About WeatherTotals
Updated September 1, 2026
WeatherTotals is the US almanac for measured snow, rain, and hail at the city and state level, with aurora visibility by state too. For each place we keep the season or year-to-date running total, the long-run average, and the all-time record. This is the scoreboard for weather that already happened, not a forecast, and the full history costs nothing.
What you will find here
- Snow: totals become part of the permanent record for every covered city and state.
- Rain: measured rainfall in those same places joins the same permanent record.
- Hail: reports for cities and states come with sizes and times.
- Aurora: the current Kp index sets which states can see the northern lights, and dark-sky spots get a cloud cover readout.
- Guides: plain-language explanations of weather terms.
Where the numbers come from
Each figure on these pages came from a filed observation or an instrument recording. We show its source and the time it was taken. Storm reports and climate reports come from the National Weather Service at weather.gov. Station records, normals, and the Kp index come from NOAA at ncei.noaa.gov and swpc.noaa.gov. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet at mesonet.agron.iastate.edu supplies some of these figures. Details on collection and checking sit on the methodology and data sources pages.
Independence
NOAA, the National Weather Service, and Iowa State University are not affiliated with WeatherTotals, and they do not endorse it. Those organizations appear only as the source of individual figures.
Using the figures
Government observations are in the public domain, while the text and compiled tables on this site carry copyright. You are welcome to quote the figures. When you do, include attribution and a link back. The data sources page lists the citation formats.
If you spot an error, please send a correction through contact page.