Snowiest cities in the US
The snowiest city in America is Tahoe City, California, with 189.9 inches of average snowfall per season across 98 complete recorded seasons in GHCN-Daily station records (NOAA NCEI).
This page ranks every city we track by average snowfall per season. Averages are drawn from complete seasons at each city's named GHCN-Daily station. Each city name links to its own detailed weather record, including yearly totals and station history.
The 2026-27 race for the snowiest tracked city
105 tracked cities appear in these live standings, ordered by measured snow total to date for 2026-27. Every figure comes from station observations in GHCN-Daily, and the table refreshes each day.
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| Rank | City | State | Season to date | Weekly change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caribou | Maine | 0.6 inches | New |
| 2 | Anchorage | Alaska | 0.1 inches | ▼ 1 |
The change column measures each city against the standings recorded on October 12, 2026. The season-to-date total at each city's named station in GHCN-Daily sets the order, with equal totals sharing a rank across the 105 cities.
Every tracked city by average snowfall
| # | City | State | Average season | Snowiest season | Biggest day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tahoe City | California | 189.9 inches | 535.0 inches 1951-52 | 42.0 inches |
| 2 | Marquette | Michigan | 183.0 inches | 319.8 inches 2001-02 | 26.2 inches |
| 3 | Sault Ste Marie | Michigan | 121.8 inches | 222.0 inches 1995-96 | 26.6 inches |
| 4 | Caribou | Maine | 116.1 inches | 197.8 inches 2007-08 | 28.6 inches |
| 5 | Syracuse | New York | 112.3 inches | 192.1 inches 1992-93 | 24.2 inches |
| 6 | Buffalo | New York | 92.5 inches | 199.4 inches 1976-77 | 33.9 inches |
| 7 | Flagstaff | Arizona | 89.3 inches | 210.0 inches 1972-73 | 35.9 inches |
| 8 | Rochester | New York | 88.9 inches | 161.7 inches 1959-60 | 23.0 inches |
| 9 | Duluth | Minnesota | 82.3 inches | 140.1 inches 2022-23 | 24.1 inches |
| 10 | Erie | Pennsylvania | 81.0 inches | 166.3 inches 2017-18 | 22.6 inches |
| 11 | Burlington | Vermont | 80.8 inches | 145.4 inches 1970-71 | 25.3 inches |
| 12 | Anchorage | Alaska | 74.7 inches | 134.5 inches 2011-12 | 22.0 inches |
| 13 | Grand Rapids | Michigan | 74.5 inches | 116.0 inches 2013-14 | 16.1 inches |
| 14 | Portland | Maine | 68.7 inches | 141.5 inches 1970-71 | 22.3 inches |
| 15 | Worcester | Massachusetts | 66.8 inches | 131.9 inches 1995-96 | 31.9 inches |
| 16 | Concord | New Hampshire | 63.9 inches | 118.0 inches 2007-08 | 25.6 inches |
| 17 | Elkins | West Virginia | 61.8 inches | 136.6 inches 1995-96 | 19.9 inches |
| 18 | Albany | New York | 60.3 inches | 112.5 inches 1970-71 | 22.0 inches |
| 19 | Billings | Montana | 58.9 inches | 106.1 inches 2017-18 | 23.7 inches |
| 20 | Cheyenne | Wyoming | 57.2 inches | 121.5 inches 1979-80 | 22.7 inches |
| 21 | Cleveland | Ohio | 56.4 inches | 117.9 inches 2004-05 | 13.6 inches |
| 22 | Salt Lake City | Utah | 56.4 inches | 117.3 inches 1951-52 | 13.8 inches |
| 23 | Denver | Colorado | 50.5 inches | 80.2 inches 2020-21 | 19.9 inches |
| 24 | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 49.6 inches | 98.6 inches 1983-84 | 18.5 inches |
| 25 | Green Bay | Wisconsin | 47.9 inches | 92.6 inches 2010-11 | 17.1 inches |
| 26 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | 47.4 inches | 99.1 inches 2007-08 | 16.7 inches |
