About WeatherTotals
Updated August 22, 2026
WeatherTotals is a US weather-events almanac that answers what already fell rather than what might fall. Snow, rain, and hail totals for cities and states are posted live as storms unfold, and aurora visibility appears by state; the historical record holds the season or year-to-date running total, the long-run average, and the all-time record. It is the scoreboard for weather that already happened, and the full history is free.
What you will find here
- Snow: how much snow fell in a city or state, live and in the permanent record.
- Rain: rainfall totals for cities and states, live and in the permanent record.
- Hail: hail reports by city and state, with sizes and times.
- Aurora: the current Kp index determines whether a state can see the northern lights, with cloud cover for dark-sky spots.
- Guides: six plain-language guides to weather terms.
Where the numbers come from
Every figure on the site is an observation someone filed or an instrument recorded, and it is shown with its source and its time. Storm reports and climate reports come from the National Weather Service; station records, normals and the Kp index come from NOAA. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet also carries part of the data; how the numbers are collected and checked is covered on the methodology and data sources pages.
Who runs it
WeatherTotals is an independent site run by one operator. Corrections are welcome via contact page.
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 public domain, but copyright protects the site's text and compiled tables. If you quote WeatherTotals, please attribute it and link back; the data sources page has citation forms.