First snow 2026-27 ยท Milwaukee, WI

When does Milwaukee get its first snow?

None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Nov 11.

This winter
None yet
Normal date
Nov 11 (1991-2020 median)
Earliest on record
Oct 6, 1889
Latest on record
Dec 26, 1888
Record since
1877 (142 winters)
Station
Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport
Snow so far
0 in

Common questions

When does Milwaukee get its first snow?

Around Nov 11. That is the median date of the first measurable snow (at least 0.1 inch of snow (a trace does not count)) at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport over the 1991-2020 winters, our calculation from NOAA's record.

Has Milwaukee had its first snow this winter?

None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Nov 11.

What is the earliest first snow on record in Milwaukee?

Oct 6, 1889, in a record that goes back to 1877.

What is the latest first snow on record in Milwaukee?

Dec 26, 1888.

Every winter on record

First snow in Milwaukee by season
SeasonDateSnow
2025-26Nov 90.6 in
2024-25Nov 212.7 in
2023-24Oct 313.3 in
2022-23Nov 150.7 in
2021-22Dec 50.1 in
2020-21Oct 260.1 in
2019-20Oct 290.3 in
2018-19Nov 93.1 in
2017-18Nov 100.2 in
2016-17Dec 41.8 in
2015-16Nov 200.8 in
2014-15Oct 310.1 in
2013-14Nov 111.2 in
2012-13Dec 180.5 in
2011-12Nov 100.1 in
2010-11Dec 43.6 in
2009-10Nov 250.4 in
2008-09Nov 80.1 in
2007-08Nov 211.2 in
2006-07Oct 120.1 in
2005-06Nov 160.3 in
2004-05Nov 240.1 in
2003-04Nov 240.5 in
2002-03Nov 150.2 in
2001-02Dec 190.6 in
2000-01Oct 70.2 in
1999-00Dec 140.6 in
1998-99Nov 30.1 in
1997-98Nov 110.3 in
1996-97Nov 210.9 in
1995-96Nov 70.4 in
1994-95Nov 280.2 in
1993-94Nov 288 in
1992-93Oct 190.3 in
1991-92Nov 51 in
1990-91Nov 90.4 in
1989-90Oct 193.7 in
1988-89Nov 50.2 in
1987-88Oct 220.4 in
1986-87Nov 100.1 in
1985-86Nov 221.6 in
1984-85Dec 50.2 in
1983-84Nov 100.2 in
1982-83Nov 40.2 in
1981-82Nov 202 in
1980-81Nov 271.3 in
1979-80Nov 90.6 in
1978-79Nov 200.7 in
1977-78Nov 100.4 in
1976-77Oct 262.4 in
1975-76Nov 120.2 in
1974-75Nov 140.2 in
1973-74Dec 50.6 in
1972-73Nov 131.1 in
1971-72Nov 90.6 in
1970-71Nov 240.1 in
1969-70Nov 130.4 in
1968-69Nov 280.3 in
1967-68Oct 270.8 in
1966-67Nov 21.6 in
1965-66Dec 160.6 in
1964-65Nov 201.4 in
1963-64Dec 20.1 in
1962-63Oct 250.1 in
1961-62Nov 191.1 in
1960-61Oct 190.2 in
1959-60Nov 121.3 in
1958-59Nov 210.4 in
1957-58Nov 250.5 in
1956-57Nov 250.3 in
1955-56Nov 20.2 in
1954-55Nov 11.9 in
1953-54Nov 50.4 in
1952-53Nov 270.1 in
1951-52Nov 31.7 in
1950-51Nov 30.1 in
1949-50Nov 170.3 in
1948-49Dec 90.1 in
1947-48Nov 101.2 in
1946-47Nov 270.1 in
1945-46Nov 210.4 in
1944-45Nov 300.8 in
1943-44Nov 150.6 in
1942-43Nov 281.6 in
1941-42Nov 71.9 in
1940-41Nov 151.5 in
1939-40Dec 30.1 in
1938-39Nov 260.9 in
1937-38Nov 180.7 in
1936-37Nov 80.9 in
1935-36Nov 210.6 in
1934-35Dec 50.1 in
1933-34Nov 50.1 in
1932-33Nov 100.3 in
1931-32Dec 94 in
1930-31Nov 240.6 in
1929-30Oct 231.3 in
1928-29Nov 100.3 in
1927-28Nov 170.1 in
1926-27Oct 310.4 in
1925-26Oct 260.3 in
1924-25Nov 173 in
1923-24Oct 300.8 in
1922-23Dec 70.6 in
1921-22Nov 130.1 in
1920-21Nov 20.1 in
1919-20Nov 260.1 in
1918-19Dec 31.1 in
1917-18Oct 230.5 in
1916-17Nov 130.2 in
1915-16Nov 141 in
1914-15Nov 180.1 in
1913-14Oct 211 in
1912-13Nov 140.5 in
1911-12Oct 260.1 in
1910-11Nov 140.4 in
1909-10Oct 110.1 in
1908-09Dec 68 in
1907-08Nov 301.8 in
1906-07Oct 290.3 in
1905-06Nov 72.8 in
1904-05Dec 23.7 in
1903-04Nov 230.1 in
1902-03Nov 291.2 in
1901-02Nov 180.1 in
1900-01Nov 60.2 in
1899-00Nov 21 in
1898-99Oct 251 in
1897-98Nov 170.2 in
1896-97Oct 171 in
1895-96Nov 92.5 in
1894-95Nov 72.5 in
1893-94Nov 210.5 in
1892-93Nov 41 in
1891-92Nov 110.2 in
1890-91Oct 310.2 in
1889-90Oct 60.1 in
1888-89Dec 260.1 in
1887-88Nov 191.5 in
1886-87Nov 60.1 in
1885-86Nov 220.5 in
1884-85Nov 250.4 in

Sources

https://ryanhallyall.com/trackers/first-snow/milwaukee