Topeka Snowfall Totals & Accumulation Averages

How Often it Snows in Topeka

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 Topeka, 2010 to 2019

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
1.5	January	4.6	11.7
1.8	February	7.5	19.2
1.0	March	2.7	7.0
0.0	April	0.1	0.3
0.1	October	0.2	0.6
0.2	November	0.9	2.2
0.7	December	2.3	5.8
5.3	Year	18.4	46.8

30-year snowfall averages at Topeka, 1991 to 2020

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
3.7	January	4.6	11.7
2.8	February	5.2	13.2
1.3	March	1.7	4.3
0.2	April	0.1	0.3
0.2	October	0.4	1.0
1.0	November	1.0	2.5
2.8	December	4.1	10.4
12.0	Year	17.1	43.4

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

In December, for instance, one in four years totals over 5.4 inches of snow. Another 25 percent of years receive less than 0.1 inches for the month.

Similarly in January, fresh snowfall in the heaviest years amounts to over 5.3 inches, while the lightest years get less than two inches.

New snow for February ranges from 7.8 inches or more in heavy snowfall years to under 0.2 inches in light years.

When Topeka Has Its First & Last Snowfalls

The first snowfall of winter for Topeka usually arrives in December. Less commonly snow will land in November or October.

The season's last snowfall most often happens in March. In some years it stops snowing in February, while in others April gets a light dusting of snow.

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

How Many Snowstorms Topeka Gets

Most days of snowfall in Topeka leave just a skiff, amounting to less than an inch of fresh snow. For five days a year on average, the amount of new snow totals at least an inch.

Snowstorms of over five inches a day don't occur every year. Major blizzards that dump ten inches or more in one day are not normal here.

Number of days per month and year on average in Topeka 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
1.5	0.3	January	0.1	0.0
1.3	0.6	February	0.3	0.0
0.6	0.2	March	0.0	0.0
0.0	0.0	April	0.0	0.0
0.1	0.0	October	0.0	0.0
0.3	0.1	November	0.0	0.0
1.2	0.3	December	0.1	0.0
5.0	1.5	Year	0.5	0.0

How Much Snow Normally Accumulates in Topeka

Just a small portion of winter days in Topeka have over an inch of snow on the ground.

The snowpack typically builds to five inches or more for only three days a year. In most years snow covering the city never gets over ten inches deep.

Average total days per month and year in Topeka 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
6.6	2.4	January	1.2	0.1
4.6	2.3	February	1.2	0.1
1.4	0.4	March	0.0	0.0
0.1	0.0	October	0.0	0.0
0.5	0.1	November	0.1	0.0
4.5	1.7	December	0.3	0.0
17.7	6.9	Year	2.8	0.2