Average Annual Snowfall in Wisconsin

The tables below give yearly averages for snowfall at cities and other locations in Wisconsin. 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 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Eastern Wisconsin, Southwest Wisconsin, Northern Wisconsin and the Lake Superior Shore.

Place name links take you to more detailed information on snowfall, snowstorms and snow accumulation for that location.

Eastern Wisconsin

Average annual snowfall

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
34.0	Appleton	49.4	125.5
31.9	Crivitz, High Falls Flowage	58.3	148.1
22.3	Fond du Lac	38.0	96.5
40.8	Green Bay	55.6	141.2
20.3	Kenosha	36.2	91.9
32.2	Lake Geneva	40.1	101.9
15.5	Manitowoc	34.6	87.9
27.2	Marinette	43.8	111.3
35.1	Milwaukee	48.7	123.7
23.7	Oshkosh	39.2	99.6
19.6	Racine	41.0	104.1
26.6	Sturgeon Bay	57.4	145.8
32.3	Washington Island	58.8	149.4
26.0	Watertown	37.0	94.0
17.0	Whitewater	33.9	86.1

Southwest Wisconsin

Yearly snow averages

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
23.8	Baraboo	42.7	108.5
20.3	Beaver Dam	43.3	110.0
19.1	Beloit	35.6	90.4
33.3	La Crosse	46.3	117.6
37.9	Madison	51.8	131.6
24.7	Platteville	42.8	108.7
19.0	Prairie du Chien	33.8	85.9
30.0	Viroqua	47.2	119.9
24.4	Wisconsin Dells	40.7	103.4
25.2	Wisconsin Rapids	47.8	121.4

Northern Wisconsin

Average total snowfall for a year

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
39.0	Drummond	74.2	188.5
42.4	Eau Claire	55.4	140.7
36.3	Rest Lake, Manitowish Waters	75.2	191.0
36.7	Rhinelander	62.2	158.0
27.0	Rice Lake	52.5	133.4
19.1	St Croix Falls	42.6	108.2
33.8	Stevens Point	48.7	123.7
47.1	Wausau	64.3	163.3
31.2	Willow Reservoir	54.9	139.4

Lake Superior Shore

Average annual snowfall

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
71.7	Bayfield	106.3	270.0
52.1	Hurley	155.0	393.7
38.0	Madeline Island	73.5	186.7
26.2	Superior	56.0	142.2