Snowfall · Wisconsin
How much snow does Milwaukee get?
Milwaukee gets about 49 inches of snow in a typical year.
Milwaukee gets about 49 inches of snow a year and handles it with the calm of a city that brews its own coping mechanisms.
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On about 14 days a year, an inch of snow or more falls. January is the snowiest month, with about 15 inches. That makes it the 31st 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 Milwaukee forecast for the next 5 days.
It’s 38°F in Milwaukee 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 | 2.5 in |
| December | 10.4 in |
| January | 14.9 in |
| February | 11.8 in |
| March | 6.7 in |
| April | 2.1 in |
| May | a trace or none |
Average snowfall in each month, 1991 to 2020. June to August get none.
Cities with about the same snow
- Rapid City, South Dakota: about 49 inches a year
- Boston, Massachusetts: about 49 inches a year
- Akron, Ohio: about 47 inches a year
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991 to 2020, station USW00014839.