#1Salem
Dent County · 4,674 people0 days a year with an inch or more·Salem station, 1 km
Salem, #1 on this list · Dent County Courthouse · Photo: Kbh3rd · CC BY 4.0Missouri rankings · Climate
Towns with the least snow in Missouri
Salem gets the least snow of Missouri’s 246 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 1 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. Bethany gets the most, about 21 inches; 246 of the 246 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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El Dorado Springs
Cedar County · 3,642 people1 days a year with an inch or more·Eldorado Springs station, 1 km
Independence Township
Dunklin County · 11,792 people1 days a year with an inch or more·Blytheville station, 37 km
All 246 towns
Snow in a normal winter, least first. Towns that share a station share its figure and rank (T = tied; 211 towns here share a station).
246 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.
Quick answers
Questions people ask
What part of Missouri gets the least amount of snow?
Among towns of 2,500+, the least snow falls in Salem (Dent County, about 1 in), El Dorado Springs (Cedar County, about 2 in), Independence Township (Dunklin County, about 3 in), on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals at each town’s station.
Which Missouri town gets the most snow?
Bethany (Harrison County), about 21 inches in a normal winter at the Bethany station. See the snowiest towns.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents (247 in Missouri) 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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