Syracuse Snowfall Totals & Accumulation Averages

How Often it Snows in Syracuse

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 Syracuse, 2010 to 2019

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
8.3	January	29.4	74.6
9.6	February	33.9	86.2
4.3	March	17.5	44.4
0.4	April	2.7	6.8
0.0	May	0.0	0.1
0.0	October	0.1	0.2
2.2	November	9.0	22.8
7.0	December	27.0	68.7
31.8	Year	119.6	303.8

30-year snowfall averages at Syracuse, 1991 to 2020

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
17.8	January	34.0	86.4
15.2	February	30.3	77.0
10.1	March	19.8	50.3
2.5	April	3.0	7.6
0.1	May	0.1	0.3
0.3	October	0.2	0.5
5.9	November	9.8	24.9
13.6	December	30.6	77.7
65.5	Year	127.8	324.6

These averages don't show how much Syracuse's snowfall varies from year to year.

In December, for instance, one in four years totals over 45.2 inches of snow. Another 25 percent of years receive less than 15.7 inches for the month.

Similarly in January, fresh snowfall in the heaviest years amounts to over 44.4 inches, while the lightest years get less than 22.1 inches.

Snow in February ranges from over 36.9 inches in heavy snowfall years to under 23.7 inches in light years.

When Syracuse Has Its First & Last Snowfalls

Syracuse's first snowfall of winter arrives by November. Although in some years October gets at least a dusting of snow.

The season's last snowfall typically happens in April, yet snow in May does happen occasionally.

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

How Many Snowstorms Syracuse Gets

About half the days with snowfall in Syracuse result in just a skiff, amounting to less than an inch left on the ground. For 34 days a year on average, the amount of new snow totals at least an inch.

Snowstorms of over five inches a day normally occur six times a year. But major blizzards that dump ten inches or more in one day happen on average just one or two days a year.

Number of days per month and year on average in Syracuse 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
9.4	3.7	January	1.6	0.3
8.5	3.7	February	1.4	0.3
5.0	2.1	March	0.9	0.3
0.9	0.2	April	0.1	0.0
0.1	0.0	October	0.0	0.0
2.6	0.9	November	0.4	0.1
7.6	3.2	December	1.7	0.4
34.1	13.8	Year	6.1	1.4

How Much Snow Normally Accumulates in Syracuse

For most winter days, Syracuse has at least an inch of snow on the ground, and often five inches or more.

Syracuse averages three days a year when the snowpack builds up to twenty or more inches deep.

Average total days per month and year in Syracuse 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
22.7	16.7	January	12.4	5.8
21.6	16.7	February	13.5	7.0
14.9	10.6	March	8.0	3.5
1.2	0.5	April	0.1	0.0
4.3	2.4	November	1.1	0.2
15.2	10.2	December	7.3	2.0
79.9	57.1	Year	42.4	18.5