Hartford Snowfall Totals & Accumulation Averages

How Often it Snows in Hartford

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 Hartford, 2010 to 2019

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
3.2	January	13.7	34.9
3.8	February	17.2	43.6
2.0	March	7.1	18.1
0.5	April	1.7	4.2
0.2	October	1.4	3.5
0.3	November	1.6	4.1
1.7	December	8.4	21.3
11.7	Year	51.0	129.6

30-year snowfall averages at Hartford, 1991 to 2020

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
6.1	January	14.2	36.1
6.2	February	14.8	37.6
3.8	March	9.4	23.9
0.7	April	1.1	2.8
0.1	October	0.7	1.8
0.9	November	1.4	3.6
4.5	December	10.1	25.7
22.3	Year	51.7	131.3

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

In December, for instance, one in four years totals over 14.2 inches of snow. Another 25 percent of years receive less than three inches for the month.

Similarly in January, fresh snowfall in the heaviest years amounts to over 15.6 inches, while the lightest years get less than 6.4 inches.

New snow for February ranges from over 21.4 inches in heavy snowfall years to under 8.3 inches in light years.

When Hartford Has Its First & Last Snowfalls

The first snowfall of winter for Hartford in most years arrives in December. Less commonly, snow lands here in November or October.

The season's last snowfall typically happens in March and sometimes April.

Hartford is normally free of snow every year from May to October.

How Many Snowstorms Hartford Gets

About half the days of snowfall in Hartford leave just a skiff, amounting to less than an inch, of fresh snow on the ground. For 13 days a year on average, the amount of new snow totals at least an inch.

Snowstorms of over five inches a day normally occur three times annually. But major blizzards that dump ten inches or more in one day are rare events that don't happen every year.

Number of days per month and year on average in Hartford 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
3.6	1.6	January	0.8	0.2
3.2	1.5	February	0.9	0.3
2.4	1.0	March	0.5	0.1
0.5	0.1	April	0.0	0.0
0.1	0.0	October	0.0	0.0
0.4	0.2	November	0.0	0.0
2.3	1.4	December	0.7	0.1
12.5	5.8	Year	2.9	0.7

How Much Snow Normally Accumulates in Hartford

For over one-third of winter days, Hartford has at least an inch of snow on the ground.

Snow mostly accumulates during January and February. Typically, on one or two days in January and in February, the snow covering Hartford gets to ten or more inches deep.

Average total days per month and year in Hartford 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
15.8	9.2	January	6.3	1.9
12.4	8.5	February	4.5	1.4
5.1	3.0	March	1.4	0.3
0.5	0.2	April	0.1	0.1
0.9	0.6	November	0.1	0.0
6.6	2.5	December	1.4	0.4
41.3	24.0	Year	13.8	4.1