#T1Childersburg
Talladega County · 4,571 people0 days a year with an inch or more·Childersburg Wtp station, 1 km
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Towns with the least snow in Alabama
Childersburg gets the least snow of Alabama’s 52 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 1 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. Rainsville gets the most, about 5 inches; 52 of the 52 average under 30 inches.
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
#T11in
#T1Columbiana
Shelby County · 5,106 people0 days a year with an inch or more·Childersburg Wtp station, 27 km
#T1Decatur
Morgan County · 58,056 people0 days a year with an inch or more·Belle Mina 2 N station, 16 km
All 52 towns
Snow in a normal winter, least first. Towns that share a station share its figure and rank (T = tied; 46 towns here share a station).
52 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
#TownSnow a yearDays with 1″+NOAA station
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
What part of Alabama gets the least amount of snow?
Among towns of 2,500+, the least snow falls in Childersburg (Talladega County, about 1 in), Columbiana (Shelby County, about 1 in), Decatur (Morgan County, about 1 in), on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals at each town’s station.
Which Alabama town gets the most snow?
Rainsville (DeKalb County), about 5 inches in a normal winter at the Valley Head station. See the snowiest towns.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents (187 in Alabama) whose nearest station has a snow normal of an inch or more; 135 have no station with a snow record. Smaller towns show their snow on their own Climate page.
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