#T1Barnstable Town
Barnstable County · 50,101 people5 days a year with an inch or more·Hyannis station, 4 km
Barnstable Town, #1 on this list · Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0Massachusetts rankings · Climate
Towns with the least snow in Massachusetts
Barnstable Town gets the least snow of Massachusetts’ 281 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 22 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. Pittsfield gets the most, about 77 inches; 21 of the 281 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
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#T1Dennis
Barnstable County · 14,906 people5 days a year with an inch or more·Hyannis station, 12 km
#T1Yarmouth
Barnstable County · 25,225 people5 days a year with an inch or more·Hyannis station, 7 km
All 281 towns
Snow in a normal winter, least first. Towns that share a station share its figure and rank (T = tied; 278 towns here share a station).
281 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.
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Questions people ask
What part of Massachusetts gets the least amount of snow?
Among towns of 2,500+, the least snow falls in Barnstable Town (Barnstable County, about 22 in), Dennis (Barnstable County, about 22 in), Yarmouth (Barnstable County, about 22 in), on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals at each town’s station.
Which Massachusetts town gets the most snow?
Pittsfield (Berkshire County), about 77 inches in a normal winter at the Worthington station. See the snowiest towns.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents (283 in Massachusetts) whose nearest station has a snow normal of an inch or more; 2 have no station with a snow record. Smaller towns show their snow on their own Climate page.
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