St. Paul Snowfall Totals & Accumulation Averages

How Often it Snows in St. Paul

This first table lists monthly and yearly totals for amount of snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres).

Average total snowfall and days with fresh snow in St. Paul

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
4.2	January	8.3	21.1
3.6	February	12.3	31.2
2.2	March	4.0	10.2
1.1	April	2.1	5.3
0.1	May	0.0	0.0
0.4	October	0.5	1.3
1.8	November	3.0	7.6
4.2	December	10.2	25.9
17.6	Year	40.4	102.6

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

In December, for instance, one in four years totals over 15.9 inches of snow. Another 25 percent of years receive less than 5.3 inches for the month.

Similarly in January, fresh snowfall in the heaviest years amounts to over 11.1 inches, while the lightest years get less than 4.9 inches.

New snow for February ranges from over 15.2 inches in heavy snowfall years to under 6.5 inches in light years.

When St. Paul Has Its First & Last Snowfalls

St. Paul's first snowfall of winter usually arrives in November. Less commonly, snow comes as early as October or holds off until December.

The season's last snowfall can occur anytime from February to May.

St. Paul is normally free of snow every year from June to September.

How Many Snowstorms St. Paul Gets

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

Snowstorms of over five inches a day typically occur just one day a 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 St. Paul 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
1.4	0.4	January	0.0	0.0
1.8	0.7	February	0.3	0.0
0.9	0.3	March	0.2	0.0
0.7	0.3	April	0.2	0.0
0.1	0.0	October	0.0	0.0
0.9	0.2	November	0.1	0.0
1.7	0.6	December	0.3	0.0
7.5	2.5	Year	1.1	0.0

How Much Snow Normally Accumulates in St. Paul

For most of winter St. Paul has at least an inch of snow on the ground.

A snowpack amounting to ten or more inches deep can cover the city anytime from December to April and typically lingers for 15 days a year. On average for one or two of those days the snow builds up to over twenty inches.

Average total days per month and year in St. Paul 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
19.6	15.2	January	10.5	3.8
16.4	13.5	February	12.7	6.8
9.1	7.9	March	6.8	4.5
1.7	1.1	April	0.6	0.1
0.4	0.1	October	0.1	0.0
2.5	1.0	November	0.5	0.0
12.2	8.6	December	4.8	0.1
61.9	47.4	Year	36.0	15.3