Blue Hill Snowfall Totals & Accumulation Averages

How Often it Snows on Blue Hill

The next two tables list monthly and yearly totals for amount of snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres).

10-year snowfall averages at Blue Hill, 2010 to 2019

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
4.0	January	21.0	53.3
5.1	February	26.7	67.8
3.0	March	15.6	39.6
0.6	April	2.3	5.8
0.3	October	0.9	2.2
0.9	November	2.3	5.8
1.9	December	7.6	19.4
16.3	Year	77.0	195.6

30-year snowfall averages at Blue Hill, 1991 to 2020

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
7.0	January	18.2	46.2
7.2	February	21.2	53.8
4.9	March	12.8	32.5
0.8	April	1.8	4.6
0.3	October	0.8	2.0
1.1	November	1.7	4.3
5.1	December	12.8	32.5
26.4	Year	69.3	176.0

These averages don't show how much the snowfall at Blue Hill varies from year to year.

In December, for instance, one in four years totals over 22.1 inches of snow. Another 25 percent of years receive less than 2.7 inches for the month.

Similarly in January, fresh snowfall in the heaviest years amounts to over 24.9 inches, while the lightest years get less than 7.1 inches.

New snow for February ranges from 27 inches or more in heavy snowfall years to under 10.2 inches in light years.

When Blue Hill Has Its First & Last Snowfalls

The first snowfall of winter for Blue Hill usually arrives in November. But depending on the year, snowflakes start flying anytime from October to December.

The season's last snowfall most often happens in April. Every few years though, it stops snowing in March.

Great Blue Hill is normally free of snow every year from May to September.

How Many Snowstorms Blue Hill Gets

For 15 days a year on average, the amount of new snow at Blue Hill totals at least an inch.

Snowstorms of over five inches a day normally occur 4 times annually. Major blizzards that dump ten inches or more in one day typically happen once or twice a year.

Number of days per month and year on average in Blue Hill with a total snowfall of at least 1, 3, 5 or 10 inches

1 inch 2.5 cm	3 inches 7.6 cm		5 inches 12.7 cm	10 inches 25.4 cm
3.7	1.8	January	1.1	0.4
4.3	2.2	February	1.3	0.7
2.6	1.3	March	0.7	0.3
0.5	0.2	April	0.1	0.0
0.3	0.1	October	0.0	0.0
0.6	0.2	November	0.1	0.0
2.6	1.6	December	0.9	0.1
14.6	7.4	Year	4.2	1.5

How Much Snow Normally Accumulates in Blue Hill

For about half of winter, Blue Hill has at least an inch of snow on the ground.

Snow mostly accumulates during February. Typically for 15 days a year the snow covering Blue Hill gets to ten or more inches deep. On four or five of those days the snowpack builds up to 20 inches or more.

Average total days per month and year in Blue Hill with snow depth of at least 1, 3, 5 or 10 inches on the ground

1 inch 2.5 cm	3 inches 7.6 cm		5 inches 12.7 cm	10 inches 25.4 cm
16.1	10.8	January	7.1	3.2
14.8	11.2	February	9.5	6.8
10.7	8.1	March	6.4	3.7
1.0	0.6	April	0.3	0.0
0.3	0.2	October	0.1	0.0
0.9	0.3	November	0.1	0.0
8.2	4.4	December	3.1	1.6
52.0	35.6	Year	26.6	15.3