#T1Colchester
Chittenden County · 17,565 people14 days a year with an inch or more·S Hero station, 10 km
Colchester, #1 on this list · Photo: Fancy-cats-are-happy-cats · Public domainVermont rankings · Climate
Towns with the least snow in Vermont
Colchester gets the least snow of Vermont’s 71 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 50 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. Lyndon gets the most, about 142 inches; 0 of the 71 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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#T1Milton
Chittenden County · 10,646 people14 days a year with an inch or more·S Hero station, 12 km
#T3Middlebury
Addison County · 9,208 people17 days a year with an inch or more·Cornwall station, 9 km
All 71 towns
Snow in a normal winter, least first. Towns that share a station share its figure and rank (T = tied; 61 towns here share a station).
71 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 Vermont gets the least amount of snow?
Among towns of 2,500+, the least snow falls in Colchester (Chittenden County, about 50 in), Milton (Chittenden County, about 50 in), Middlebury (Addison County, about 59 in), on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals at each town’s station.
Which Vermont town gets the most snow?
Lyndon (Caledonia County), about 142 inches in a normal winter at the Sutton station. See the snowiest towns.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents (71 in Vermont) 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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