State rankings
Snowiest States
New York has the highest Average Annual Snow Days (66.4), followed by Vermont (54.4) and Alaska (48.0). Louisiana has the lowest (0.1).
41 of 51 states
Average Annual Snow Days
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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one state; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
18.7
Middle half 6.1 – 32.9
Average
20.7
41 states
Highest
66.4
New York
Lowest
0.1
Louisiana
Data
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41 states · # = rank by Average Annual Snow Days
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  New York | 66.4 | 123.8 | 314.5 |
| 2 |  Vermont | 54.4 | 81.2 | 206.2 |
| 3 |  Alaska | 48.0 | 74.5 | 189.2 |
| 4 |  North Dakota | 45.2 | 51.2 | 130.0 |
| 5 |  Michigan | 44.7 | 51.1 | 129.8 |
| 6 |  Wisconsin | 38.7 | 50.9 | 129.3 |
| 7 |  West Virginia | 37.7 | 62.0 | 157.5 |
| 8 |  Minnesota | 37.3 | 54.0 | 137.2 |
| 9 |  Wyoming | 36.7 | 91.4 | 232.2 |
| 10 |  Utah | 34.8 | 56.2 | 142.7 |
| 11 |  Montana | 32.9 | 38.1 | 96.8 |
| 12 |  Ohio | 30.4 | 27.5 | 69.9 |
| 13 |  South Dakota | 30.1 | 43.9 | 111.5 |
| 14 |  New Hampshire | 29.8 | 60.8 | 154.4 |
| 15 |  Maine | 27.8 | 61.8 | 157.0 |
| 16 |  Iowa | 26.2 | 34.9 | 88.6 |
| 17 |  Indiana | 23.5 | 25.9 | 65.8 |
| 18 |  Illinois | 19.9 | 24.6 | 62.5 |
| 19 |  Idaho | 19.4 | 19.2 | 48.8 |
| 20 |  Colorado | 19.1 | 19.1 | 48.5 |
| 21 |  Rhode Island | 18.7 | 33.8 | 85.9 |
| 22 |  Nebraska | 18.3 | 25.9 | 65.8 |
| 23 |  Nevada | 16.3 | 21.8 | 55.4 |
| 24 |  Kentucky | 11.8 | 12.5 | 31.8 |
| 24 |  Delaware | 11.8 | 20.2 | 51.3 |
| 26 |  Missouri | 11.5 | 17.0 | 43.2 |
| 27 |  Kansas | 10.0 | 14.7 | 37.3 |
| 28 |  Maryland | 9.6 | 20.2 | 51.3 |
| 29 |  New Mexico | 9.5 | 9.6 | 24.4 |
| 30 |  New Jersey | 8.7 | 16.5 | 41.9 |
| 31 |  Virginia | 6.1 | 10.3 | 26.2 |
| 32 |  North Carolina | 3.9 | 7.6 | 19.3 |
| 33 |  Arkansas | 3.8 | 5.2 | 13.2 |
| 34 |  Oregon | 2.2 | 3.0 | 7.6 |
| 35 |  Texas | 1.3 | 1.5 | 3.8 |
| 36 |  Alabama | 0.8 | 1.6 | 4.1 |
| 37 |  Georgia | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.8 |
| 38 |  Mississippi | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.3 |
| 39 |  Arizona | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| 39 |  South Carolina | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
| 41 |  Louisiana | 0.1 | — | — |
What correlates with Average Annual Snow Days?
Pearson r against 2,103 other state metrics sharing at least 25 states. Correlation is not causation.
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Opposite directions
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Quick answers
- Which state has the highest Average Annual Snow Days?
- New York has the highest Average Annual Snow Days, at 66.4, followed by Vermont (54.4) and Alaska (48.0).
- Which state has the lowest Average Annual Snow Days?
- Louisiana has the lowest Average Annual Snow Days, at 0.1.
- What is the median Average Annual Snow Days across US states?
- The median is 18.7 across the 41 US states with data.
- Where does this snowiest states data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Daily U.S. Snowfall and Snow Depth | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (noaa.gov); Information by State - USA.com; US Annual Snowfall Map - NY Ski Blog; List of snowiest places in the United States by state - Wiki.