Syracuse NY Biggest Snowfall for Each Year

Here's a list of yearly records for the heaviest snowfalls and snowiest days in Syracuse, New York. The information easily answers questions such as: How much snow fell in a day during the biggest snowstorm of 2019? When was the last time Syracuse got more than twenty inches of snow in a single day?

This page gives the highest daily snowfall of each year in Syracuse and the date it occurred. If a date has a plus sign beside it that means the same amount of snow also fell on at least one other day earlier in the year.

These records go back to 1922. Since then, the most amount of snow to land in one day at Syracuse is 34.0 inches (86.4 centimetres) on February 15, 1946.

Since 1940 the snowfall extremes were measured at Syracuse Hancock International Airport. Before then, the weather station was in downtown Syracuse. Data for 1902 to 1918 come from nearby Fayetteville.

Most snow to fall in one day during recent years in Syracuse
Inches	Date	Centimetres
7.2	March 14, 2023	18.3
6.0	January 17, 2022	15.2
7.9	February 02, 2021	20.1
9.2	February 07, 2020	23.4
9.3	January 20, 2019	23.6
16.7	March 02, 2018	42.4
18.9	March 14, 2017	48.0
18.3	November 21, 2016	46.5
8.8	February 02, 2015	22.4
12.1	March 12, 2014	30.7
10.5	April 02, 2013	26.7
8.1	December 27, 2012	20.6
7.1	March 06, 2011	18.0
14.9	December 08, 2010	37.8

Highest daily snowfall recorded at Syracuse each year
Inches	Date	Centimetres
9.5	February 20, 2009	24.1
13.5	December 22, 2008	34.3
11.7	February 14, 2007	29.7
6.3	February 07, 2006	16.0
11.8	January 22, 2005	30.0
14.3	January 31, 2004	36.3
14.8	December 14, 2003	37.6
10.2	December 25, 2002	25.9
12.3	March 05, 2001	31.2
9.6	December 20, 2000	24.4
7.6	March 06, 1999	19.3
13.0	February 24, 1998	33.0
18.6	December 30, 1997	47.2
13.4	January 03, 1996	34.0
7.9	November 09, 1995	20.1
18.0	January 04, 1994	45.7
22.1	March 13, 1993	56.1
19.8	January 18, 1992	50.3
15.2	December 05, 1991	38.6
8.8	February 25, 1990	22.4
11.1	December 28, 1989	28.2
9.8	February 12, 1988	24.9
11.5	January 02, 1987	29.2
6.3	January 06, 1986	16.0
10.8	January 22, 1985	27.4
9.3	March 01, 1984	23.6
6.1	January 15, 1983	15.5
8.4	January 08, 1982	21.3
7.5	December 19, 1981	19.1
8.2	January 26, 1980	20.8
6.5	March 12, 1979	16.5
15.6	December 25, 1978	39.6
8.8	December 21, 1977	22.4
6.6	March 16, 1976	16.8
7.1	April 04, 1975	18.0
9.3	March 31, 1974	23.6
12.2	December 17, 1973	31.0
15.4	February 19, 1972	39.1
13.8	March 04, 1971	35.1
8.7	December 28, 1970	22.1
14.6	December 26, 1969	37.1
8.6	November 12, 1968	21.8
5.5	January 28, 1967	14.0
22.0	January 31, 1966	55.9
7.6	January 23, 1965	19.3
10.3	March 10, 1964	26.2
10.3	February 15, 1963	26.2
6.3	December 22, 1962	16.0
20.8	February 04, 1961	52.8
18.0	February 14, 1960	45.7
8.9	March 12, 1959	22.6
14.9	February 09, 1958	37.8
7.0	January 10, 1957	17.8
8.6	March 14, 1956	21.8
13.4	March 27, 1955	34.0
10.3	March 29, 1954	26.2
7.8	February 17, 1953	19.8
5.4	January 03, 1952	13.7
8.8	February 08, 1951	22.4
8.3	February 22, 1950	21.1
8.2	March 12, 1949	20.8
11.5	December 31, 1948	29.2
12.2	March 02, 1947	31.0
34.0	February 15, 1946	86.4
8.5	January 16, 1945	21.6
20.1	November 30, 1944	51.1
12.0	January 06, 1943	30.5
8.4	March 03, 1942	21.3
9.3	March 11, 1941	23.6
–	1940	–
8.1	March 12, 1939	20.6
9.9	December 15, 1938	25.1
6.3	March 16, 1937	16.0
7.6	December 02, 1936	19.3
7.3	December 27, 1935	18.5
8.0	December 27, 1934	20.3
6.9	November 15, 1933	17.5
0.6	March 22, 1932	1.5
0.1	December 09, 1931	0.3
10.0	December 24, 1930	25.4
14.0	December 23, 1929	35.6
10.5	March 18, 1928	26.7
0.1	February 14, 1927	0.3
8.3	January 09, 1926	21.1
18.5	January 30, 1925	47.0
0.5	February 05, 1924	1.3
1.0	March 12, 1923	2.5
0.3	February 22, 1922	0.8

Syracuse - Extreme Daily Snowfall for Each Year

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