Days with 10 cm (3.9 in) or more of snowfall in New York

New York has had days with 10 cm (3.9 in) or more of snowfall in 139 years, most in 1883 with 7. Days per year, season span, streaks and every date.

Key Facts for New York

New York has had days with 10 cm (3.9 in) or more of snowfall in 139 years, 329 days in all.
The most in one year was 7 days in 1883.
In 2026, the latest year on file, there were 3 such days.
The earliest first date in a year was 1 January 1869.
The latest last date in a year was 31 December 1948.
The longest run inside a single year was 3 days in 1920.
1 year with under 90 percent of days observed is left out of these rankings.

Days per Year

139 years, 329 days

Days per year in New York with 10 cm (3.9 in) or more of snowfall. The line is the decade average. The most was 7 in 1883. Grey bars are years with under 90 percent of days observed, left out of rankings.

Days with 10 cm (3.9 in) or more of snowfall per year in New York
Year	Days	Decade average
1869	4	4
1870	2	2.6
1871	3	2.6
1872	1	2.6
1873	5	2.6
1874	5	2.6
1875	5	2.6
1876	1	2.6
1877	2	2.6
1878	1	2.6
1879	1	2.6
1880	3	2.7
1881	2	2.7
1882	3	2.7
1883	7	2.7
1884	2	2.7
1885	1	2.7
1886	3	2.7
1887	3	2.7
1888	1	2.7
1889	2	2.7
1890	2	1.6
1891	1	1.6
1892	1	1.6
1893	2	1.6
1895	1	1.6
1896	1	1.6
1897	2	1.6
1898	3	1.6
1900	2	2.7
1902	4	2.7
1903	1	2.7
1904	3	2.7
1905	2	2.7
1906	2	2.7
1907	6	2.7
1908	1	2.7
1909	3	2.7
1910	1	2.6
1911	2	2.6
1914	3	2.6
1915	3	2.6
1916	4	2.6
1917	4	2.6
1918	1	2.6
1920	3	1.9
1921	1	1.9
1922	1	1.9
1923	4	1.9
1924	1	1.9
1925	3	1.9
1926	3	1.9
1927	1	1.9
1928	1	1.9
1929	1	1.9
1932	1	1.8
1933	2	1.8
1934	4	1.8
1935	2	1.8
1936	1	1.8
1937	1	1.8
1938	1	1.8
1939	2	1.8
1940	1	2.2
1941	2	2.2
1942	1	2.2
1943	1	2.2
1944	2	2.2
1945	2	2.2
1946	1	2.2
1947	5	2.2
1948	5	2.2
1949	2	2.2
1952	2	2.7
1954	1	2.7
1956	3	2.7
1957	2	2.7
1958	6	2.7
1959	2	2.7
1960	2	2.2
1961	4	2.2
1963	1	2.2
1964	2	2.2
1965	2	2.2
1966	3	2.2
1967	2	2.2
1968	2	2.2
1969	2	2.2
1970	1	1.7
1971	1	1.7
1972	3	1.7
1974	2	1.7
1975	1	1.7
1976	1	1.7
1977	1	1.7
1978	3	1.7
1979	2	1.7
1981	2	2.1
1982	2	2.1
1983	2	2.1
1984	3	2.1
1985	2	2.1
1986	2	2.1
1987	2	2.1
1988	2	2.1
1989	2	2.1
1990	1	2.2
1991	2	2.2
1992	1	2.2
1993	2	2.2
1994	4	2.2
1995	2	2.2
1996	6	2.2
1998	1	2.2
1999	1	2.2
2000	2	2.6
2001	2	2.6
2002	2	2.6
2003	6	2.6
2004	2	2.6
2005	5	2.6
2006	1	2.6
2007	1	2.6
2008	2	2.6
2009	3	2.6
2010	6	3.7
2011	4	3.7
2012	2	3.7
2013	4	3.7
2014	4	3.7
2015	6	3.7
2016	1	3.7
2017	4	3.7
2018	5	3.7
2019	1	3.7
2020	2	2.3
2021	2	2.3
2022	2	2.3
2026	3	2.3

Season Span

earliest 1 January, latest 31 December

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day in New York meeting 10 cm (3.9 in). Long bars mean a long season.

