#1McCall
Valley County · 4,133 people46 days a year with an inch or more·Mccall station, 2 km
McCall, #1 on this list · Photo: Karthikc123 · CC BY-SA 3.0Idaho rankings · Climate
Snowiest towns in Idaho
McCall gets the most snow of Idaho’s 50 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 132 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. Emmett gets the least, about 7 inches; 11 of the 50 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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#2Victor
Teton County · 2,589 people38 days a year with an inch or more·Alta 1 NNW station, 20 km
#T3Hailey
Blaine County · 10,053 people30 days a year with an inch or more·Ketchum Rs station, 20 km
All 50 towns
Snow in a normal winter, most 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
Which Idaho town gets the most snow?
McCall (Valley County), about 132 inches in a normal winter at the Mccall station.
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. See the towns with the least snow.
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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