#1Valdez
Chugach Census Area · 3,681 people56 days a year with an inch or more·Valdez WSO station, 2 km
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Snowiest towns in Alaska
Valdez gets the most snow of Alaska’s 35 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 325 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. Ketchikan gets the least, about 35 inches; 22 of the 35 average 60 inches or more.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at each town’s nearest station with a snow record (named in each row). A described list: no letters. How grades work
#1325in
#2Seward
Kenai Peninsula Borough · 2,892 people29 days a year with an inch or more·Seward 19n station, 26 km
#3Juneau
Juneau City and Borough · 31,609 people23 days a year with an inch or more·Juneau Intl AP station, 23 km
All 35 towns
Snow in a normal winter, most first. Towns that share a station share its figure and rank (T = tied; 13 towns here share a station).
35 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
#TownSnow a yearDays with 1″+NOAA station
T28Knik-Fairviewunincorporated, Matanuska-Susitna Borough · 19,972 people18Matanuska Exp Farm20.6 km
A station’s normal can differ from the town’s own when the station sits higher or lower; each town’s Climate page names its station and checks it.
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which Alaska town gets the most snow?
Valdez (Chugach Census Area), about 325 inches in a normal winter at the Valdez WSO station.
What part of Alaska gets the least amount of snow?
Among towns of 2,500+, the least snow falls in Ketchikan (Ketchikan Gateway Borough, about 35 in), Mill Bay (Kodiak Island Borough, about 43 in), Utqiaġvik (North Slope Borough, about 46 in), on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals at each town’s station. See the towns with the least snow.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents (41 in Alaska) whose nearest station has a snow normal of an inch or more; 6 have no station with a snow record. Smaller towns show their snow on their own Climate page.
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