First to last qualifying date each year in New York
Year	First date	Last date
1869	1869-01-01	1869-12-06
1870	1870-02-08	1870-03-07
1871	1871-01-27	1871-02-14
1872	1872-12-26	1872-12-26
1873	1873-01-27	1873-12-27
1874	1874-01-14	1874-12-20
1875	1875-01-18	1875-04-13
1876	1876-02-04	1876-02-04
1877	1877-01-01	1877-01-02
1878	1878-01-31	1878-01-31
1879	1879-01-16	1879-01-16
1880	1880-02-03	1880-12-29
1881	1881-01-05	1881-02-25
1882	1882-01-31	1882-11-26
1883	1883-01-10	1883-12-25
1884	1884-02-28	1884-12-21
1885	1885-02-25	1885-02-25
1886	1886-01-09	1886-12-05
1887	1887-01-09	1887-12-18
1888	1888-03-12	1888-03-12
1889	1889-01-20	1889-12-14
1890	1890-03-19	1890-12-26
1891	1891-01-25	1891-01-25
1892	1892-01-15	1892-01-15
1893	1893-01-12	1893-03-04
1895	1895-02-02	1895-02-02
1896	1896-03-02	1896-03-02
1897	1897-01-28	1897-02-12
1898	1898-01-31	1898-11-27
1900	1900-02-17	1900-03-15
1902	1902-02-17	1902-12-25
1903	1903-01-25	1903-01-25
1904	1904-01-02	1904-12-05
1905	1905-01-04	1905-01-25
1906	1906-03-15	1906-03-19
1907	1907-01-17	1907-04-09
1908	1908-02-19	1908-02-19
1909	1909-01-30	1909-12-25
1910	1910-01-14	1910-01-14
1911	1911-02-20	1911-12-04
1914	1914-02-14	1914-03-01
1915	1915-03-06	1915-12-13
1916	1916-02-13	1916-12-15
1917	1917-02-28	1917-12-13
1918	1918-01-22	1918-01-22
1920	1920-02-04	1920-02-06
1921	1921-02-20	1921-02-20
1922	1922-02-15	1922-02-15
1923	1923-01-03	1923-03-06
1924	1924-04-01	1924-04-01
1925	1925-01-02	1925-01-27
1926	1926-02-04	1926-12-05
1927	1927-01-15	1927-01-15
1928	1928-03-09	1928-03-09
1929	1929-02-21	1929-02-21
1932	1932-12-17	1932-12-17
1933	1933-02-11	1933-12-26
1934	1934-02-01	1934-03-10
1935	1935-01-22	1935-01-23
1936	1936-01-19	1936-01-19
1937	1937-01-20	1937-01-20
1938	1938-11-25	1938-11-25
1939	1939-01-13	1939-02-07
1940	1940-02-14	1940-02-14
1941	1941-01-27	1941-03-08
1942	1942-12-13	1942-12-13
1943	1943-01-28	1943-01-28
1944	1944-02-11	1944-04-05
1945	1945-01-16	1945-12-19
1946	1946-02-19	1946-02-19
1947	1947-01-01	1947-12-26
1948	1948-02-04	1948-12-31
1949	1949-01-31	1949-02-28
1952	1952-01-28	1952-03-01
1954	1954-01-11	1954-01-11
1956	1956-03-16	1956-04-08
1957	1957-02-01	1957-12-04
1958	1958-01-07	1958-03-21
1959	1959-03-12	1959-12-22
1960	1960-03-03	1960-12-12
1961	1961-01-19	1961-02-04
1963	1963-12-23	1963-12-23
1964	1964-01-13	1964-02-19
1965	1965-01-10	1965-01-16
1966	1966-01-30	1966-12-24
1967	1967-02-07	1967-03-22
1968	1968-03-01	1968-12-15
1969	1969-02-09	1969-12-26
1970	1970-03-29	1970-03-29
1971	1971-01-01	1971-01-01
1972	1972-02-06	1972-02-23
1974	1974-01-09	1974-02-08
1975	1975-02-12	1975-02-12
1976	1976-03-09	1976-03-09
1977	1977-01-14	1977-01-14
1978	1978-01-20	1978-03-03
1979	1979-02-07	1979-02-19
1981	1981-01-07	1981-03-05
1982	1982-01-13	1982-04-06
1983	1983-02-11	1983-02-12
1984	1984-01-18	1984-12-27
1985	1985-01-17	1985-02-02
1986	1986-02-07	1986-02-11
1987	1987-01-22	1987-02-23
1988	1988-01-04	1988-01-08
1989	1989-01-06	1989-11-23
1990	1990-12-28	1990-12-28
1991	1991-01-11	1991-02-26
1992	1992-03-19	1992-03-19
1993	1993-02-21	1993-03-13
1994	1994-01-26	1994-03-02
1995	1995-02-04	1995-12-19
1996	1996-01-07	1996-03-08
1998	1998-03-22	1998-03-22
1999	1999-03-15	1999-03-15
2000	2000-01-25	2000-12-30
2001	2001-01-21	2001-02-22
2002	2002-12-05	2002-12-25
2003	2003-02-07	2003-12-14
2004	2004-01-27	2004-01-28
2005	2005-01-22	2005-12-09
2006	2006-02-12	2006-02-12
2007	2007-03-16	2007-03-16
2008	2008-02-22	2008-12-19
2009	2009-02-03	2009-12-19
2010	2010-02-10	2010-12-27
2011	2011-01-12	2011-01-27
2012	2012-01-21	2012-11-07
2013	2013-02-08	2013-12-14
2014	2014-01-21	2014-02-13
2015	2015-01-26	2015-03-20
2016	2016-01-23	2016-01-23
2017	2017-01-07	2017-12-09
2018	2018-01-04	2018-11-15
2019	2019-03-02	2019-03-02
2020	2020-12-16	2020-12-17
2021	2021-02-01	2021-02-07
2022	2022-01-07	2022-01-29
2026	2026-01-25	2026-02-23

