Winter Park Snowfall Totals & Snowstorm Averages

How Often it Snows in Winter Park

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 Winter Park, 2010 to 2019

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
9.9	January	28.1	71.5
9.8	February	26.1	66.2
8.9	March	29.7	75.5
8.1	April	30.0	76.3
4.4	May	13.7	34.7
0.1	June	0.3	0.8
0.5	September	0.8	2.0
5.8	October	15.2	38.5
8.3	November	24.7	62.8
9.9	December	31.2	79.2
68.4	Year	209.3	531.6

30-year snowfall averages at Winter Park, 1991 to 2020

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
12.3	January	33.2	84.3
11.0	February	30.8	78.2
10.4	March	31.9	81.0
9.6	April	31.5	80.0
3.8	May	11.2	28.4
0.3	June	1.0	2.5
0.6	September	1.3	3.3
5.3	October	14.2	36.1
9.7	November	26.8	68.1
10.7	December	32.1	81.5
73.7	Year	214.0	543.6

These averages don't show how much the snowfall in Winter Park varies from year to year.

In December, for instance, one in four years totals over 39.4 inches of snow. Another 25 percent of years receive less than 24 inches for the month.

Similarly in January, fresh snowfall in the heaviest years amounts to 38.8 inches or more, while the lightest years get 22.5 inches or less.

New snow for February ranges from at least 38.4 inches in heavy snowfall years to under 24 inches in light years.

When Winter Park Has Its First & Last Snowfalls

The first snowfall of autumn for Winter Park usually arrives in October. Every few years though, the snow arrives as early as September.

The season's last snowfall typically happens in May, although about one in four years also get a little new snow in June.

Winter Park is normally free of fresh snow every year during July and August.

How Many Snowstorms Winter Park Gets

Nearly every day with snowfall in Winter Park results in at least an inch of fresh snow left on the ground. For 31 days a year on average, the amount of new snow totals three inches or more.

Snowstorms of over five inches a day normally occur 13 times a year. Typically a couple of these storms are major blizzards that dump ten inches or more in one day.

Number of days per month and year on average in Winter Park 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
11.9	4.9	January	1.7	0.2
10.7	4.5	February	1.9	0.3
10.0	4.4	March	1.9	0.3
9.1	4.1	April	2.3	0.6
3.6	1.6	May	0.6	0.1
0.3	0.2	June	0.1	0.0
0.6	0.1	September	0.1	0.0
5.1	1.9	October	0.9	0.1
9.4	4.5	November	1.8	0.0
10.4	4.3	December	1.8	0.2
71.1	30.5	Year	13.1	1.8

How Much Snow Normally Accumulates in Winter Park

For most of winter, Winter Park has at least twenty inches of snow on the ground. Snow builds up to twenty or more inches deep for 116 days a year on average. Although each fall and spring are different, the snowpack in Winter Park can top twenty inches as early as November and as late as May.

Average total days per month and year in Winter Park 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
31.0	30.9	January	30.7	30.5
28.5	28.5	February	28.5	28.5
30.2	30.2	March	29.8	29.3
24.6	23.3	April	22.2	19.9
7.8	6.0	May	4.9	3.4
0.2	0.1	June	0.1	0.0
0.7	0.2	September	0.1	0.0
8.1	4.9	October	2.9	0.6
24.3	21.7	November	18.6	12.3
30.5	29.9	December	28.8	26.9
185.9	175.7	Year	166.6	151.4