Rangeley Snowfall Totals & Accumulation Averages

How Often it Snows in Rangeley

The next two tables list monthly and yearly totals for amount of snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres).

10-year snowfall averages at Rangeley, 2010 to 2019

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
6.1	January	24.0	60.9
6.7	February	27.4	69.6
6.1	March	23.6	59.8
2.6	April	7.0	17.9
0.0	May	0.0	0.0
0.6	October	1.2	3.0
3.3	November	9.6	24.5
7.2	December	26.9	68.4
32.6	Year	119.7	303.9

30-year snowfall averages at Rangeley, 1991 to 2020

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
14.7	January	24.3	61.7
12.3	February	25.7	65.3
11.0	March	24.4	62.0
4.8	April	8.6	21.8
0.3	May	0.5	1.3
1.3	October	2.3	5.8
7.1	November	8.8	22.4
14.1	December	28.7	72.9
65.6	Year	123.3	313.2

These averages don't show how much the snowfall in Rangeley varies from year to year.

In December, for instance, one in four years totals 38.1 inches or more of snow. Another 25 percent of years receive less than 15.3 inches for the month.

Similarly in January, fresh snowfall in the heaviest years amounts to over 32 inches, while the lightest years get less than 16.2 inches.

New snow for February ranges from at least 32.7 inches in heavy snowfall years to under 16.8 inches in light years.

When Rangeley Has Its First & Last Snowfalls

The first snowfall of winter for Rangeley usually arrives in October. About once every three or four years, October has no snow, delaying the start of the snow season until November.

The season's last snowfall typically happens in April. In rare years, May also gets a little snow.

Rangeley is normally free of snow every year from June to September.

How Many Snowstorms Rangeley Gets

Close to half the days of snowfall in Rangeley leave just a skiff, amounting to less than an inch, of fresh snow on the ground. For 33 days a year on average, the amount of new snow totals at least an inch.

Snowstorms of over five inches a day normally occur six times annually. Major blizzards that dump ten inches or more in one day happen on average once or twice a year. Snow events this severe can descend on Rangeley anytime from December to April.

Number of days per month and year on average in Rangeley with a total snowfall of at least 1, 3, 5 or 10 inches

1 inch 2.5 cm	3 inches 7.6 cm		5 inches 12.7 cm	10 inches 25.4 cm
7.0	2.8	January	1.3	0.2
6.3	2.9	February	1.5	0.3
5.9	2.6	March	1.3	0.4
2.4	0.8	April	0.4	0.1
0.2	0.0	May	0.0	0.0
0.8	0.2	October	0.1	0.0
3.2	0.9	November	0.3	0.0
7.3	2.5	December	1.2	0.4
33.1	12.7	Year	6.1	1.4

How Much Snow Normally Accumulates in Rangeley

Throughout winter, Rangeley has at least an inch of snow on the ground. During much of that, the snowpack amounts to ten inches or more.

Typically on 41 days a year the snow covering Rangeley builds up to at least twenty inches deep. The deep snow accumulates intermittently from November to April, including half of February and March.

Average total days per month and year in Rangeley with snow depth of at least 1, 3, 5 or 10 inches on the ground

1 inch 2.5 cm	3 inches 7.6 cm		5 inches 12.7 cm	10 inches 25.4 cm
30.9	29.8	January	27.4	23.1
28.5	28.4	February	28.2	25.9
30.3	29.5	March	28.5	25.1
14.9	11.4	April	9.6	6.3
0.2	0.0	May	0.0	0.0
1.6	0.6	October	0.3	0.1
10.1	5.2	November	2.5	0.7
27.1	22.2	December	18.6	9.4
143.6	127.1	Year	115.1	90.6