Moline Snowfall Totals & Accumulation Averages

How Often it Snows in Moline

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 Moline, 2010 to 2019

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
3.2	January	9.7	24.7
3.2	February	13.1	33.2
1.4	March	4.9	12.5
0.1	April	0.3	0.8
0.2	October	0.6	1.6
0.8	November	3.8	9.6
2.1	December	6.9	17.6
11.0	Year	39.4	100.0

30-year snowfall averages at Moline, 1991 to 2020

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
7.2	January	10.8	27.4
6.0	February	8.6	21.8
3.2	March	4.4	11.2
0.8	April	1.1	2.8
0.3	October	0.3	0.8
1.7	November	2.1	5.3
5.9	December	8.8	22.4
25.1	Year	36.1	91.7

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

In December, for instance, one in four years totals over 13.8 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 14.8 inches, while the lightest years get 5.6 inches or less.

Snow in February ranges from over 16 inches in heavy snowfall years to under 2.4 inches in light years.

When Moline Has Its First & Last Snowfalls

Moline's first snowfall of winter usually arrives in November, although at least one in four years don't see snow until December.

Over the long-term Moline has averaged nearly an inch of snow during April. But in most years April has no snow and the season's last snowfall typically arrives in March.

Moline is normally free of snow every year from May to September.

How Many Snowstorms Moline Gets

Most days of snowfall in Moline result in just a skiff of less than an inch left on the ground. On an average of 11 days a year, at least an inch of snow lands in one day.

Snowstorms of over five inches a day normally occur just once or twice a year. Major blizzards that dump ten inches or more in one day are rare events that show up on average once a decade.

Number of days per month and year on average in Moline 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
3.2	1.0	January	0.5	0.0
2.4	0.8	February	0.3	0.1
1.5	0.5	March	0.1	0.0
0.3	0.1	April	0.0	0.0
0.1	0.0	October	0.0	0.0
0.6	0.1	November	0.1	0.0
2.5	1.0	December	0.4	0.0
10.6	3.5	Year	1.4	0.1

How Much Snow Normally Accumulates in Moline

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

Snow mostly accumulates during January. Typically, on one day in January and sometimes for another day in February, the snow covering Moline gets to ten or more inches deep.

Average total days per month and year in Moline 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
18.5	11.0	January	5.7	1.0
13.7	8.9	February	4.7	0.7
3.4	1.2	March	0.3	0.0
0.4	0.2	April	0.1	0.0
1.1	0.3	November	0.0	0.0
8.9	4.4	December	2.5	0.3
46.0	26.0	Year	13.3	2.0