Average Snowfall for US Cities in December

The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during December at the largest cities in the United States.

The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.01 inches (0.25 centimetres) this month. Plus there's a summary of which cities in December are usually the snowiest.

The snowfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010 for the NOAA National Climatic Data Center. The major cities listed here represent the 51 biggest metropolitan centers in the US, all those with over one million people in 2010.

Snowiest Cities in December

Cities Without Snow in December

December snowfall averages by city

Days	Place	Inches	Centimetres
0.4	Atlanta, Georgia	0.4	1.0
0.0	Austin, Texas	0.0	0.0
1.8	Baltimore, Maryland	3.1	7.9
0.1	Birmingham, Alabama	0.1	0.3
4.6	Boston, Massachusetts	9.0	22.9
14.0	Buffalo, New York	27.4	69.6
0.2	Charlotte, North Carolina	0.3	0.8
7.1	Chicago, Illinois	8.5	21.6
2.0	Cincinnati, Ohio	2.1	5.3
10.0	Cleveland, Ohio	14.1	35.8
6.7	Columbus, Ohio	5.1	13.0
0.3	Dallas, Texas	0.3	0.8
5.3	Denver, Colorado	8.5	21.6
8.5	Detroit, Michigan	9.7	24.6
4.7	Hartford, Connecticut	7.4	18.8
0.1	Houston, Texas	0.1	0.3
6.3	Indianapolis, Indiana	6.9	17.5
0.1	Jacksonville, Florida	0.0	0.0
2.5	Kansas City, Missouri	4.4	11.2
0.1	Las Vegas, Nevada	0.2	0.5
0.0	Los Angeles, California	0.0	0.0
2.9	Louisville, Kentucky	2.6	6.6
0.4	Memphis, Tennessee	0.2	0.5
0.0	Miami, Florida	0.0	0.0
7.8	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	10.6	26.9
9.0	Minneapolis, Minnesota	11.5	29.2

Days	Place	Inches	Centimetres
1.0	Nashville, Tennessee	0.5	1.3
0.1	New Orleans, Louisiana	0.0	0.0
2.3	New York, New York	4.8	12.2
1.8	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	2.2	5.6
0.0	Orlando, Florida	0.0	0.0
1.8	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	3.4	8.6
0.0	Phoenix, Arizona	0.0	0.0
8.5	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	8.3	21.1
1.0	Portland, Oregon	2.0	5.1
3.9	Providence, Rhode Island	8.7	22.1
0.3	Raleigh, North Carolina	0.8	2.0
1.2	Richmond, Virginia	2.1	5.3
0.0	Riverside, California	0.0	0.0
14.5	Rochester, New York	21.8	55.4
0.0	Sacramento, California	0.0	0.0
8.2	Salt Lake City, Utah	13.2	33.5
0.0	San Antonio, Texas	0.0	0.0
0.0	San Diego, California	0.0	0.0
0.0	San Francisco, California	0.0	0.0
0.0	San Jose, California	0.0	0.0
1.2	Seattle, Washington	2.5	6.4
3.7	St. Louis, Missouri	4.4	11.2
0.0	Tampa, Florida	0.0	0.0
0.6	Virginia Beach, Virginia	1.2	3.0
1.5	Washington, DC	2.3	5.8