Syracuse Snowfall Totals & Accumulation Averages

How Often it Snows in Syracuse

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 Syracuse, 2010 to 2019

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
8.3	January	29.4	74.6
9.6	February	33.9	86.2
4.3	March	17.5	44.4
0.4	April	2.7	6.8
0.0	May	0.0	0.1
0.0	October	0.1	0.2
2.2	November	9.0	22.8
7.0	December	27.0	68.7
31.8	Year	119.6	303.8

30-year snowfall averages at Syracuse, 1981 to 2010

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
18.4	January	34.0	86.4
14.4	February	25.3	64.3
9.9	March	18.0	45.7
2.6	April	3.8	9.7
0.1	May	0.1	0.3
0.5	October	0.4	1.0
5.8	November	9.5	24.1
14.7	December	32.7	83.1
66.4	Year	123.8	314.5

These averages don't show how much Syracuse's snowfall varies from year to year.

In December, for instance, one in four years totals over four feet of snow. Another 25 percent of years receive less than 17.5 inches for the month.

Similarly in January, fresh snowfall in the heaviest years amounts to over 44.5 inches, while the lightest years get less than 21.3 inches.

Snow in February ranges from over 32.7 inches in heavy snowfall years to under 15.9 inches in light years.

When Syracuse Has Its First & Last Snowfalls

Syracuse's first snowfall of winter arrives by November. Although in many years October gets at least a dusting of snow.

The season's last snowfall typically happens in April, yet snow in May does happen occasionally.

Syracuse is normally free of snow every year from June to September.

How Many Snowstorms Syracuse Gets

About half the days with snowfall in Syracuse result in just a skiff, amounting to less than an inch left on the ground. For 35 days a year on average, the amount of new snow totals at least an inch.

Snowstorms of over five inches a day normally occur five or six times a year. But major blizzards that dump ten inches or more in one day happen on average just one day a year.

Number of days per month and year on average in Syracuse 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
9.9	4.1	January	1.6	0.3
7.4	2.9	February	1.1	0.2
4.8	1.9	March	0.8	0.1
1.5	0.3	April	0.1	0.0
0.1	0.0	October	0.0	0.0
2.7	0.9	November	0.4	0.1
8.1	3.3	December	1.8	0.4
34.5	13.4	Year	5.8	1.1

How Much Snow Normally Accumulates in Syracuse

For about two-thirds of winter days, Syracuse has at least an inch of snow on the ground.

Snow mostly accumulates during January amd February. Typically, on five days in each of January and February plus another two or three in December and March, the snow covering Syracuse gets to ten or more inches deep.

Average total days per month and year in Syracuse 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
23.2	17.9	January	12.8	5.7
20.8	15.3	February	11.5	4.8
12.5	8.1	March	5.9	2.6
1.4	0.4	April	0.1	0.0
4.0	1.9	November	0.8	0.0
16.3	10.5	December	7.1	2.3
78.2	54.1	Year	38.2	15.4