Snowfall · New York
How much snow does Rochester get?
Rochester gets about 102 inches of snow in a typical year.
Rochester piles up about 102 inches of snow a year and still acts mildly surprised every single December.
Tomorrow’s roast for RochesterFree, no account, and you pick how rude I get.
On about 29 days a year, an inch of snow or more falls. January is the snowiest month, with about 27 inches. That makes it the 3rd 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 Rochester forecast for the next 5 days.
It’s 39°F in Rochester 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 | 0.1 in |
| November | 8.1 in |
| December | 22.3 in |
| January | 27.4 in |
| February | 23.1 in |
| March | 17.9 in |
| April | 3.0 in |
| May | 0.1 in |
Average snowfall in each month, 1991 to 2020. June to August get none.
Cities with about the same snow
- Erie, Pennsylvania: about 104 inches a year
- Buffalo, New York: about 95 inches a year
- Duluth, Minnesota: about 90 inches a year
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991 to 2020, station USW00014768.