: about 36 inches a year
    50. Fort Wayne, Indiana: about 34 inches a year
    51. Newark, New Jersey: about 32 inches a year
    52. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: about 30 inches a year
    53. New York, New York: about 30 inches a year
    54. Columbus, Ohio: about 28 inches a year
    55. Omaha, Nebraska: about 27 inches a year
    56. Peoria, Illinois: about 26 inches a year
    57. Lincoln, Nebraska: about 26 inches a year
    58. Indianapolis, Indiana: about 26 inches a year
    59. Dayton, Ohio: about 25 inches a year
    60. Cincinnati, Ohio: about 23 inches a year
    61. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: about 23 inches a year
    62. Springfield, Illinois: about 22 inches a year
    63. Reno, Nevada: about 21 inches a year
    64. Baltimore, Maryland: about 19 inches a year
    65. Kansas City, Missouri: about 18 inches a year
    66. Grand Junction, Colorado: about 18 inches a year
    67. Boise, Idaho: about 18 inches a year
    68. St. Louis, Missouri: about 17 inches a year
    69. Washington, DC, District of Columbia: about 14 inches a year
    70. Louisville, Kentucky: about 13 inches a year
    71. Wichita, Kansas: about 13 inches a year
    72. Richmond, Virginia: about 9 inches a year
    73. Albuquerque, New Mexico: about 8 inches a year
    74. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: about 7 inches a year
    75. Nashville, Tennessee: about 5 inches a year

    Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991 to 2020, yearly snowfall.

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