Snowfall · Alaska
How much snow does Anchorage get?
Anchorage gets about 78 inches of snow in a typical year.
Anchorage gets about 78 inches of snow a year, spread over a winter long enough to forget what grass looks like.
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On about 22 days a year, an inch of snow or more falls. December is the snowiest month, with about 18 inches. That makes it the 9th snowiest of the 75 US cities we track.
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Snow in the next 5 days?
Yes. Snow is in the Anchorage forecast for today.
It’s 24°F in Anchorage 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 | 0.4 in |
|---|---|
| October | 5.6 in |
| November | 12.6 in |
| December | 18.2 in |
| January | 12.4 in |
| February | 13.4 in |
| March | 11.0 in |
| April | 4.0 in |
| May | 0.3 in |
Average snowfall in each month, 1991 to 2020. June to August get none.
Cities with about the same snow
- Grand Rapids, Michigan: about 78 inches a year
- Casper, Wyoming: about 72 inches a year
- Binghamton, New York: about 87 inches a year
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991 to 2020, station USW00026451.