| 27 | Hartford | Connecticut | 46.5 inches | 114.6 inches 1995-96 | 24.0 inches |
| 28 | Bismarck | North Dakota | 46.0 inches | 101.6 inches 1996-97 | 17.3 inches |
| 29 | Madison | Wisconsin | 44.6 inches | 101.4 inches 2007-08 | 17.3 inches |
| 30 | Scranton | Pennsylvania | 43.7 inches | 98.3 inches 1995-96 | 22.1 inches |
| 31 | Boston | Massachusetts | 43.0 inches | 110.6 inches 2014-15 | 23.6 inches |
| 32 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 42.8 inches | 82.0 inches 1950-51 | 23.6 inches |
| 33 | Detroit | Michigan | 42.5 inches | 94.9 inches 2013-14 | 18.4 inches |
| 34 | Fargo | North Dakota | 42.3 inches | 117.0 inches 1996-97 | 16.3 inches |
| 35 | Spokane | Washington | 42.0 inches | 97.7 inches 2008-09 | 12.7 inches |
| 36 | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | 40.6 inches | 94.7 inches 1968-69 | 18.1 inches |
| 37 | Colorado Springs | Colorado | 38.9 inches | 89.4 inches 1956-57 | 22.0 inches |
| 38 | Chicago | Illinois | 38.2 inches | 83.7 inches 1978-79 | 18.6 inches |
| 39 | Providence | Rhode Island | 36.1 inches | 106.5 inches 1995-96 | 35.5 inches |
| 40 | Des Moines | Iowa | 34.5 inches | 69.0 inches 2009-10 | 13.7 inches |
| 41 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | 31.9 inches | 75.4 inches 1995-96 | 30.2 inches |
| 42 | Fort Wayne | Indiana | 31.8 inches | 81.2 inches 1981-82 | 12.6 inches |
| 43 | Charleston | West Virginia | 30.1 inches | 106.0 inches 1995-96 | 17.1 inches |
| 44 | Newark | New Jersey | 29.9 inches | 78.4 inches 1995-96 | 25.9 inches |
| 45 | Cedar Rapids | Iowa | 29.8 inches | 62.4 inches 1959-60 | 16.7 inches |
| 46 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | 29.4 inches | 77.6 inches 1995-96 | 26.4 inches |
| 47 | Islip | New York | 29.2 inches | 77.1 inches 1995-96 | 23.5 inches |
| 48 | Omaha | Nebraska | 28.0 inches | 57.8 inches 1974-75 | 18.3 inches |
| 49 | Columbus | Ohio | 27.4 inches | 56.4 inches 2013-14 | 15.5 inches |
| 50 | New York City | New York | 26.4 inches | 75.6 inches 1995-96 | 27.3 inches |
| 51 | Lincoln | Nebraska | 25.3 inches | 55.5 inches 2018-19 | 14.5 inches |
| 52 | Peoria | Illinois | 25.2 inches | 57.6 inches 2013-14 | 12.2 inches |
| 53 | Indianapolis | Indiana | 24.6 inches | 58.2 inches 1981-82 | 11.4 inches |
| 54 | Cincinnati | Ohio | 23.1 inches | 53.9 inches 1977-78 | 11.8 inches |
| 55 | Reno | Nevada | 22.5 inches | 59.3 inches 1951-52 | 18.0 inches |
| 56 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 21.5 inches | 78.7 inches 2009-10 | 27.6 inches |
| 57 | Boise | Idaho | 20.1 inches | 48.8 inches 1948-49 | 9.8 inches |
| 58 | Wilmington | Delaware | 19.5 inches | 72.7 inches 2009-10 | 22.0 inches |
| 59 | Baltimore | Maryland | 19.1 inches | 77.0 inches 2009-10 | 25.5 inches |
| 60 | Roanoke | Virginia | 18.7 inches | 62.7 inches 1959-60 | 15.4 inches |
| 61 | Kansas City | Missouri | 18.6 inches | 44.3 inches 2009-10 | 11.0 inches |
| 62 | St Louis | Missouri | 18.4 inches | 66.0 inches 1977-78 | 12.4 inches |
| 63 | Atlantic City | New Jersey | 17.5 inches | 58.1 inches 2009-10 | 18.4 inches |
| 64 | Lexington | Kentucky | 16.8 inches | 55.4 inches 1916-17 | 13.4 inches |
| 65 | Springfield | Missouri | 15.9 inches | 43.6 inches 1969-70 | 15.7 inches |
| 66 | Amarillo | Texas | 15.8 inches | 47.9 inches 1982-83 | 19.0 inches |
| 67 | Washington | DC | 15.3 inches | 56.1 inches 2009-10 | 16.4 inches |
