Is It Supposed to Snow Again Before Summer

Are you eager for the outset snow of the flavour? Have you already waxed your skis? Are y'all dreaming of snow days or dreading shoveling your driveway?

We've researched National Weather Service 30-year average data to observe the date by which the season's first measurable snowfall – defined as 0.1 inch or more – typically occurs to compile the map above.

Keep in mind, these are averages of seasons that include early and late snowfalls. Any given flavour can produce the season's get-go snowfall either very early or very tardily, depending on the conditions pattern at the time.

The tables below list average first dates, the earliest get-go season snow on tape, and average seasonal snowfall for a list of cities in each region of the U.S.

For more southern locations, such as Atlanta and Dallas, snow may not fall every season. Therefore, instead of mentioning an boilerplate starting time engagement of measurable snow, we specify an average timeframe during which you can look the "best chance" of measurable snow each year.

Month of the average offset accumulating (0.1 inch or greater) snowfall of the season, according to 30-year average statistics.

(NOAA/NWS/NCEI)

Northeast

October is typically the month'southward first snow in the mountains of northern New England, the Adirondacks, and the higher peaks of northwest Pennsylvania and the central Appalachians. About of the remainder of the interior Northeast joins in during November, while the I-95 corridor from Providence, Rhode Island, to Virginia typically waits until December to meet their starting time accumulating snowfall of the season.

	Avg. Offset Snow By...	Earliest First Snow	Avg. Season Snow
Caribou	October. 23	Sep. 29, 1991	111.8 inches
Burlington	Nov. 4	Sep. xxx, 1992	82.ii inches
Syracuse	November. 5	October. 1, 1946	124.7 inches
Buffalo	November. 5	October. vi, 1991	92.five inches
Pittsburgh	Nov. 14	October. 18, 1992	41.4 inches
Albany	Nov. 16	Oct. 4, 1987	59.2 inches
Concord	Nov. 22	Oct. ten, 1979	63.5 inches
Charleston	Nov. 24	Oct. 19, 1972	36.2 inches
Hartford	Nov. 28	Oct. x, 1979	42.8 inches
Boston	Nov. 29	Oct. 10, 1979	43.five inches
Baltimore	Dec. 14	Oct. 10, 1979	20.1 inches
New York	Dec. xiv	Oct. 21, 1952	25.3 inches
Philadelphia	Dec. 17	Oct. 10, 1979	21.eight inches
Washington	Dec. 18	October. ten, 1979	15.four inches
Atlantic City	Dec. 21	Nov. 5, 1973	15.6 inches

Midwest

The flavor's commencement snow in the Midwest typically occurs in October forth the northern tier of states, from northern Michigan to the western Dakotas.

In Nov, much of the Ohio Valley, the rest of the Great Lakes, Corn Chugalug and western Kansas join the ranks.

Parts of eastern and southern Kansas, southern Missouri and the Lower Ohio Valley typically have to wait until December to come across their commencement accumulating flakes.

	Avg. Get-go Snow By...	Earliest First Snow	Avg. Season Snow
Marquette	Oct. thirteen	Sep. xiii, 1923	203.6 inches
Rapid Urban center	Oct. xvi	Sep. 13, 1970	41.vi inches
Int'l Falls	Oct. 18	Sep. 14, 1964	71.8 inches
Duluth	Oct. 21	Sep. 18, 1991	81.5 inches
Bismarck	Oct. 26	Sep. 12, 1903	50.1 inches
Sioux Falls	Oct. 31	Sep. 25, 1939	43.four inches
Mpls./St. Paul	Nov. two	Sep. 24, 1985	53.4 inches
Fargo	Nov. 2	Sep. 25, 1912	49.5 inches
Omaha	Nov. x	Sep. 29, 1985	28.4 inches
Cleveland	Nov. 10	October. 2, 2003	68.3 inches
Des Moines	Nov. 10	Oct. 10, 2009	36.eight inches
Milwaukee	Nov. 13	Oct. 6, 1889	49.3 inches
Detroit	Nov. 15	Oct. 12, 2006	43.8 inches
Chicago	Nov. 16	Oct. 12, 2006	37.1 inches
Columbus	Nov. 20	Oct. 10, 1906	27.ane inches
Indianapolis	Nov. 23	October. 18, 1989	25.v inches
Kansas Metropolis	Nov. 27	October. 17, 1898	18.2 inches
Cincinnati	Nov. 28	Oct. 19, 1989	21.iii inches
St. Louis	Dec. 3	October. 20, 1916	17.7 inches
Wichita	Dec. iii	Oct. 22, 1996	15 inches
Louisville	December. viii	Oct. 19, 1989	13.four inches

Due west

Snow can fall over the highest peaks of the Rockies even in late summer. September snow is considered average in the Washington Cascades, the Bitterroots and highest peaks of Colorado.

