Virginia Beach - Extreme Daily Snowfall for Each Year
Here's a list of yearly records for the heaviest snowfalls and snowiest days in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The information easily answers questions such as: How much snow fell in a day during the biggest snowstorm of 2019? When was the last time Virginia Beach got more than a foot of snow in a single day?
This page gives the highest daily snowfall of each year in Virginia Beach and the date it occurred. If a date has a plus sign beside it that means the same amount of snow also fell on at least one other day earlier in the year.
These snowfall extremes were measured at Norfolk International Airport and go back to 1947 with a few years missing data. Since then, the most amount of snow to land in one day at Virginia Beach is 13.6 inches (34.5 centimetres) on February 18, 1989.
| Inches | Date | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|
| trace | February 02, 2023 | trace |
| 3.5 | January 22, 2022 | 8.9 |
| 3.0 | January 28, 2021 | 7.6 |
| 0.3 | February 20, 2020 | 0.8 |
| trace | December 02, 2019 + | trace |
| 5.2 | January 03, 2018 | 13.2 |
| 5.3 | January 07, 2017 | 13.5 |
| 1.2 | January 23, 2016 | 3.0 |
| 5.5 | February 26, 2015 | 14.0 |
| 5.6 | January 28, 2014 | 14.2 |
| 1.6 | January 25, 2013 | 4.1 |
| 0.3 | February 11, 2012 | 0.8 |
| 3.3 | February 10, 2011 | 8.4 |
| 13.4 | December 26, 2010 | 34.0 |
| Inches | Date | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | March 02, 2009 | 1.3 |
| 0.2 | February 14, 2008 | 0.5 |
| 0.1 | April 07, 2007 | 0.3 |
| 0.5 | January 14, 2006 | 1.3 |
| 0.9 | March 08, 2005 | 2.3 |
| 5.0 | December 26, 2004 | 12.7 |
| 2.0 | January 16, 2003 | 5.1 |
| 6.6 | January 03, 2002 | 16.8 |
| 0.3 | March 06, 2001 | 0.8 |
| – | 2000 | – |
| – | 1999 | – |
| – | 1998 | – |
| – | 1997 | – |
| – | 1996 | – |
| 0.3 | February 08, 1995 | 0.8 |
| 2.3 | January 30, 1994 + | 5.8 |
| 3.9 | December 23, 1993 | 9.9 |
| trace | April 05, 1992 + | trace |
| trace | December 21, 1991 + | trace |
| trace | December 27, 1990 + | trace |
| 13.6 | February 18, 1989 | 34.5 |
| 3.2 | January 07, 1988 | 8.1 |
| 1.6 | January 26, 1987 | 4.1 |
| 2.2 | January 27, 1986 | 5.6 |
| 2.3 | January 20, 1985 | 5.8 |
| 5.2 | February 06, 1984 | 13.2 |
| 1.9 | February 06, 1983 | 4.8 |
| 2.8 | January 14, 1982 | 7.1 |
| 1.8 | December 18, 1981 | 4.6 |
| 11.8 | February 06, 1980 | 30.0 |
| 6.7 | February 18, 1979 | 17.0 |
| 6.2 | February 02, 1978 | 15.7 |
| 1.9 | January 16, 1977 | 4.8 |
| 1.0 | December 08, 1976 | 2.5 |
| 0.8 | March 02, 1975 | 2.0 |
| 7.5 | March 25, 1974 | 19.1 |
| 9.0 | January 08, 1973 | 22.9 |
| 1.8 | February 19, 1972 | 4.6 |
| 4.2 | March 26, 1971 | 10.7 |
| 2.3 | February 03, 1970 | 5.8 |
| 1.9 | March 09, 1969 | 4.8 |
| 3.2 | December 07, 1968 | 8.1 |
| 4.7 | February 09, 1967 | 11.9 |
| 7.1 | January 26, 1966 | 18.0 |
| 5.1 | January 16, 1965 | 13.0 |
| 3.4 | February 11, 1964 | 8.6 |
| 5.7 | February 26, 1963 | 14.5 |
| 4.2 | January 28, 1962 | 10.7 |
| 2.4 | January 26, 1961 | 6.1 |
| 3.9 | February 13, 1960 | 9.9 |
| 1.1 | January 08, 1959 | 2.8 |
| 10.4 | December 11, 1958 | 26.4 |
| 2.3 | January 15, 1957 | 5.8 |
| 0.4 | January 09, 1956 | 1.0 |
| 5.3 | January 19, 1955 | 13.5 |
| 3.6 | December 06, 1954 | 9.1 |
| 0.5 | March 02, 1953 | 1.3 |
| trace | December 28, 1952 + | trace |
| 2.1 | February 03, 1951 | 5.3 |
| 1.4 | February 26, 1950 | 3.6 |
| trace | December 15, 1949 + | trace |
| 8.7 | February 10, 1948 | 22.1 |
| 5.3 | March 08, 1947 | 13.5 |
Reference
Jay Lawrimore. 2016. Global Summary of the Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.