#T1Carthage
Jefferson County · 3,196 people50 days a year with an inch or more·Hooker 12 NNW station, 17 km
Carthage, #1 on this list · Photo: Dougtone · CC BY-SA 2.0New York rankings · Climate
Snowiest towns in New York
Carthage gets the most snow of New York’s 737 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 228 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. Bayville gets the least, about 18 inches; 370 of the 737 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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Champion
Jefferson County · 4,436 people50 days a year with an inch or more·Hooker 12 NNW station, 13 km
Denmark
Lewis County · 2,619 people50 days a year with an inch or more·Hooker 12 NNW station, 9 km
All 737 towns
Snow in a normal winter, most first. Towns that share a station share its figure and rank (T = tied; 723 towns here share a station).
737 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 New York town gets the most snow?
Rutland (Jefferson County), about 228 inches in a normal winter at the Hooker 12 NNW station.
What part of New York gets the least amount of snow?
Among towns of 2,500+, the least snow falls in Bayville (Nassau County, about 18 in), Brookville (Nassau County, about 18 in), East Hills (Nassau County, about 18 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 (758 in New York) whose nearest station has a snow normal of an inch or more; 21 have no station with a snow record. Smaller towns show their snow on their own Climate page.
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