Otherwise, October typically heralds the arrival of the flavor's first flakes in lower elevations of Montana, Wyoming, eastern Idaho, the Wasatch, Colorado's foothills and mountain valleys, and the mountains of northern New Mexico.

Nov first snow is typical from the plains of southeast Colorado into the rest of northern New United mexican states, northeast Arizona (Flagstaff), about of the Neat Basin and interior Northwest.

The threat of snow is not usually a factor in places like Seattle and Portland, Oregon, until late December.

	Avg. Start Snowfall Past...	Primeval Kickoff Snow	Avg. Season Snowfall
Fairbanks	Sep. 27	Aug. 29, 1922	64.ii inches
Great Falls	Oct. 2	Aug. 22, 1992	61.6 inches
Cheyenne	Oct. 2	Sep. 8, 1929	lx inches
Crested Butte	Oct. five	Sep. 3, 1961	206.7 inches
Billings	Oct. 12	Sep. 7, 1962	55.six inches
Anchorage	October. 15	Sep. xx, 1947	74.6 inches
Denver	Oct. xvi	Sep. 3, 1961	threescore.one inches
Pocatello	Oct. 26	Sep. 16, 1965	43.9 inches
Tahoe City	Oct. 28	Sep. 11, 1952	179 inches
Juneau	November. 4	Oct. 2, 2000	84.7 inches
Common salt Lake Urban center	Nov. five	Sep. 17, 1965	56 inches
Flagstaff	Nov. xi	Sep. 19, 1965	96.four inches
Spokane	November. 13	Sep. 23, 1926	45.9 inches
Reno	Nov. 15	Sep. 29, 1982	xx.4 inches
Boise	Nov. nineteen	Oct. ten, 2008	18.8 inches
Large Bear, CA	Nov. 20	Sep. nineteen, 1989	65.3 inches
Albuquerque	Nov. 20	Oct. 12, 1986	ten.iii inches
Amarillo	Nov. 24	Sep. 29, 1984	19.three inches
El Paso	Dec. x	October. 28, 1980	5.five inches
Portland, OR	Dec. 23	Oct. 29, 1935	4 inches
Seattle	Dec. 26	Oct. 27, 1971	5.half-dozen inches

South

Yes, parts of the South practise occasionally see snow, simply not necessarily every twelvemonth.

The Texas Panhandle and highest elevations of the southern Appalachians are exceptions. You lot can await your first snowfall in November in those areas.

Valley locations of the southern Appalachians, parts of northern and Centre Tennessee, northern Arkansas, central and eastern Oklahoma, as well as much of W Texas northward of Interstate 10 will see their first dusting of snow sometime in Dec, if at all.

For more southern locations, such as Atlanta and Dallas, instead of mentioning an average beginning date of measurable snow, we specify an average timeframe during which you can expect the "best run a risk" of measurable snowfall each year, defined past the boilerplate first and last dates of measurable snow. This is typically in January and February from the Carolinas to north Texas.

	Highest Chance of Snow	Avg. Season Snow
Norfolk	January. 17 - Feb. 22	iv.7 inches
Raleigh	January. four - February. 14	v.nine inches
Charlotte	January. xviii - Feb. 7	iv.2 inches
Columbia	January. 26 - February. 4	1.five inches
Atlanta	Jan. 21 - Feb. 8	ii.6 inches
Birmingham	January. 29 - February. ix	ane.six inches
Knoxville	January. iii - Feb. 18	6.4 inches
Nashville	December. 30 - Feb. 27	5 inches
Memphis	Jan. 12 - February. 9	3.seven inches
Niggling Stone	Jan. 13 - February. 8	3.5 inches
Tulsa	December. 15 - Feb. 22	nine.7 inches
Oklahoma City	December. xiii - Feb. 15	8 inches
Dallas	Jan. 13 - February. 9	1.7 inches

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