#T1Laurel
Sussex County · 4,557 people2 days a year with an inch or more·Salisbury Wicomico Rgnl AP station, 26 km
Laurel, #1 on this list · Photo: Linda Roy Walls · CC BY-SA 4.0Delaware rankings · Climate
Towns with the least snow in Delaware
Laurel gets the least snow of Delaware’s 37 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 8 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. Wilmington Manor gets the most, about 20 inches; 37 of the 37 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
#T18in
#T1Selbyville
Sussex County · 3,381 people2 days a year with an inch or more·Salisbury Wicomico Rgnl AP station, 30 km
#T3Lewes
Sussex County · 3,826 people2 days a year with an inch or more·Lewes station, 1 km
All 37 towns
Snow in a normal winter, least first. Towns that share a station share its figure and rank (T = tied; 37 towns here share a station).
37 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
#TownSnow a yearDays with 1″+NOAA station
T23Pike Creek Valleyunincorporated, New Castle County · 12,431 people5Wilmington NEW Castle Co AP10.2 km
T23Wilmington Manorunincorporated, New Castle County · 8,214 people5Wilmington NEW Castle Co AP2.0 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
What part of Delaware gets the least amount of snow?
Among towns of 2,500+, the least snow falls in Laurel (Sussex County, about 8 in), Selbyville (Sussex County, about 8 in), Lewes (Sussex County, about 10 in), on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals at each town’s station.
Which Delaware town gets the most snow?
Wilmington Manor (New Castle County), about 20 inches in a normal winter at the Wilmington NEW Castle Co AP station. See the snowiest towns.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents (37 in Delaware) whose nearest station has a snow normal of an inch or more; 0 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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