First snow 2026-27 ยท New York, NY

When does New York get its first snow?

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

This winter
None yet
Normal date
Dec 9 (1991-2020 median)
Earliest on record
Oct 15, 1876
Latest on record
Feb 1, 2023
Record since
1869 (157 winters)
Station
Central Park
Snow so far
0 in

Common questions

When does New York get its first snow?

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

Has New York had its first snow this winter?

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

What is the earliest first snow on record in New York?

Oct 15, 1876, in a record that goes back to 1869.

What is the latest first snow on record in New York?

Feb 1, 2023.

Every winter on record

First snow in New York by season
SeasonDateSnow
2025-26Dec 142.9 in
2024-25Dec 211.8 in
2023-24Jan 60.2 in
2022-23Feb 10.4 in
2021-22Dec 240.2 in
2020-21Dec 166.5 in
2019-20Dec 21.3 in
2018-19Nov 156.4 in
2017-18Dec 94.6 in
2016-17Dec 110.4 in
2015-16Jan 170.4 in
2014-15Nov 260.2 in
2013-14Dec 80.7 in
2012-13Nov 74.3 in
2011-12Oct 292.9 in
2010-11Dec 140.1 in
2009-10Dec 199.1 in
2008-09Dec 161 in
2007-08Dec 21.4 in
2006-07Jan 190.3 in
2005-06Dec 42.5 in
2004-05Dec 190.1 in
2003-04Dec 58 in
2002-03Dec 56 in
2001-02Jan 70.5 in
2000-01Dec 80.1 in
1999-00Jan 202.5 in
1998-99Dec 242 in
1997-98Jan 180.5 in
1996-97Nov 280.1 in
1995-96Nov 292.9 in
1994-95Jan 110.2 in
1993-94Dec 112.9 in
1992-93Dec 120.4 in
1991-92Dec 50.5 in
1990-91Dec 270.6 in
1989-90Nov 220.3 in
1988-89Dec 130.3 in
1987-88Nov 111.1 in
1986-87Dec 90.6 in
1985-86Dec 50.1 in
1984-85Dec 50.7 in
1983-84Dec 220.6 in
1982-83Dec 123 in
1981-82Dec 110.1 in
1980-81Dec 151.1 in
1979-80Dec 193.5 in
1978-79Nov 272.2 in
1977-78Nov 270.2 in
1976-77Dec 250.4 in
1975-76Dec 221.8 in
1974-75Nov 250.1 in
1973-74Dec 161.7 in
1972-73Jan 291.8 in
1971-72Jan 51 in
1970-71Dec 150.3 in
1969-70Dec 252.1 in
1968-69Dec 155.2 in
1967-68Nov 303.2 in
1966-67Dec 211.2 in
1965-66Jan 200.4 in
1964-65Dec 60.3 in
1963-64Dec 122.3 in
1962-63Dec 91.1 in
1961-62Dec 90.3 in
1960-61Dec 113.6 in
1959-60Nov 290.5 in
1958-59Dec 81.5 in
1957-58Dec 30.5 in
1956-57Dec 90.5 in
1955-56Nov 201 in
1954-55Dec 210.1 in
1953-54Nov 62.2 in
1952-53Oct 200.5 in
1951-52Dec 142.5 in
1950-51Dec 160.6 in
1949-50Nov 270.5 in
1948-49Dec 155.3 in
1947-48Dec 110.6 in
1946-47Dec 201.3 in
1945-46Nov 291.2 in
1944-45Dec 180.9 in
1943-44Jan 30.7 in
1942-43Dec 60.1 in
1941-42Dec 130.3 in
1940-41Nov 261.7 in
1939-40Dec 220.2 in
1938-39Nov 243.9 in
1937-38Nov 210.8 in
1936-37Nov 243.2 in
1935-36Nov 230.2 in
1934-35Dec 291 in
1933-34Nov 50.1 in
1932-33Dec 101.3 in
1931-32Nov 272 in
1930-31Dec 232 in
1929-30Dec 23.9 in
1928-29Dec 82 in
1927-28Dec 42.1 in
1926-27Dec 30.4 in
1925-26Oct 300.8 in
1924-25Dec 140.1 in
1923-24Dec 141.2 in
1922-23Nov 271 in
1921-22Dec 43 in
1920-21Dec 260.9 in
1919-20Dec 160.3 in
1918-19Dec 50.3 in
1917-18Nov 280.3 in
1916-17Dec 110.1 in
1915-16Dec 80.1 in
1914-15Dec 50.2 in
1913-14Dec 100.3 in
1912-13Nov 280.8 in
1911-12Nov 141 in
1910-11Dec 100.5 in
1909-10Nov 240.5 in
1908-09Nov 140.5 in
1907-08Dec 20.8 in
1906-07Nov 151 in
1905-06Dec 90.5 in
1904-05Nov 270.5 in
1903-04Dec 20.8 in
1902-03Dec 51.5 in
1901-02Dec 171 in
1900-01Dec 110.1 in
1899-00Dec 270.1 in
1898-99Nov 243 in
1897-98Nov 232.3 in
1896-97Nov 292.5 in
1895-96Jan 70.5 in
1894-95Nov 300.5 in
1893-94Dec 31.5 in
1892-93Nov 92.3 in
1891-92Jan 63.5 in
1890-91Dec 33 in
1889-90Dec 30.5 in
1888-89Nov 251.5 in
1887-88Nov 10.1 in
1886-87Dec 55.3 in
1885-86Jan 95 in
1884-85Nov 190.3 in
1883-84Dec 172.5 in
1882-83Nov 180.5 in
1881-82Dec 151.3 in
1880-81Nov 251.3 in
1879-80Nov 62.5 in
1878-79Nov 70.1 in
1877-78Jan 41 in
1876-77Oct 150.5 in
1875-76Dec 80.5 in
1874-75Dec 110.1 in
1873-74Nov 182 in
1872-73Nov 161 in
1871-72Nov 290.3 in
1870-71Jan 210.4 in
1869-70Dec 30.3 in

Sources

https://ryanhallyall.com/trackers/first-snow/new-york