Rochester Snowfall Records

Rochester Snowfall Records

Highest Snowfall Totals for Months

October			November			December			January
1.	7.9"	2009	1.	22.5"	1985	1.	41.3"	2010	1.	30.2"	1996
2.	6.6"	1929	2.	20.3"	1991	2.	35.3"	2000	2.	29.4"	1999
3.	5.5"	1917	3.	17.5"	1996	3.	30.6"	1969	3.	27.3"	1982
4.	5.4"	1979	4.	16.3"	1911	4.	28.6"	2008	4.	27.0"	1932
5.	4.5"	1991	5.	14.6"	1952	5.	26.3"	2009	5.	24.4"	1979
6.	4.2"	2020	6.	14.0"	1983	6.	21.4"	1950	6.	23.0"	1910
7.	4.0"	1930			1934	7.	20.8"	1990	7.	21.8"	1994
8.	2.9"	1976	8.	13.1"	2019	8.	20.7"	1968	8.	21.0"	1917
9.	2.6"	2017	9.	13.0"	1909	9.	19.7"	2017	9.	19.3"	2000
	2.6"	1989	10.	12.6"	1947	10.	19.6"	1996	10.	18.2"	1988
February			March			April			May
1.	40.0"	2019	1.	35.1"	1951	1.	17.0"	2018	1.	14.5"	2013
2.	20.1"	2007	2.	25.2"	1985	2.	16.4"	1983	2.	2.0"	1944
3.	19.4"	1959	3.	23.5"	2013	3.	15.6"	1988	3.	1.0"	1893
4.	19.1"	1962	4.	23.0"	2005	4.	14.0"	1893	4.	0.7"	1954
5.	18.6"	2014	5.	19.5"	1944	5.	12.9"	1962	5.	0.3"	1967
.		2004	6.	18.9"	1961	6.	12.5"	1945	6.	0.2"	1989
7.	18.4"	1945	7.	18.8"	1956	7.	11.5"	1952			1976
8.	17.8"	1893	8.	18.5"	1952	8.	10.9"	1980			1973
9.	16.1"	1981	9.	18.4"	1940	9.	10.4"	1973			1966
10.	16.0"	1971	10.	16.5"	1888	10.	9.3"	1993	.

Lowest Snowfall Totals for Months

December			January			February			March
1.	trace	1943	1.	0.8"	2006	1.	none	1920	1.	none	2010
		1913	2.	1.7"	1961	2.	0.2"	1954	2.	trace	2012
3.	0.5"	2023	3.	1.8"	1920	3.	0.6"	1958			1981
4.	0.7"	1979	4.	1.9"	2013	4.	0.7"	1912			1910
		1967	5.	2.0"	1957	5.	0.8"	1964	5.	0.4"	1968
6.	0.8"	2006			1920			1910	6.	0.5"	1990
7.	0.9"	1965	7.	2.1"	1974	7.	1.4"	1995	7.	0.6"	2022
8.	1.6'	2006			1958	8.	1.6"	1976	8.	1.2"	2009
9.	1.9"	1975	9.	2.2"	1944	9.	1.8"	1977			1986
10.	2.0"	1960	10.	2.3"	1948	10.	1.9"	1996	10.	1.3"	1946
		1928

Highest Snowfall for One Month			Record One-Day Snowfall
1.	41.3"	December 2010	1.	19.8"	March 18, 2005
2.	40.0"	February 2019	2.	15.4"	January 22, 1982
3.	35.3"	December 2000	3.	15.0"	December 11, 2010
4.	35.1"	March 1951969	4.	14.0"	March 30, 1934
5.	30.6"	December 1969	5.		April 20, 1893
6.	30.2"	January 1996	6.	13.5"	February 27, 1893
7.	29.4"	January 1999	7.	13.0"	April 26, 1988
8.	28.6"	December 2008	8.	12.0"	November 30, 1934
9.	27.3"	January 1982	9.	10.8"	March 10, 1956
10.	26.3"	December 2009	10.	10.6"	November 25, 1952

Seasonal Snowfall


Average first TRACE of snowfall:		October 20th
Average earliest measurable snowfall:		November 4th
Average first 1" of snowfall:		November 21st

Seasonal snowfall is measured from July through June.