#T1Norton
Norton city · 3,477 people14 days a year with an inch or more·Wise 1se station, 8 km
Norton, #1 on this list · Photo: Eli Christman (user Gamma Man) · CC BY 2.0Virginia rankings · Climate
Snowiest towns in Virginia
Norton gets the most snow of Virginia’s 253 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 47 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. Emporia gets the least, about 1 inches; 0 of the 253 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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#T1Wise
Wise County · 2,853 people14 days a year with an inch or more·Wise 1se station, 2 km
#3Tazewell
Tazewell County · 4,291 people18 days a year with an inch or more·Burkes Garden station, 16 km
All 253 towns
Snow in a normal winter, most first. Towns that share a station share its figure and rank (T = tied; 224 towns here share a station).
253 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
#TownSnow a yearDays with 1″+NOAA station
T22Loudoun Valley Estatesunincorporated, Loudoun County · 10,271 people5Washington Dc Dulles AP5.9 km
T178Spotsylvania Courthouseunincorporated, Spotsylvania County · 7,180 people2Fredericksburg Sewage15.9 km
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 Virginia town gets the most snow?
Wise (Wise County), about 47 inches in a normal winter at the Wise 1se station.
What part of Virginia gets the least amount of snow?
Among towns of 2,500+, the least snow falls in Emporia (Emporia city, about 1 in), Bethel Manor (York County, about 3 in), Carrollton (Isle of Wight County, about 3 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 (253 in Virginia) 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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Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.
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