#T1Emmett
Gem County · 8,900 people2 days a year with an inch or more·Emmett 2 E station, 3 km
Emmett, #1 on this list · Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart · Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 4.0Idaho rankings · Climate
Towns with the least snow in Idaho
Emmett gets the least snow of Idaho’s 50 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 7 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. McCall gets the most, about 132 inches; 31 of the 50 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
#T17in
#T1Star
Ada County · 20,874 people2 days a year with an inch or more·Emmett 2 E station, 17 km
#T3Caldwell
Canyon County · 76,629 people5 days a year with an inch or more·Nampa Sugar Factory station, 8 km
All 50 towns
Snow in a normal winter, least first. Towns that share a station share its figure and rank (T = tied; 32 towns here share a station).
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#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 Idaho gets the least amount of snow?
Among towns of 2,500+, the least snow falls in Emmett (Gem County, about 7 in), Star (Ada County, about 7 in), Caldwell (Canyon County, about 10 in), on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals at each town’s station.
Which Idaho town gets the most snow?
McCall (Valley County), about 132 inches in a normal winter at the Mccall station. See the snowiest towns.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents (59 in Idaho) whose nearest station has a snow normal of an inch or more; 9 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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