Every Year

Days with 10 cm (3.9 in) or more of snowfall per year in New York
Year	Days	First date	Last date	Longest streak in year	Coverage
2026	3	25 January 2026	23 February 2026	2 days	Incomplete, not ranked
2022	2	7 January 2022	29 January 2022	1 days	Complete
2021	2	1 February 2021	7 February 2021	1 days	Complete
2020	2	16 December 2020	17 December 2020	2 days	Complete
2019	1	2 March 2019	2 March 2019	1 days	Complete
2018	5	4 January 2018	15 November 2018	1 days	Complete
2017	4	7 January 2017	9 December 2017	1 days	Complete
2016	1	23 January 2016	23 January 2016	1 days	Complete
2015	6	26 January 2015	20 March 2015	2 days	Complete
2014	4	21 January 2014	13 February 2014	1 days	Complete
2013	4	8 February 2013	14 December 2013	2 days	Complete
2012	2	21 January 2012	7 November 2012	1 days	Complete
2011	4	12 January 2011	27 January 2011	2 days	Complete
2010	6	10 February 2010	27 December 2010	2 days	Complete
2009	3	3 February 2009	19 December 2009	1 days	Complete
2008	2	22 February 2008	19 December 2008	1 days	Complete
2007	1	16 March 2007	16 March 2007	1 days	Complete
2006	1	12 February 2006	12 February 2006	1 days	Complete
2005	5	22 January 2005	9 December 2005	2 days	Complete
2004	2	27 January 2004	28 January 2004	2 days	Complete
2003	6	7 February 2003	14 December 2003	2 days	Complete
2002	2	5 December 2002	25 December 2002	1 days	Complete
2001	2	21 January 2001	22 February 2001	1 days	Complete
2000	2	25 January 2000	30 December 2000	1 days	Complete
1999	1	15 March 1999	15 March 1999	1 days	Complete
1998	1	22 March 1998	22 March 1998	1 days	Complete
1996	6	7 January 1996	8 March 1996	2 days	Complete
1995	2	4 February 1995	19 December 1995	1 days	Complete
1994	4	26 January 1994	2 March 1994	1 days	Complete
1993	2	21 February 1993	13 March 1993	1 days	Complete
1992	1	19 March 1992	19 March 1992	1 days	Complete
1991	2	11 January 1991	26 February 1991	1 days	Complete
1990	1	28 December 1990	28 December 1990	1 days	Complete
1989	2	6 January 1989	23 November 1989	1 days	Complete
1988	2	4 January 1988	8 January 1988	1 days	Complete
1987	2	22 January 1987	23 February 1987	1 days	Complete
1986	2	7 February 1986	11 February 1986	1 days	Complete
1985	2	17 January 1985	2 February 1985	1 days	Complete
1984	3	18 January 1984	27 December 1984	1 days	Complete
1983	2	11 February 1983	12 February 1983	2 days	Complete
1982	2	13 January 1982	6 April 1982	1 days	Complete
1981	2	7 January 1981	5 March 1981	1 days	Complete
1979	2	7 February 1979	19 February 1979	1 days	Complete
1978	3	20 January 1978	3 March 1978	1 days	Complete
1977	1	14 January 1977	14 January 1977	1 days	Complete
1976	1	9 March 1976	9 March 1976	1 days	Complete
1975	1	12 February 1975	12 February 1975	1 days	Complete
1974	2	9 January 1974	8 February 1974	1 days	Complete
