Annual Snowfall Averages for Austria

The tables below give yearly averages for amount of snowfall and number of days with snow on the ground at cities, towns and ski resorts in Austria.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: Western Austria that includes the regions of Tyrol (Tirol) and Vorarlberg, Southern and Central Austria which covers Carinthia (Kärnten), Salzburg and Styria (Steiermark) and Northern and Eastern Austria which takes in Burgenland, Lower Austria (Niederösterreich), Upper Austria (Oberösterreich) plus Vienna (Wien).

The annual snow measurements for most places are averages of weather data collected during 1981 to 2010, while the rest use 1971 to 2000 averages. The calculation of days only includes the days when snow depth reached at least one centimetre (0.4 inches).

Western Austria

Annual averages for days with snow on the ground and total snowfall
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
43 Bregenz 34.6 88
61 Innsbruck 39.0 99
104 Kitzbühel 80.9 206
79 Lienz 42.1 107
102 Mayrhofen 41.9 106
117 Nauders 91.7 233
196 Obergurgl 192.9 490
119 Reutte 127.4 324
142 Seefeld 171.7 436
140 St. Anton am Arlberg 129.4 329
132 St. Jakob im Defereggen 126.4 321

Southern and Central Austria

Average total snowfall and days with snow cover in a year
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
113 Admont 55.4 141
133 Bad Gastein 135.8 345
56 Bruck an der Mur 27.6 70
40 Graz 22.0 56
64 Klagenfurt 33.1 84
137 Saalbach-Hinterglemm 179.5 456
54 Salzburg 39.8 101
137 Schladming 155.1 394
214 Schmittenhöhe 264.0 671
359 Sonnblick Mountain 828.0 2103
64 Villach 36.8 94
112 Zell am See 91.3 232

Northern and Eastern Austria

Annual amount of snowfall and days with snow on the ground
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
111 Bad Aussee 146.9 373
33 Eisenstadt 18.1 46
49 Gmunden 34.3 87
238 Krippenstein 382.6 972
43 Linz 24.0 61
29 Neusiedl am See 16.7 42
45 Sankt Pölten 25.2 64
65 St. Wolfgang 42.4 108
40 Vienna 26.4 67
References

ZAMG. Zentralanstalt fur Meteorologie und Geodynamik. Klimadaten von Österreich 1971 - 2000. Daten.

ZAMG. Zentralanstalt fur Meteorologie und Geodynamik. Klima. Informationsportal Klimawandel. Daten-Download. Klimamittel.

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