#1Chadron
Dawes County · 4,975 people16 days a year with an inch or more·Chadron 3sw station, 5 km
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Snowiest towns in Nebraska
Chadron gets the most snow of Nebraska’s 57 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 50 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. Beatrice gets the least, about 19 inches; 0 of the 57 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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#2Alliance
Box Butte County · 7,914 people18 days a year with an inch or more·Hemingford station, 29 km
#T3Gering
Scotts Bluff County · 8,535 people13 days a year with an inch or more·Scottsbluff Heilig AP station, 8 km
All 57 towns
Snow in a normal winter, most first. Towns that share a station share its figure and rank (T = tied; 23 towns here share a station).
57 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
Which Nebraska town gets the most snow?
Chadron (Dawes County), about 50 inches in a normal winter at the Chadron 3sw station.
What part of Nebraska gets the least amount of snow?
Among towns of 2,500+, the least snow falls in Beatrice (Gage County, about 19 in), Lexington (Dawson County, about 20 in), Wahoo (Saunders County, about 20 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 (57 in Nebraska) whose nearest station has a snow normal of an inch or more; 0 have no station with a snow record. Smaller towns show their snow on their own Climate page.
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