#1Leavenworth
Chelan County · 3,373 people22 days a year with an inch or more·Leavenworth 3 S station, 4 km
Leavenworth, #1 on this list · Leavenworth Ski Hill Historic District · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0Washington rankings · Climate
Snowiest towns in Washington
Leavenworth gets the most snow of Washington’s 252 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 80 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. Raymond gets the least, about 1 inches; 1 of the 252 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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#T2Deer Park
Spokane County · 5,370 people17 days a year with an inch or more·Spokane Wfo station, 34 km
#T2Suncrest
unincorporated, Stevens County · 5,345 people17 days a year with an inch or more·Spokane Wfo station, 17 km
All 252 towns
Snow in a normal winter, most first. Towns that share a station share its figure and rank (T = tied; 233 towns here share a station).
252 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
#TownSnow a yearDays with 1″+NOAA station
T47Clarkston Heights-Vinelandunincorporated, Asotin County · 7,884 people4Lewiston Nez Perce Co AP5.8 km
T47West Clarkston-Highlandunincorporated, Asotin County · 5,444 people4Lewiston Nez Perce Co AP4.9 km
T61Maple Heights-Lake Desireunincorporated, King County · 4,113 people2Seattle Tacoma Intl AP16.4 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 Washington town gets the most snow?
Leavenworth (Chelan County), about 80 inches in a normal winter at the Leavenworth 3 S station.
What part of Washington gets the least amount of snow?
Among towns of 2,500+, the least snow falls in Raymond (Pacific County, about 1 in), Battle Ground (Clark County, about 1 in), Brush Prairie (Clark County, about 1 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 (285 in Washington) whose nearest station has a snow normal of an inch or more; 33 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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