Bartlett
DuPage County · 40,855 people14 days a year with an inch or more·St. Charles 0.1 E station, 11 km
Illinois rankings · Climate
Snowiest towns in Illinois
Bartlett gets the most snow of Illinois’ 767 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 46 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. Bloomington gets the least, about 6 inches; 0 of the 767 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
46in
#T1Carol Stream
DuPage County · 39,315 people14 days a year with an inch or more·St. Charles 0.1 E station, 14 km
#T1Geneva
Kane County · 21,138 people14 days a year with an inch or more·St. Charles 0.1 E station, 5 km
All 767 towns
Snow in a normal winter, most first. Towns that share a station share its figure and rank (T = tied; 722 towns here share a station).
767 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
#TownSnow a yearDays with 1″+NOAA station
T195Pistakee Highlandsunincorporated, McHenry County · 3,374 people11Mc Henry -wg Stratton L&d10.7 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
Which Illinois town gets the most snow?
Winfield (DuPage County), about 46 inches in a normal winter at the St. Charles 0.1 E station.
What part of Illinois gets the least amount of snow?
Among towns of 2,500+, the least snow falls in Bloomington (McLean County, about 6 in), Bloomington City Township (McLean County, about 6 in), Bloomington Township (McLean County, about 6 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 (768 in Illinois) whose nearest station has a snow normal of an inch or more; 1 have no station with a snow record. Smaller towns show their snow on their own Climate page.
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