#1Beulah
Mercer County · 3,077 people15 days a year with an inch or more·Zap station, 13 km
Beulah, #1 on this list · Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0North Dakota rankings · Climate
Towns with the least snow in North Dakota
Beulah gets the least snow of North Dakota’s 20 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 33 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. Tatman Township gets the most, about 52 inches; 0 of the 20 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
#133in
#2New Town
Mountrail County · 2,715 people13 days a year with an inch or more·Keene 3s station, 34 km
#3Dickinson
Stark County · 25,870 people13 days a year with an inch or more·Taylor 7 NNW station, 27 km
All 20 towns
Snow in a normal winter, least first. Towns that share a station share its figure and rank (T = tied; 12 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 North Dakota gets the least amount of snow?
Among towns of 2,500+, the least snow falls in Beulah (Mercer County, about 33 in), New Town (Mountrail County, about 35 in), Dickinson (Stark County, about 35 in), on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals at each town’s station.
Which North Dakota town gets the most snow?
Tatman Township (Ward County), about 52 inches in a normal winter at the Minot Exp Stn station. See the snowiest towns.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents (23 in North Dakota) whose nearest station has a snow normal of an inch or more; 3 have no station with a snow record. Smaller towns show their snow on their own Climate page.
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