1972	3	6 February 1972	23 February 1972	1 days	Complete
1971	1	1 January 1971	1 January 1971	1 days	Complete
1970	1	29 March 1970	29 March 1970	1 days	Complete
1969	2	9 February 1969	26 December 1969	1 days	Complete
1968	2	1 March 1968	15 December 1968	1 days	Complete
1967	2	7 February 1967	22 March 1967	1 days	Complete
1966	3	30 January 1966	24 December 1966	1 days	Complete
1965	2	10 January 1965	16 January 1965	1 days	Complete
1964	2	13 January 1964	19 February 1964	1 days	Complete
1963	1	23 December 1963	23 December 1963	1 days	Complete
1961	4	19 January 1961	4 February 1961	2 days	Complete
1960	2	3 March 1960	12 December 1960	1 days	Complete
1959	2	12 March 1959	22 December 1959	1 days	Complete
1958	6	7 January 1958	21 March 1958	2 days	Complete
1957	2	1 February 1957	4 December 1957	1 days	Complete
1956	3	16 March 1956	8 April 1956	1 days	Complete
1954	1	11 January 1954	11 January 1954	1 days	Complete
1952	2	28 January 1952	1 March 1952	1 days	Complete
1949	2	31 January 1949	28 February 1949	1 days	Complete
1948	5	4 February 1948	31 December 1948	1 days	Complete
1947	5	1 January 1947	26 December 1947	2 days	Complete
1946	1	19 February 1946	19 February 1946	1 days	Complete
1945	2	16 January 1945	19 December 1945	1 days	Complete
1944	2	11 February 1944	5 April 1944	1 days	Complete
1943	1	28 January 1943	28 January 1943	1 days	Complete
1942	1	13 December 1942	13 December 1942	1 days	Complete
1941	2	27 January 1941	8 March 1941	1 days	Complete
1940	1	14 February 1940	14 February 1940	1 days	Complete
1939	2	13 January 1939	7 February 1939	1 days	Complete
1938	1	25 November 1938	25 November 1938	1 days	Complete
1937	1	20 January 1937	20 January 1937	1 days	Complete
1936	1	19 January 1936	19 January 1936	1 days	Complete
1935	2	22 January 1935	23 January 1935	2 days	Complete
1934	4	1 February 1934	10 March 1934	1 days	Complete
1933	2	11 February 1933	26 December 1933	1 days	Complete
1932	1	17 December 1932	17 December 1932	1 days	Complete
1929	1	21 February 1929	21 February 1929	1 days	Complete
1928	1	9 March 1928	9 March 1928	1 days	Complete
1927	1	15 January 1927	15 January 1927	1 days	Complete
1926	3	4 February 1926	5 December 1926	1 days	Complete
1925	3	2 January 1925	27 January 1925	1 days	Complete
1924	1	1 April 1924	1 April 1924	1 days	Complete
1923	4	3 January 1923	6 March 1923	1 days	Complete
1922	1	15 February 1922	15 February 1922	1 days	Complete
1921	1	20 February 1921	20 February 1921	1 days	Complete
1920	3	4 February 1920	6 February 1920	3 days	Complete
1918	1	22 January 1918	22 January 1918	1 days	Complete
1917	4	28 February 1917	13 December 1917	1 days	Complete
1916	4	13 February 1916	15 December 1916	1 days	Complete
1915	3	6 March 1915	13 December 1915	1 days	Complete
