#T1Goshen
3,298 people20 days a year with an inch or more·Norfolk 2 SW station, 14 km
Goshen, #1 on this list · Photo: Doncram · CC BY-SA 3.0Connecticut rankings · Climate
Snowiest towns in Connecticut
Goshen gets the most snow of Connecticut’s 149 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 75 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. East Lyme gets the least, about 24 inches; 6 of the 149 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
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#T1North Canaan
3,231 people20 days a year with an inch or more·Norfolk 2 SW station, 8 km
#T1Sharon
2,783 people20 days a year with an inch or more·Norfolk 2 SW station, 23 km
All 149 towns
Snow in a normal winter, most first. Towns that share a station share its figure and rank (T = tied; 144 towns here share a station).
149 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
Which Connecticut town gets the most snow?
Sharon (), about 75 inches in a normal winter at the Norfolk 2 SW station.
What part of Connecticut gets the least amount of snow?
Among towns of 2,500+, the least snow falls in East Lyme (, about 24 in), Groton (New London County, about 24 in), Groton (, about 24 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 (155 in Connecticut) 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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Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.
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