Average Snowfall for US Cities in February

The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during February at the largest cities in the United States. The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres) this month. Plus there's a summary of which city in February is usually the snowiest.

The snowfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information. The major cities listed here represent the 56 biggest metropolitan centers in the US, all those with over one million people in 2020.

Some cities that normally never get snow at all have had a rare snowfall in February. In 1976, San Jose received half an inch of snow, while the Phoenix airport recorded 0.6 inches in 1939.

Snowiest Cities in February

Cities Without Snow in February

February snowfall averages by city

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
0.3	Atlanta, Georgia	0.4	1.0
0.3	Austin, Texas	0.2	0.5
2.9	Baltimore, Maryland	7.5	19.1
0.3	Birmingham, Alabama	0.3	0.8
6.2	Boston, Massachusetts	14.4	36.6
13.5	Buffalo, New York	18.1	46.0
0.5	Charlotte, North Carolina	1.1	2.8
6.4	Chicago, Illinois	10.1	25.7
5.9	Cincinnati, Ohio	6.7	17.0
10.5	Cleveland, Ohio	15.1	38.4
6.7	Columbus, Ohio	7.6	19.3
0.5	Dallas, Texas	0.9	2.3
5.3	Denver, Colorado	7.6	19.3
9.2	Detroit, Michigan	12.5	31.8
0.0	Fresno, California	0.0	0.0
11.2	Grand Rapids, Michigan	17.2	43.7
6.2	Hartford, Connecticut	14.8	37.6
0.0	Honolulu, Hawaii	0.0	0.0
0.0	Houston, Texas	0.0	0.0

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
5.8	Indianapolis, Indiana	6.0	15.2
0.0	Jacksonville, Florida	0.0	0.0
3.1	Kansas City, Missouri	5.9	15.0
0.1	Las Vegas, Nevada	0.0	0.0
0.0	Los Angeles, California	0.0	0.0
3.7	Louisville, Kentucky	4.1	10.4
0.8	Memphis, Tennessee	1.0	2.5
0.0	Miami, Florida	0.0	0.0
8.1	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	11.8	30.0
7.3	Minneapolis, Minnesota	9.5	24.1
1.9	Nashville, Tennessee	1.5	3.8
0.0	New Orleans, Louisiana	0.0	0.0
3.2	New York, New York	10.1	25.7
1.3	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	1.8	4.6
0.0	Orlando, Florida	0.0	0.0
3.8	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	8.4	21.3
0.0	Phoenix, Arizona	0.0	0.0
9.3	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	11.7	29.7

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
0.6	Portland, Oregon	0.9	2.3
5.4	Providence, Rhode Island	10.5	26.7
1.2	Raleigh, North Carolina	1.4	3.6
1.7	Richmond, Virginia	2.2	5.6
0.0	Riverside, California	0.0	0.0
15.0	Rochester, New York	23.1	58.7
0.0	Sacramento, California	0.0	0.0
6.0	Salt Lake City, Utah	10.7	27.2
0.3	San Antonio, Texas	0.1	0.3
0.0	San Diego, California	0.0	0.0
0.0	San Francisco, California	0.0	0.0
0.0	San Jose, California	0.0	0.0
1.2	Seattle, Washington	2.2	5.6
3.9	St. Louis, Missouri	4.3	10.9
0.0	Tampa, Florida	0.0	0.0
0.1	Tucson, Arizona	0.1	0.3
1.3	Tulsa, Oklahoma	2.4	6.1
1.3	Virginia Beach, Virginia	1.5	3.8
2.7	Washington, DC	5.0	12.7