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Snow Totals Near Me: The Last Storm and the Season So Far

Q: How much snow did we get in the last storm?

Enter your ZIP code at the top of this page. It reads the National Weather Service's Local Storm Reports for the last 7 days within 30 miles and shows the biggest snow report, who made it and when, with the other reports nearest you listed below it.

Q: Who reports these snow totals?

Local Storm Reports are filed by the National Weather Service’s forecast offices from trained weather spotters, emergency managers, airport and highway observers, and members of the public. Each line on this page names its source, so you can tell a spotter’s ruler from a passing report.

Q: What is a normal snowfall season?

A season runs July 1 to June 30. The normal is NOAA’s 1991-2020 average for the station, so a season is "ahead" or "behind" by how its total so far compares with the average to the same date. The tool on this page compares your nearest long record weather station this way.

Q: Which state gets the most snow?

By the typical station, Vermont (87.2 inches), Maine (85.5 inches) and New Hampshire (72.5 inches) lead, taking the median 1991-2020 normal across every station in each state that has one. The single snowiest place among the stations on these pages is Crater Lake, Oregon, at 463.1 inches a season.

Q: What is the biggest one-day snowfall on record?

Among the 193 reference stations on these pages, the biggest single day is 52 inches on March 14, 1973 at Lead, South Dakota. Each state page lists its own.

Enter your ZIP code for the biggest snow report within 30 miles in the last week, who measured it and when, and how this season stands against normal.

Near you

How much snow did we get? Check your ZIP code

The last storm comes from trained spotters and observers who file reports with the National Weather Service. The season comes from the nearest long record weather station, set against its 1991-2020 normal.

Snow across the fifty states

Station records, 1991-2020 normals

193

Reference stations

3 to 5 in every state

Vermont

Highest typical normal

87.2 inches a season at a typical station

463.1 in

Snowiest normal

Crater Lake, Oregon, a season

52 in

Biggest day

Lead, South Dakota, March 14, 1973

From 193 weather stations, read October 10, 2026 from the Regional Climate Centers’ ACIS service. Seasons run July 1 to June 30.

Fifty states

Which states get the most snow

Ranked by the median normal season across every weather station in the state that has one, so a mountain top does not carry a whole state. Vermont leads at 87.2 inches a season; Maine and New Hampshire follow. The last column names the snowiest station on these pages. Each state links to its own page with the live list of the week’s biggest reports and every station’s records.

#	State	Typical normal season	Snowiest station
1	Vermont	87.2 in	Burlington, 87.5 in
2	Maine	85.5 in	Rangeley, 123.3 in
3	New Hampshire	72.5 in	Mount Washington, 281.8 in
4	New York	72.4 in	Hooker, 227.7 in
5	Michigan	66 in	Herman, 207.8 in
6	Alaska	64.6 in	Alyeska, 214.5 in
7	Wyoming	49.7 in	Snake River, 293.6 in
8	Massachusetts	49.2 in	Ashburnham, 75.2 in
9	Wisconsin	47.9 in	Lac Vieux Desert, 125.7 in
10	Minnesota	46.6 in	Duluth, 90.2 in
11	Colorado	44.8 in	Climax, 294.7 in
12	North Dakota	43.1 in	McHenry, 59.8 in
13	Montana	42.5 in	Mystic Lake, 192.7 in
14	Idaho	41.3 in	McCall, 132.2 in
15	South Dakota	40.9 in	Lead, 183.9 in

A wooden yardstick standing upright in a smooth, deep field of fresh snow with its 25 inch mark at the surface — A yardstick reading about 24.5 inches of snow in a front yard in Fairfax County, Virginia, the afternoon after the January 2016 blizzard. “A yard stick measuring about 24.5 inches of snow depth in the front yard of a house in Oak Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia after the Blizzard of 2016” by Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0

How snow is measured

The board, the six hour rule and why reports differ

A flat white board
Observers measure new snow on a flat board painted white, set out in an open spot away from trees, roofs and drifts, so the snow lands where wind has not rearranged it.
Every six hours at most
The board is read at least every six hours during a storm, because snow settles under its own weight and melts from the bottom. A single reading at the end of a long storm runs low.
Clear it, then add them up
After each reading the board is swept clean, and the storm total is the sum of the readings. Depth on the ground is a different number: it holds older snow and has settled.

Why two reports a few miles apart can differ

Wind moves snow, so a drift and a bare patch can sit ten feet apart.
Two observers a few miles apart can differ by inches in a band of heavy snow.
Elevation matters: the same storm can be rain at the bottom of a hill and a foot of snow at the top.
A reading at 7 am and one at noon see different amounts of settling and melt.
A report is one place, one time, one person with a ruler or a stick.

A white square snow board lying on gravel with a metal snow measuring stick laid across it diagonally — A National Weather Service snow board and snow measuring stick. The board is cleared after every measurement, so the next one starts from bare white. “National Weather Service snow board and snow measuring stick” by Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0

A graduated aluminum snow stick pushed into fresh snow at night, with the surface of the snow near the one inch mark — A National Weather Service snow stick in use, read at the surface of the new snow. “National Weather Service snow stick being used to measure snowfall” by Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0

Questions

Snow total questions, answered

How much snow did we get in the last storm?

Who reports these snow totals?

How is snowfall measured?

Observers measure new snow on a flat board painted white, set out in an open spot away from trees, roofs and drifts, so the snow lands where wind has not rearranged it. The board is read at least every six hours during a storm, because snow settles under its own weight and melts from the bottom. A single reading at the end of a long storm runs low. After each reading the board is swept clean, and the storm total is the sum of the readings. Depth on the ground is a different number: it holds older snow and has settled.

Why do snow totals differ from my neighbor’s?

What is a normal snowfall season?

Which state gets the most snow?

What is the biggest one-day snowfall on record?

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Sources. Storm reports: National Weather Service Local Storm Reports, through the Iowa Environmental Mesonet archive (archive). Seasons, records and station observations: the Regional Climate Centers ACIS (GHCN-Daily station observations), read October 10, 2026. Normals: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. Measuring: the National Weather Service.

Reports are unofficial, filed by spotters and observers, and are corrected or added to as a storm is reviewed. Station records count only seasons with nearly complete observations.

Hero photograph: a street in Washington, D.C., during the 2010 blizzard. “Dupont Circle - 19th Street, N.W. - Blizzard of 2010” by AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0

How much snow did we get? Check your ZIP code

Snow across the fifty states

Which states get the most snow

The board, the six hour rule and why reports differ

A flat white board

Every six hours at most

Clear it, then add them up

Why two reports a few miles apart can differ

Snow total questions, answered

Snow totals by state

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