Snowfall · District of Columbia
How much snow does Washington, DC get?
Washington, DC gets about 14 inches of snow in a typical year.
Washington gets about 14 inches of snow a year, and the whole city reacts to a single inch like it’s breaking news.
Tomorrow’s roast for Washington, DCFree, no account, and you pick how rude I get.
On about 4 days a year, an inch of snow or more falls. February is the snowiest month, with about 5 inches. That makes it the 7th least snowy of the 75 US cities we track.
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Snow in the next 5 days?
No. There’s no snow in the Washington, DC forecast for the next 5 days.
It’s 45°F in Washington, DC 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 | a trace or none |
| November | 0.1 in |
| December | 1.7 in |
| January | 4.9 in |
| February | 5.0 in |
| March | 2.0 in |
| April | a trace or none |
| May | a trace or none |
Average snowfall in each month, 1991 to 2020. June to August get none.
Cities with about the same snow
- Louisville, Kentucky: about 13 inches a year
- Wichita, Kansas: about 13 inches a year
- St. Louis, Missouri: about 17 inches a year
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991 to 2020, station USW00013743.