Average Snowfall for US Cities in December

The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during December at the largest cities in the United States.

The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres) this month. Plus there's a summary of which cities in December are usually the snowiest.

The snowfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information. The major cities listed here represent the 56 biggest metropolitan centers in the US, all those with over one million people in 2020.

Snowiest Cities in December

Cities Without Snow in December

December snowfall averages by city

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
0.4	Atlanta, Georgia	0.4	1.0
0.1	Austin, Texas	0.0	0.0
1.5	Baltimore, Maryland	2.5	6.4
0.1	Birmingham, Alabama	0.2	0.5
4.2	Boston, Massachusetts	9.0	22.9
12.2	Buffalo, New York	25.3	64.3
0.3	Charlotte, North Carolina	0.4	1.0
6.3	Chicago, Illinois	7.9	20.1
4.6	Cincinnati, Ohio	4.1	10.4
8.4	Cleveland, Ohio	12.2	31.0
5.6	Columbus, Ohio	5.1	13.0
0.3	Dallas, Texas	0.3	0.8
4.6	Denver, Colorado	6.6	16.8
8.0	Detroit, Michigan	8.9	22.6
0.0	Fresno, California	0.0	0.0
11.9	Grand Rapids, Michigan	20.8	52.8
4.5	Hartford, Connecticut	10.1	25.7
0.0	Honolulu, Hawaii	0.0	0.0
0.1	Houston, Texas	0.1	0.3

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
5.6	Indianapolis, Indiana	6.4	16.3
0.0	Jacksonville, Florida	0.0	0.0
3.0	Kansas City, Missouri	4.0	10.2
0.1	Las Vegas, Nevada	0.2	0.5
0.0	Los Angeles, California	0.0	0.0
2.5	Louisville, Kentucky	2.2	5.6
0.3	Memphis, Tennessee	0.2	0.5
0.0	Miami, Florida	0.0	0.0
7.3	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	10.4	26.4
8.8	Minneapolis, Minnesota	11.4	29.0
0.5	Nashville, Tennessee	0.4	1.0
0.0	New Orleans, Louisiana	0.0	0.0
2.1	New York, New York	4.9	12.4
1.4	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	1.8	4.6
0.0	Orlando, Florida	0.0	0.0
1.8	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	3.5	8.9
0.0	Phoenix, Arizona	0.0	0.0
7.6	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	7.7	19.6

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
0.8	Portland, Oregon	1.4	3.6
3.4	Providence, Rhode Island	7.6	19.3
0.5	Raleigh, North Carolina	0.8	2.0
0.9	Richmond, Virginia	1.8	4.6
0.0	Riverside, California	0.0	0.0
13.5	Rochester, New York	22.3	56.6
0.0	Sacramento, California	0.0	0.0
7.1	Salt Lake City, Utah	12.1	30.7
0.0	San Antonio, Texas	0.1	0.3
0.0	San Diego, California	0.0	0.0
0.0	San Francisco, California	0.0	0.0
0.0	San Jose, California	0.0	0.0
1.5	Seattle, Washington	1.7	4.3
3.2	St. Louis, Missouri	3.2	8.1
0.0	Tampa, Florida	0.0	0.0
0.0	Tucson, Arizona	0.0	0.0
1.2	Tulsa, Oklahoma	1.7	4.3
0.5	Virginia Beach, Virginia	1.1	2.8
1.3	Washington, DC	1.7	4.3