Provo Snowfall Totals & Accumulation Averages

How Often it Snows in Provo

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 Provo, 2010 to 2019

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
3.2	January	9.2	23.3
2.4	February	6.5	16.4
0.9	March	2.5	6.2
1.2	April	2.4	6.2
0.1	May	0.3	0.6
0.2	October	0.2	0.5
1.3	November	3.0	7.6
3.4	December	11.2	28.5
12.1	Year	35.1	89.2

30-year snowfall averages at Provo, 1991 to 2020

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
5.6	January	12.5	31.8
4.2	February	8.7	22.1
2.5	March	4.0	10.2
1.5	April	3.1	7.9
0.1	May	0.2	0.5
0.3	October	0.6	1.5
2.7	November	4.6	11.7
5.7	December	11.2	28.4
22.6	Year	44.9	114.0

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

In December, for instance, one in four years totals over 16.4 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 13.5 inches, while the lightest years get 6.6 inches or less.

New snow for February ranges from 11.5 inches or more in heavy snowfall years to under six inches in light years.

When Provo Has Its First & Last Snowfalls

The first snowfall of winter for Provo usually arrives in November. It's not uncommon though, for snow to start falling in October.

The season's last snowfall most often happens in April. But it can stop snowing anytime from March to May.

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

How Many Snowstorms Provo Gets

Most days of snowfall in Provo leave at least an inch of fresh snow on the ground. For five or six days a year on average, the amount of new snow totals three inches or more.

Snowstorms of over five inches a day normally occur a couple times 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 Provo 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
4.3	1.7	January	0.6	0.0
3.1	1.0	February	0.3	0.0
1.6	0.5	March	0.1	0.0
1.2	0.4	April	0.1	0.0
0.1	0.0	May	0.0	0.0
0.3	0.1	October	0.0	0.0
1.8	0.5	November	0.2	0.0
4.0	1.4	December	0.5	0.0
16.4	5.6	Year	1.8	0.0

How Much Snow Normally Accumulates in Provo

For about a third of winter days, Provo has at least an inch of snow on the ground.

Typically, on 11 days a year, the snow covering Provo gets to five or more inches deep. On one or two of those days, the snowpack builds up over ten inches.

Average total days per month and year in Provo 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
16.6	11.1	January	5.4	0.9
7.4	4.5	February	2.6	0.2
1.1	0.3	March	0.0	0.0
0.3	0.1	April	0.0	0.0
0.1	0.0	October	0.0	0.0
3.0	1.4	November	0.5	0.0
12.1	5.9	December	2.6	0.1
40.6	23.3	Year	11.1	1.2