Seattle - Extreme Daily Snowfall for Each Year
Here's a list of yearly records for the heaviest snowfalls and snowiest days in Seattle, Washington. 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 Seattle got more than a foot of snow in a single day?
This page gives the highest daily snowfall of each year in Seattle 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 records go back to 1894, although data is missing for some years including 1998 to 2008. Among those years with measurements, the most amount of snow to land in one day at Seattle is 21.5 inches (54.6 centimetres) on February 02, 1916.
Since 1948 the snowfall extremes were measured at Seattle—Tacoma International Airport. Before then, and in 1996 to 1997, the weather station was at University of Washington.
| Inches | Date | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|
| 1.6 | February 26, 2023 | 4.1 |
| 2.6 | December 03, 2022 | 6.6 |
| 8.9 | February 13, 2021 | 22.6 |
| 0.5 | December 21, 2020 + | 1.3 |
| 6.4 | February 08, 2019 | 16.3 |
| 1.0 | February 21, 2018 | 2.5 |
| 5.1 | February 06, 2017 | 13.0 |
| 0.5 | December 09, 2016 + | 1.3 |
| – | 2015 | – |
| 2.9 | February 08, 2014 | 7.4 |
| 1.1 | December 20, 2013 | 2.8 |
| 6.8 | January 18, 2012 | 17.3 |
| 2.8 | January 11, 2011 | 7.1 |
| 2.5 | November 22, 2010 | 6.4 |
| Inches | Date | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | January 04, 2009 | 8.9 |
| – | 2008 | – |
| – | 2007 | – |
| – | 2006 | – |
| – | 2005 | – |
| – | 2004 | – |
| – | 2003 | – |
| – | 2002 | – |
| – | 2001 | – |
| – | 2000 | – |
| – | 1999 | – |
| – | 1998 | – |
| trace | March 15, 1997 + | trace |
| 11.0 | December 29, 1996 | 27.9 |
| 0.2 | February 12, 1995 | 0.5 |
| 1.1 | December 03, 1994 | 2.8 |
| 1.4 | February 20, 1993 | 3.6 |
| 2.8 | December 10, 1992 | 7.1 |
| 1.8 | March 05, 1991 | 4.6 |
| 6.3 | February 17, 1990 | 16.0 |
| 6.0 | March 01, 1989 | 15.2 |
| – | 1988 | – |
| 1.4 | January 13, 1987 | 3.6 |
| 1.1 | February 13, 1986 | 2.8 |
| 7.8 | November 21, 1985 | 19.8 |
| 1.6 | December 20, 1984 | 4.1 |
| 0.3 | December 19, 1983 | 0.8 |
| 2.2 | January 02, 1982 | 5.6 |
| 1.1 | February 11, 1981 | 2.8 |
| 4.4 | January 08, 1980 | 11.2 |
| 1.2 | December 15, 1979 | 3.0 |
| 3.1 | November 18, 1978 | 7.9 |
| 1.6 | November 17, 1977 | 4.1 |
| 0.3 | February 28, 1976 | 0.8 |
| 2.6 | December 12, 1975 | 6.6 |
| 8.8 | December 26, 1974 | 22.4 |
| 1.7 | January 04, 1973 | 4.3 |
| 7.9 | January 25, 1972 | 20.1 |
| 3.3 | January 11, 1971 | 8.4 |
| 1.5 | December 19, 1970 | 3.8 |
| 14.9 | January 27, 1969 | 37.8 |
| 9.3 | December 31, 1968 | 23.6 |
| 5.9 | January 04, 1967 | 15.0 |
| 2.5 | March 03, 1966 | 6.4 |
| 8.9 | December 23, 1965 | 22.6 |
| 3.3 | December 19, 1964 | 8.4 |
| 2.0 | January 09, 1963 | 5.1 |
| 7.0 | February 28, 1962 | 17.8 |
| 1.7 | March 03, 1961 | 4.3 |
| 5.2 | November 20, 1960 | 13.2 |
| 5.1 | February 10, 1959 | 13.0 |
| 0.2 | November 24, 1958 | 0.5 |
| 3.4 | January 19, 1957 | 8.6 |
| 4.2 | February 14, 1956 | 10.7 |
| 4.7 | December 18, 1955 | 11.9 |
| 5.7 | January 17, 1954 | 14.5 |
| – | 1953 | – |
| 3.0 | January 23, 1952 | 7.6 |
| 5.3 | March 08, 1951 | 13.5 |
| 20.0 | January 13, 1950 | 50.8 |
| 4.6 | February 19, 1949 | 11.7 |
| 2.2 | December 22, 1948 | 5.6 |
| 3.0 | January 31, 1947 | 7.6 |
| 2.5 | November 18, 1946 | 6.4 |
| 0.8 | November 07, 1945 | 2.0 |
| 0.2 | December 25, 1944 + | 0.5 |
| 11.5 | January 19, 1943 | 29.2 |
| 1.0 | January 07, 1942 | 2.5 |
| – | 1941 | – |
| 0.8 | January 25, 1940 | 2.0 |
| 0.2 | March 04, 1939 | 0.5 |
| 1.4 | November 10, 1938 | 3.6 |
| 7.6 | February 01, 1937 | 19.3 |
| 3.7 | February 24, 1936 | 9.4 |
| 8.4 | January 21, 1935 | 21.3 |
| – | 1934 | – |
| 1.0 | February 11, 1933 + | 2.5 |
| 1.8 | March 02, 1932 | 4.6 |
| – | 1931 | – |
| 2.1 | February 13, 1930 + | 5.3 |
| 7.0 | February 01, 1929 + | 17.8 |
| 1.6 | January 01, 1928 | 4.1 |
| 2.1 | December 09, 1927 | 5.3 |
| 3.0 | December 15, 1926 | 7.6 |
| – | 1925 | – |
| 6.5 | December 15, 1924 | 16.5 |
| 11.0 | February 14, 1923 | 27.9 |
| 3.0 | December 08, 1922 | 7.6 |
| 4.8 | February 13, 1921 | 12.2 |
| 1.4 | April 01, 1920 | 3.6 |
| 1.0 | December 10, 1919 | 2.5 |
| 4.5 | February 01, 1918 | 11.4 |
| 2.7 | January 28, 1917 | 6.9 |
| 21.5 | February 02, 1916 | 54.6 |
| 0.4 | December 31, 1915 + | 1.0 |
| 0.7 | January 27, 1914 | 1.8 |
| 4.0 | January 06, 1913 | 10.2 |
| 2.5 | January 06, 1912 | 6.4 |
| 2.1 | February 02, 1911 | 5.3 |
| 5.5 | February 23, 1910 | 14.0 |
| 3.0 | January 10, 1909 + | 7.6 |
| 1.5 | February 03, 1908 | 3.8 |
| 5.9 | January 12, 1907 | 15.0 |
| 3.8 | January 11, 1906 | 9.7 |
| 4.1 | January 13, 1905 | 10.4 |
| 4.0 | March 14, 1904 | 10.2 |
| 5.2 | March 11, 1903 | 13.2 |
| 9.2 | January 24, 1902 | 23.4 |
| 4.0 | January 01, 1901 | 10.2 |
| 2.5 | November 18, 1900 | 6.4 |
| 5.0 | January 06, 1899 + | 12.7 |
| 5.0 | December 31, 1898 | 12.7 |
| 4.0 | January 25, 1897 | 10.2 |
| 13.0 | November 21, 1896 | 33.0 |
| 9.0 | January 03, 1895 | 22.9 |
| 4.0 | February 19, 1894 | 10.2 |
Reference
Jay Lawrimore. 2016. Global Summary of the Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.