| 68 | Louisville | Kentucky | 15.0 inches | 50.1 inches 1977-78 | 15.5 inches |
| 69 | Wichita | Kansas | 14.8 inches | 39.4 inches 1987-88 | 12.0 inches |
| 70 | Richmond | Virginia | 12.4 inches | 38.9 inches 1961-62 | 19.9 inches |
| 71 | Asheville | North Carolina | 11.4 inches | 48.2 inches 1968-69 | 16.3 inches |
| 72 | Seattle | Washington | 10.2 inches | 67.5 inches 1968-69 | 20.0 inches |
| 73 | Albuquerque | New Mexico | 9.4 inches | 37.4 inches 1972-73 | 11.3 inches |
| 74 | Knoxville | Tennessee | 9.2 inches | 56.7 inches 1959-60 | 17.5 inches |
| 75 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | 9.0 inches | 26.1 inches 2010-11 | 13.2 inches |
| 76 | Lubbock | Texas | 8.6 inches | 41.2 inches 1982-83 | 12.1 inches |
| 77 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | 8.4 inches | 24.4 inches 1967-68 | 13.5 inches |
| 78 | Greensboro | North Carolina | 8.2 inches | 31.7 inches 1959-60 | 14.3 inches |
| 79 | Nashville | Tennessee | 8.0 inches | 38.5 inches 1959-60 | 8.2 inches |
| 80 | Norfolk | Virginia | 7.1 inches | 41.9 inches 1979-80 | 13.6 inches |
| 81 | Raleigh | North Carolina | 6.3 inches | 25.8 inches 1999-00 | 17.9 inches |
| 82 | Portland | Oregon | 5.8 inches | 44.5 inches 1949-50 | 14.4 inches |
| 83 | Little Rock | Arkansas | 5.0 inches | 26.6 inches 1959-60 | 11.8 inches |
| 84 | Greenville | South Carolina | 4.9 inches | 17.1 inches 1971-72 | 12.0 inches |
| 85 | Charlotte | North Carolina | 4.8 inches | 22.6 inches 1959-60 | 12.1 inches |
| 86 | El Paso | Texas | 4.8 inches | 35.0 inches 1982-83 | 14.5 inches |
| 87 | Memphis | Tennessee | 4.5 inches | 23.8 inches 1967-68 | 14.3 inches |
| 88 | Huntsville | Alabama | 3.3 inches | 24.1 inches 1963-64 | 15.7 inches |
| 89 | Dallas | Texas | 2.3 inches | 17.6 inches 1977-78 | 11.2 inches |
| 90 | Atlanta | Georgia | 1.9 inches | 10.9 inches 1935-36 | 8.3 inches |
| 91 | Wilmington | North Carolina | 1.6 inches | 15.3 inches 1989-90 | 9.6 inches |
| 92 | Columbia | South Carolina | 1.6 inches | 18.2 inches 1972-73 | 12.3 inches |
| 93 | Shreveport | Louisiana | 1.5 inches | 14.0 inches 1947-48 | 7.9 inches |
| 94 | Jackson | Mississippi | 1.0 inches | 9.1 inches 1959-60 | 6.0 inches |
| 95 | Austin | Texas | 0.7 inches | 8.7 inches 1984-85 | 6.5 inches |
| 96 | San Antonio | Texas | 0.6 inches | 15.9 inches 1984-85 | 13.2 inches |
| 97 | Charleston | South Carolina | 0.5 inches | 8.0 inches 1989-90 | 6.0 inches |
| 98 | Pensacola | Florida | 0.3 inches | 8.9 inches 2024-25 | 8.9 inches |
| 99 | Houston | Texas | 0.3 inches | 4.8 inches 1972-73 | 2.0 inches |
| 100 | Mauna Loa | Hawaii | 0.2 inches | 5.0 inches 1958-59 | 4.5 inches |
| 101 | Tallahassee | Florida | 0.1 inches | 2.8 inches 1957-58 | 2.4 inches |
| 102 | New Orleans | Louisiana | 0.1 inches | 8.0 inches 2024-25 | 8.0 inches |
| 103 | Phoenix | Arizona | 0.0 inches | 0.4 inches 1990-91 | 0.4 inches |
| 104 | Tampa | Florida | 0.0 inches | 0.2 inches 1976-77 | 0.2 inches |
| 105 | Los Angeles | California | 0.0 inches | 0.0 inches 1947-48 | 0.0 inches |
Station observations from GHCN-Daily, with a 1 to 3 day lag and quality checks. Normals, the 1991-2020 average, come from NCEI.
The ranking draws on complete recorded seasons at each city's named GHCN-Daily station. Snowiest season and biggest single-day totals come from that same station record.
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