New York, NY Snowfall B

First snow Dec 10 · Last snow Mar 17 · 29.8 in/yr · Station: NY CITY CENTRAL PARK

Avg First Snow

Dec 10

Median over 30 seasons 4d late

Avg Last Snow

Mar 17

Median over 30 seasons

Snow Season

98 days

SepJun

Avg Annual Snowfall

29.8 in

Rank #127 of 217 tracked

Latest season (2025–26): first measurable snowfall arrived 4 days later than the 30-year normal.

Average Monthly Snowfall (inches)

Sep

0.1

Oct

0.5

Nov

5.0

Dec

8.7

Jan

10.1

Feb

5.0

Mar

0.4

Apr

May

Jun

How New York Compares

New York snowfall vs New York and U.S. medians
Measure	New York	New York median	U.S. median
Avg annual snowfall	29.8 in	95.0 in	39.1 in
Avg first snowfall	Dec 10	Nov 9	Nov 16
Avg last snowfall	Mar 17	Apr 8	Apr 3
Snow season length	98 days	152 days	139 days

Medians are taken across tracked cities with regular snowfall (9 in New York, 201 nationally).

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Ski Resorts in New York

Data source: NOAA GHCN-Daily records for NY CITY CENTRAL PARK (USW00094728), 8 km from the city center, accessed via the ACIS web service. Normals window: 1990–91 through 2019–20 snow seasons. Measurable snow = ≥ 0.1 in.