Omaha Snowfall Totals & Accumulation Averages

How Often it Snows in Omaha

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 Omaha, 2010 to 2019

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
2.1	January	6.2	15.8
2.8	February	9.9	25.1
0.4	March	2.4	6.1
0.0	April	0.2	0.6
0.2	May	0.3	0.8
0.1	October	0.2	0.5
0.5	November	1.3	3.4
1.5	December	5.0	12.6
7.6	Year	25.6	64.9

30-year snowfall averages at Omaha, 1991 to 2020

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
5.6	January	7.2	18.3
5.7	February	7.8	19.8
2.4	March	3.0	7.6
0.9	April	1.0	2.5
0.1	May	0.1	0.3
0.4	October	0.5	1.3
1.8	November	1.7	4.3
4.8	December	5.8	14.7
21.7	Year	27.1	68.8

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

In December, for instance, one in four years totals 6.6 inches or more of snow. Another 25 percent of years receive less than 2.9 inches for the month.

Similarly in January, fresh snowfall in the heaviest years amounts to over 10.8 inches, while the lightest years get 3.4 inches or less.

New snow for February ranges from at least 9.6 inches in heavy snowfall years to no more than 5.2 inches in light years.

When Omaha Has Its First & Last Snowfalls

The first snowfall of winter for Omaha usually arrives in November. Occasionally the snow starts landing as early as October, or holds off until December.

The season's last snowfall most often happens in March. In some years it also snows in April or even May.

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

How Many Snowstorms Omaha Gets

Most days of snowfall in Omaha 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 normally occur once a year. But 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 Omaha 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
2.2	0.7	January	0.3	0.0
2.3	0.7	February	0.4	0.0
0.7	0.4	March	0.1	0.0
0.3	0.1	April	0.1	0.0
0.1	0.0	May	0.0	0.0
0.2	0.0	October	0.0	0.0
0.7	0.1	November	0.0	0.0
1.9	0.6	December	0.3	0.0
8.4	2.6	Year	1.2	0.0

How Much Snow Normally Accumulates in Omaha

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

Typically on two or three days a year the snow covering Omaha builds up to ten or more inches deep.

Average total days per month and year in Omaha 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
13.8	8.8	January	5.3	1.1
11.3	7.5	February	3.8	0.8
3.5	1.8	March	1.1	0.2
0.3	0.2	April	0.1	0.0
0.4	0.1	October	0.0	0.0
1.9	0.5	November	0.1	0.0
8.5	5.2	December	2.4	0.5
39.7	24.1	Year	12.8	2.6