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The entire state sits at average snowfall of 38-59 inches snowfall, except for one region. The northwest corner of Wyoming’s rectangle can see over 150 inches of snow on the ground per season. Data accurate up through March 2023
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On average, Maine receives about 57.6 inches of snow and 28...
- Snowiest States 2024
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).
AVERAGE SNOWFALL BY STATE. Search Location. Location / Linked Prediction 2023-2024. Average Annual Snowfall. ALASKA. ANCHORAGE , AK. 74.5″. ARKANSAS.
The list of snowiest places in the United States by state shows average annual snowfall totals for the period from mid-1985 to mid-2015. Only places in the official climate database of the National Weather Service, a service of NOAA, are included in this list.
Topping the list is New Hampshire, which is crowned as the nation's snowiest state with an average annual snowfall of a whopping 174.35 inches. The other two states rounding out the top three, Maine and Vermont, also belong to the New England region, confirming the area's reputation as a winter wonderland.
On average, Maine receives about 57.6 inches of snow and 28 days of snowfall. Caribou, the northernmost city in the contiguous United States, recently recorded 157 consecutive days of at least one inch of snowfall.
The snowiest state of all is New Hampshire, which gets an average of 174.35 inches of snow each year. This is followed by Maine, which gets 92 inches annually and Vermont, with 80.2 inches. Alaska and Wyoming come next, with 79.6 and 77.33 inches respectively.