Arbor Vitae
Vilas County · 3,503 people34 days a year with an inch or more·Minocqua station, 10 km
Wisconsin rankings · Climate
Snowiest towns in Wisconsin
Arbor Vitae gets the most snow of Wisconsin’s 362 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 99 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. Linn gets the least, about 32 inches; 19 of the 362 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
99in
#T1Lac du Flambeau
Vilas County · 3,659 people34 days a year with an inch or more·Minocqua station, 15 km
Minocqua
Oneida County · 5,062 people34 days a year with an inch or more·Minocqua station, 14 km
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Snow in a normal winter, most first. Towns that share a station share its figure and rank (T = tied; 324 towns here share a station).
362 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 Wisconsin town gets the most snow?
Minocqua (Oneida County), about 99 inches in a normal winter at the Minocqua station.
What part of Wisconsin gets the least amount of snow?
Among towns of 2,500+, the least snow falls in Linn (Walworth County, about 32 in), Walworth (Walworth County, about 32 in), Williams Bay (Walworth County, about 32 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 (362 in Wisconsin) 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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