Average Yearly Snowfall by American State

The tables below give yearly averages for snowfall at each state in the United States.

The numbers are for the total amount of snow and for how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres). The snowfall totals are annual averages based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.

Across many of the states, the amount of snow that normally falls varies widely. So meaningful state-wide averages for snowfall aren't available. Instead the tables here list a place for each state that represents the state's annual snowfall.

For information on the snowfall by month and at more places in a state, click on the state's name.

Average annual snowfall

Days	State	Place	Inches	Cen­ti­me­tres
0.8	Alabama	Birming­ham	1.6	4.1
48.0	Alaska	Anchor­age	74.5	189.2
0.3	Arizona	Tucson	0.3	0.8
3.8	Arkansas	Fort Smith	5.2	13.2
0.0	California	San Diego	0.0	0.0
19.1	Colorado	Grand Junction	19.1	48.5
20.1	Connecti­cut	Hartford	40.5	102.9
11.8	Delaware	Wilming­ton	20.2	51.3
0.0	Florida	Tampa	0.0	0.0
0.7	Georgia	Macon	0.7	1.8
0.0	Hawaii	Honolulu	0.0	0.0
19.4	Idaho	Boise	19.2	48.8
19.9	Illinois	Peoria	24.6	62.5
23.5	Indiana	Indiana­polis	25.9	65.8
26.2	Iowa	Des Moines	34.9	88.6
10.0	Kansas	Wichita	14.7	37.3
11.8	Kentucky	Louisville	12.5	31.8

Yearly snowfall averages

Days	State	Place	Inches	Cen­ti­me­tres
0.1	Louisiana	New Orleans	0.0	0.0
27.8	Maine	Portland	61.8	157.0
9.6	Maryland	Baltimore	20.2	51.3
22.4	Massa­chusetts	Boston	43.8	111.3
44.7	Michigan	Lansing	51.1	129.8
37.3	Minnesota	Minnea­polis	54.0	137.2
0.6	Mississippi	Jackson	0.9	2.3
11.5	Missouri	Spring­field	17.0	43.2
32.9	Montana	Helena	38.1	96.8
18.3	Nebraska	Lincoln	25.9	65.8
16.3	Nevada	Reno	21.8	55.4
29.8	New Hampshire	Concord	60.8	154.4
8.7	New Jersey	Atlantic City	16.5	41.9
9.5	New Mexico	Albuquer­que	9.6	24.4
66.4	New York	Syracuse	123.8	314.5
3.9	North Carolina	Greens­boro	7.6	19.3
45.2	North Dakota	Bismarck	51.2	130.0

Yearly snowfall averages

Days	State	Place	Inches	Cen­ti­me­tres
30.4	Ohio	Columbus	27.5	69.9
5.6	Okla­homa	Oklahoma City	7.8	19.8
2.2	Oregon	Portland	3.0	7.6
19.4	Pennsyl­vania	Harris­burg	28.2	71.6
18.7	Rhode Island	Provi­dence	33.8	85.9
0.3	South Carolina	Columbia	0.5	1.3
30.1	South Dakota	Huron	43.9	111.5
6.2	Tenne­ssee	Nashville	6.3	16.0
1.3	Texas	Dallas	1.5	3.8
34.8	Utah	Salt Lake City	56.2	142.7
54.4	Vermont	Burlington	81.2	206.2
6.1	Virginia	Richmond	10.3	26.2
3.0	Washing­ton	Seattle	5.0	12.7
37.7	West Virginia	Beckley	62.0	157.5
38.7	Wisconsin	Madison	50.9	129.3
36.7	Wyoming	Lander	91.4	232.2