#1Elkins
Randolph County · 6,622 people23 days a year with an inch or more·Elkins Randolph Co AP station, 4 km
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Snowiest towns in West Virginia
Elkins gets the most snow of West Virginia’s 61 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 69 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. Kenova gets the least, about 6 inches; 3 of the 61 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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#T2Fayetteville
Fayette County · 2,721 people24 days a year with an inch or more·Mt Nebo 1 S station, 27 km
#T2Summersville
Nicholas County · 3,297 people24 days a year with an inch or more·Mt Nebo 1 S station, 11 km
All 61 towns
Snow in a normal winter, most first. Towns that share a station share its figure and rank (T = tied; 39 towns here share a station).
61 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 West Virginia town gets the most snow?
Elkins (Randolph County), about 69 inches in a normal winter at the Elkins Randolph Co AP station.
What part of West Virginia gets the least amount of snow?
Among towns of 2,500+, the least snow falls in Kenova (Wayne County, about 6 in), Ravenswood (Jackson County, about 8 in), Barboursville (Cabell County, about 10 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 (61 in West 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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