Snowiest cities

The snowiest cities in the US, ranked

Syracuse, New York, is the snowiest of the 75 US cities we track, with about 128 inches of snow a year.

Three of the top four are in upstate New York, which explains a lot about upstate New York.

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Here are the 20 snowiest of the 75 US cities we track, by average yearly snowfall at each city’s official weather station.

Last updated 10 November 2026

The top 20 by snow a year

#	City	Snow a year	Days with 1 in or more	Snowiest month
1	Syracuse, New York	128 in	34 days	January
2	Erie, Pennsylvania	104 in	28 days	January
3	Rochester, New York	102 in	29 days	January
4	Buffalo, New York	95 in	26 days	January
5	Duluth, Minnesota	90 in	25 days	December
6	Flagstaff, Arizona	90 in	19 days	January
7	Burlington, Vermont	88 in	23 days	January
8	Binghamton, New York	87 in	25 days	January
9	Anchorage, Alaska	78 in	22 days	December
10	Grand Rapids, Michigan	78 in	24 days	January
11	Casper, Wyoming	72 in	22 days	December
12	Portland, Maine	69 in	16 days	January
13	Youngstown, Ohio	68 in	22 days	January
14	Concord, New Hampshire	68 in	17 days	January
15	Great Falls, Montana	66 in	20 days	February
16	Fairbanks, Alaska	65 in	21 days	November
17	South Bend, Indiana	65 in	20 days	January
18	Cleveland, Ohio	64 in	20 days	January
19	Cheyenne, Wyoming	63 in	20 days	April
20	Albany, New York	59 in	15 days	January

Snow a year and days with an inch or more are NOAA averages for 1991 to 2020.

Nashville gets about 5 inches of snow a year, Oklahoma City about 7 inches and Albuquerque about 8 inches.

Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991 to 2020, for each city’s official weather station.