Average Annual Snowfall in Maryland

The tables below give yearly averages for snowfall at cities and other locations in Maryland. The numbers are for the total amount of snow and for how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres).

The snowfall totals are annual averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Eastern Shore, Central Maryland and Western Maryland.

Eastern Shore

Average annual snowfall
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
2.0 Assateague Island 3.4 8.6
7.0 Chestertown 16.7 42.4
6.2 Royal Oak 14.1 35.8
4.7 Salisbury 8.0 20.3
5.7 Snow Hill 10.2 25.9

Central Maryland

Yearly snow averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
9.0 Baltimore 19.3 49.0
7.6 Beltsville 15.8 40.1
6.7 Mechanicsville 15.1 38.4
4.6 Patuxent River 12.5 31.8

Western Maryland

Average total snowfall for a year
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
11.5 Cumberland 28.7 72.9
40.8 Frostburg 72.1 183.1
39.1 Oakland 104.9 266.4
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

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