Inclement Weather in the Northwest; Elevated Fire Weather Conditions in the High Plains

In the Pacific Northwest into northern California, areas of heavy rain for the coastal ranges and heavy snowfall over the higher elevations of the Cascades are expected into Friday. Dry and windy conditions may produce elevated fire weather conditions in the central and southern High Plains and the Upper Midwest. Windy conditions and scattered rain and snow showers will continue in the Northeast. Read More >

**January**
Rank	Most Snowfall	Year	Rank	Least Snowfall	Year
1	21.1 inches	1977	1 (tie)	Trace	2013
2	20.3 inches	1987	1 (tie)	Trace	1954
3	19.3 inches	1997	1 (tie)	Trace	1944
4	19.2 inches	1918	1 (tie)	Trace	1933
5	17.4 inches	2014	5	0.1 inches	1900
6	16.2 inches	1939	6 (tie)	0.2 inches	1986
7	16.1 inches	1999	6 (tie)	0.2 inches	1935
8	15.9 inches	1979	6 (tie)	0.2 inches	1934
9	14.5 inches	1914	6 (tie)	0.2 inches	1932
10	13.1 inches	1936	10	0.3 inches	1989

**February**
Rank	Most Snowfall	Year
1	24.4 inches	1900
2	22.6 inches	2015
3	18.4 inches	1914
4	18.3 inches	2022
5	17.2 inches	1908
6	16.5 inches	2011
7 (tie)	16.0 inches	1993
7 (tie)	16.0 inches	2014
9	15.3 inches	1903
10	15.1 inches	1986

Lowest total: Zero in 1998. Trace amounts in 1935, 1957, 1987, 1997, and 2023.

**March**
Rank	Most Snowfall	Year
1	23.4 inches	1906
2	20.3 inches	1960
3	19.6 inches	2013
4	18.5 inches	1978
5	15.7 inches	1934
6	15.1 inches	1931
7	12.9 inches	1926
8	11.1 inches	1965
9	11.0 inches	1912
10	10.7 inches	1947

Lowest total: Zero in 6 different years (1908, 1910, 1938, 1987, 2010, 2021)

**April**
Rank	Most Snowfall	Year
1	8.2 inches	1920
2	7.3 inches	1980
3	4.9 inches	1957
4	4.8 inches	2018
5	4.6 inches	1982
6 (tie)	3.8 inches	1971
6 (tie)	3.8 inches	1899
8	3.6 inches	1910
9	2.7 inches	1994
10 (tie)	1.9 inches	1949, 1951

**May**
Rank	Most Snowfall	Year
1	0.6 inches	1929
2	0.2 inches	1940
3	0.1 inches	1927

June, July, August: No snowfall recorded.

September: A trace of snow was recorded in 1942.

**October**
Rank	Most Snowfall	Year
1	2.8 inches	1925
2	2.4 inches	1929
3	2.3 inches	2019
4	1.8 inches	1916
5	0.9 inches	1913
6 (tie)	0.3 inches	1989
6 (tie)	0.3 inches	1930
8 (tie)	0.2 inches	1993
8 (tie)	0.2 inches	1917
10	0.1 inches	1967

**November**
Rank	Most Snowfall	Year
1	11.4 inches	2018
2	9.2 inches	1951
3	8.5 inches	1975
4	8.4 inches	1926
5	7.6 inches	1932
6	6.8 inches	1974
7	6.4 inches	1977
8	6.1 inches	2004
9	5.5 inches	1961
10	5.4 inches	1972

Lowest total: Zero in 10 different years, most recently in 2016.

**December**
Rank	Most Snowfall	Year
1	22.7 inches	1973
2	21.6 inches	1981
3	16.2 inches	1983
4 (tie)	14.5 inches	2005
4 (tie)	14.5 inches	1944
6	13.4 inches	1915
7	13.1 inches	1909
8	11.7 inches	1943
9	11.0 inches	2007
10	10.7 inches	1945

Lowest total: Trace amounts 9 different years, most recently in 2021.

**Monthly Record Summary**
Month	Most Snowfall	Year	Least Snowfall	Year
January	21.1 inches	1977	Trace	1933, 1944, 1954, 2013
February	24.4 inches	1900	Zero	1998
March	23.4 inches	1906	Zero	1908, 1910, 1938, 1987, 2010
April	8.2 inches	1920	Zero	Many years
May	0.6 inches	1929	Zero	Many years
September	Trace	1942	Zero	Many years
October	2.8 inches	1925	Zero	Many years
November	9.2 inches	1951	Zero	Many years
December	22.7 inches	1973	Trace	Many years