1914	3	14 February 1914	1 March 1914	1 days	Complete
1911	2	20 February 1911	4 December 1911	1 days	Complete
1910	1	14 January 1910	14 January 1910	1 days	Complete
1909	3	30 January 1909	25 December 1909	1 days	Complete
1908	1	19 February 1908	19 February 1908	1 days	Complete
1907	6	17 January 1907	9 April 1907	1 days	Complete
1906	2	15 March 1906	19 March 1906	1 days	Complete
1905	2	4 January 1905	25 January 1905	1 days	Complete
1904	3	2 January 1904	5 December 1904	1 days	Complete
1903	1	25 January 1903	25 January 1903	1 days	Complete
1902	4	17 February 1902	25 December 1902	1 days	Complete
1900	2	17 February 1900	15 March 1900	1 days	Complete
1898	3	31 January 1898	27 November 1898	2 days	Complete
1897	2	28 January 1897	12 February 1897	1 days	Complete
1896	1	2 March 1896	2 March 1896	1 days	Complete
1895	1	2 February 1895	2 February 1895	1 days	Complete
1893	2	12 January 1893	4 March 1893	1 days	Complete
1892	1	15 January 1892	15 January 1892	1 days	Complete
1891	1	25 January 1891	25 January 1891	1 days	Complete
1890	2	19 March 1890	26 December 1890	1 days	Complete
1889	2	20 January 1889	14 December 1889	1 days	Complete
1888	1	12 March 1888	12 March 1888	1 days	Complete
1887	3	9 January 1887	18 December 1887	1 days	Complete
1886	3	9 January 1886	5 December 1886	1 days	Complete
1885	1	25 February 1885	25 February 1885	1 days	Complete
1884	2	28 February 1884	21 December 1884	1 days	Complete
1883	7	10 January 1883	25 December 1883	2 days	Complete
1882	3	31 January 1882	26 November 1882	1 days	Complete
1881	2	5 January 1881	25 February 1881	1 days	Complete
1880	3	3 February 1880	29 December 1880	1 days	Complete
1879	1	16 January 1879	16 January 1879	1 days	Complete
1878	1	31 January 1878	31 January 1878	1 days	Complete
1877	2	1 January 1877	2 January 1877	2 days	Complete
1876	1	4 February 1876	4 February 1876	1 days	Complete
1875	5	18 January 1875	13 April 1875	1 days	Complete
1874	5	14 January 1874	20 December 1874	1 days	Complete
1873	5	27 January 1873	27 December 1873	1 days	Complete
1872	1	26 December 1872	26 December 1872	1 days	Complete
1871	3	27 January 1871	14 February 1871	1 days	Complete
1870	2	8 February 1870	7 March 1870	1 days	Complete
1869	4	1 January 1869	6 December 1869	1 days	Complete

Decade averages for Days with 10 cm (3.9 in) or more of snowfall in New York
Decade	Average days per year	Years counted
1860s	4.0	1
1870s	2.6	10
1880s	2.7	10
1890s	1.6	8
1900s	2.7	9
1910s	2.6	7
1920s	1.9	10
1930s	1.8	8
1940s	2.2	10
1950s	2.7	6
1960s	2.2	9
1970s	1.7	9
1980s	2.1	9
1990s	2.2	9
2000s	2.6	10
2010s	3.7	10
2020s	2.0	3

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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site from the threaded city record.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).