First snow 2026-27 ยท Grand Rapids, MI

When does Grand Rapids get its first snow?

None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Nov 9.

This winter
None yet
Normal date
Nov 9 (1991-2020 median)
Earliest on record
Oct 7, 2000
Latest on record
Dec 5, 1948
Record since
1892 (129 winters)
Station
Gerald R. Ford International Airport
Snow so far
0 in

Common questions

When does Grand Rapids get its first snow?

Around Nov 9. That is the median date of the first measurable snow (at least 0.1 inch of snow (a trace does not count)) at Gerald R. Ford International Airport over the 1991-2020 winters, our calculation from NOAA's record.

Has Grand Rapids had its first snow this winter?

None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Nov 9.

What is the earliest first snow on record in Grand Rapids?

Oct 7, 2000, in a record that goes back to 1892.

What is the latest first snow on record in Grand Rapids?

Dec 5, 1948.

Every winter on record

First snow in Grand Rapids by season
SeasonDateSnow
2025-26Nov 91.1 in
2024-25Nov 210.2 in
2023-24Oct 310.1 in
2022-23Nov 130.4 in
2021-22Nov 121.2 in
2020-21Nov 10.2 in
2019-20Oct 300.2 in
2018-19Nov 91.3 in
2017-18Oct 310.4 in
2016-17Nov 190.8 in
2015-16Nov 213.2 in
2014-15Nov 120.1 in
2013-14Nov 110.1 in
2012-13Nov 120.1 in
2011-12Nov 100.7 in
2010-11Nov 50.1 in
2009-10Nov 270.4 in
2008-09Nov 90.6 in
2007-08Nov 210.5 in
2006-07Oct 122 in
2005-06Nov 165 in
2004-05Nov 249.7 in
2003-04Nov 243.3 in
2002-03Nov 51.3 in
2001-02Oct 250.5 in
2000-01Oct 70.1 in
1999-00Nov 30.1 in
1998-99Nov 110.2 in
1997-98Oct 260.2 in
1996-97Nov 91.4 in
1995-96Nov 31.7 in
1994-95Nov 280.1 in
1993-94Nov 60.2 in
1992-93Oct 180.1 in
1991-92Oct 180.3 in
1990-91Nov 50.3 in
1989-90Oct 194.5 in
1988-89Oct 250.2 in
1987-88Oct 210.7 in
1986-87Nov 122.3 in
1985-86Nov 90.2 in
1984-85Dec 40.4 in
1983-84Nov 110.4 in
1982-83Nov 40.4 in
1981-82Nov 204.4 in
1980-81Oct 250.3 in
1979-80Nov 80.2 in
1978-79Nov 260.4 in
1977-78Nov 102.3 in
1976-77Oct 190.6 in
1975-76Nov 241.2 in
1974-75Oct 190.4 in
1973-74Nov 90.4 in
1972-73Oct 180.9 in
1971-72Nov 31.4 in
1970-71Nov 220.6 in
1969-70Nov 132.6 in
1968-69Nov 80.1 in
1967-68Oct 260.2 in
1966-67Nov 20.8 in
1965-66Nov 287.9 in
1964-65Nov 190.4 in
1963-64Nov 20.9 in
1962-63Oct 240.1 in
1961-62Nov 170.1 in
1960-61Nov 90.7 in
1959-60Nov 61.6 in
1958-59Nov 242 in
1957-58Nov 81.2 in
1956-57Nov 70.1 in
1955-56Nov 20.7 in
1954-55Oct 290.4 in
1953-54Nov 252.7 in
1952-53Nov 260.5 in
1951-52Nov 10.1 in
1950-51Nov 101.9 in
1949-50Nov 30.2 in
1948-49Dec 50.1 in
1947-48Nov 80.1 in
1946-47Dec 11 in
1945-46Nov 30.1 in
1944-45Nov 220.5 in
1943-44Nov 91 in
1942-43Nov 260.3 in
1941-42Nov 60.5 in
1940-41Nov 140.2 in
1939-40Nov 10.8 in
1938-39Nov 150.1 in
1937-38Nov 170.3 in
1936-37Oct 260.8 in
1935-36Nov 110.3 in
1934-35Nov 10.2 in
1933-34Nov 60.4 in
1932-33Oct 310.3 in
1931-32Dec 41.6 in
1930-31Oct 180.2 in
1929-30Nov 41 in
1928-29Nov 100.5 in
1927-28Nov 50.1 in
1926-27Nov 93.1 in
1925-26Oct 201 in
1924-25Nov 170.8 in
1923-24Oct 301.5 in
1922-23Nov 210.4 in
1921-22Nov 87.5 in
1920-21Nov 111 in
1919-20Nov 270.5 in
1918-19Nov 300.3 in
1917-18Oct 231 in
1916-17Nov 130.1 in
1915-16Nov 160.5 in
1914-15Nov 162 in
1913-14Oct 300.3 in
1912-13Nov 14 in
1911-12Nov 20.5 in
1910-11Oct 290.1 in
1909-10Oct 120.2 in
1908-09Nov 120.1 in
1907-08Dec 20.1 in
1906-07Oct 291.6 in
1905-06Nov 290.1 in
1904-05Nov 260.2 in
1903-04Nov 170.2 in
1902-03Nov 261.5 in
1901-02Nov 40.5 in
1900-01Nov 81 in
1899-00Nov 31.5 in
1898-99Nov 81.5 in
1896-97Oct 210.2 in

Sources

https://ryanhallyall.com/trackers/first-snow/grand-rapids