Snowfall · New York
How much snow does Albany get?
Albany gets about 59 inches of snow in a typical year.
Albany gets about 59 inches of snow a year, a perfectly reasonable amount for a capital that likes to keep things moving.
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On about 15 days a year, an inch of snow or more falls. January is the snowiest month, with about 16 inches. That makes it the 20th snowiest of the 75 US cities we track.
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Snow in the next 5 days?
No. There’s no snow in the Albany forecast for the next 5 days.
It’s 41°F in Albany right now.
Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.
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Snow by month
| September | a trace or none |
|---|---|
| October | 0.3 in |
| November | 2.6 in |
| December | 13.3 in |
| January | 15.6 in |
| February | 13.7 in |
| March | 12.0 in |
| April | 1.6 in |
| May | 0.1 in |
Average snowfall in each month, 1991 to 2020. June to August get none.
Cities with about the same snow
- Billings, Montana: about 57 inches a year
- Green Bay, Wisconsin: about 56 inches a year
- Cheyenne, Wyoming: about 63 inches a year
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991 to 2020, station USW00014735.