First snow 2026-27 ยท Norfolk, VA
When does Norfolk get its first snow?
None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Jan 17.
- This winter
- None yet
- Normal date
- Jan 17 (1991-2020 median)
- Earliest on record
- Nov 11, 1987
- Latest on record
- Apr 7, 2007
- Record since
- 1890 (136 winters)
- Station
- Norfolk International Airport
- Snow so far
- 0 in
Common questions
When does Norfolk get its first snow?
Around Jan 17. That is the median date of the first measurable snow (at least 0.1 inch of snow (a trace does not count)) at Norfolk International Airport over the 1991-2020 winters, our calculation from NOAA's record.
Has Norfolk had its first snow this winter?
None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Jan 17.
What is the earliest first snow on record in Norfolk?
Nov 11, 1987, in a record that goes back to 1890.
What is the latest first snow on record in Norfolk?
Apr 7, 2007.
Every winter on record
| Season | Date | Snow |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Nov 11 | 0.2 in |
| 2024-25 | Jan 5 | 0.1 in |
| 2023-24 | None | |
| 2022-23 | None | |
| 2021-22 | Jan 3 | 0.4 in |
| 2020-21 | Jan 28 | 3 in |
| 2019-20 | Feb 20 | 0.3 in |
| 2018-19 | Dec 5 | 0.1 in |
| 2017-18 | Jan 3 | 5.2 in |
| 2016-17 | Jan 7 | 5.3 in |
| 2015-16 | Jan 17 | 0.4 in |
| 2014-15 | Jan 27 | 1 in |
| 2013-14 | Jan 21 | 2 in |
| 2012-13 | Jan 25 | 1.6 in |
| 2011-12 | Feb 11 | 0.3 in |
| 2010-11 | Dec 4 | 0.3 in |
| 2009-10 | Dec 19 | 0.2 in |
| 2008-09 | Mar 2 | 0.5 in |
| 2007-08 | Feb 14 | 0.2 in |
| 2006-07 | Apr 7 | 0.1 in |
| 2005-06 | Jan 14 | 0.5 in |
| 2004-05 | Dec 19 | 0.2 in |
| 2003-04 | Jan 9 | 2 in |
| 2002-03 | Jan 6 | 1.8 in |
| 2001-02 | Jan 2 | 0.6 in |
| 2000-01 | Dec 3 | 0.2 in |
| 1999-00 | Jan 18 | 0.3 in |
| 1998-99 | None | |
| 1997-98 | None | |
| 1996-97 | None | |
| 1995-96 | Jan 6 | 1.7 in |
| 1994-95 | Feb 8 | 0.3 in |
| 1993-94 | Dec 23 | 3.9 in |
| 1992-93 | Jan 16 | 0.3 in |
| 1991-92 | None | |
| 1990-91 | None | |
| 1989-90 | Dec 16 | 0.5 in |
| 1988-89 | Feb 17 | 1.2 in |
| 1987-88 | Nov 11 | 0.3 in |
| 1986-87 | Jan 26 | 1.6 in |
| 1985-86 | Jan 27 | 2.2 in |
| 1984-85 | Jan 10 | 0.3 in |
| 1983-84 | Feb 6 | 5.2 in |
| 1982-83 | Dec 12 | 0.4 in |
| 1981-82 | Dec 18 | 1.8 in |
| 1980-81 | Mar 19 | 0.3 in |
| 1979-80 | Jan 5 | 5.2 in |
| 1978-79 | Jan 31 | 1 in |
| 1977-78 | Jan 9 | 0.7 in |
| 1976-77 | Dec 8 | 1 in |
| 1975-76 | None | |
| 1974-75 | Jan 20 | 0.3 in |
| 1973-74 | Dec 17 | 1.4 in |
| 1972-73 | Jan 8 | 9 in |
| 1971-72 | Feb 19 | 1.8 in |
| 1970-71 | Feb 1 | 0.3 in |
| 1969-70 | Jan 6 | 0.4 in |
| 1968-69 | Dec 7 | 3.2 in |
| 1967-68 | Dec 23 | 2 in |
| 1966-67 | Dec 24 | 1 in |
| 1965-66 | Jan 26 | 7.1 in |
| 1964-65 | Jan 16 | 5.1 in |
| 1963-64 | Feb 8 | 0.8 in |
| 1962-63 | Dec 11 | 0.9 in |
| 1961-62 | Jan 10 | 3 in |
| 1960-61 | Dec 12 | 0.7 in |
| 1959-60 | Feb 13 | 3.9 in |
| 1958-59 | Dec 11 | 10.4 in |
| 1957-58 | Dec 4 | 0.1 in |
| 1956-57 | Jan 14 | 1.8 in |
| 1955-56 | Dec 30 | 0.9 in |
| 1954-55 | Dec 6 | 3.6 in |
| 1953-54 | Jan 11 | 0.6 in |
| 1952-53 | Mar 2 | 0.5 in |
| 1951-52 | None | |
| 1950-51 | Nov 28 | 0.6 in |
| 1949-50 | Feb 26 | 1.4 in |
| 1948-49 | Dec 25 | 0.4 in |
| 1947-48 | Nov 30 | 0.1 in |
| 1946-47 | Feb 23 | 4.2 in |
| 1945-46 | Dec 13 | 0.6 in |
| 1944-45 | Dec 3 | 0.4 in |
| 1943-44 | Dec 15 | 1 in |
| 1942-43 | Dec 16 | 3.7 in |
| 1941-42 | Jan 8 | 1.7 in |
| 1940-41 | Jan 28 | 3.3 in |
| 1939-40 | Dec 24 | 3.3 in |
| 1938-39 | Nov 25 | 0.4 in |
| 1937-38 | Dec 13 | 0.1 in |
| 1936-37 | Feb 5 | 1.3 in |
| 1935-36 | Dec 22 | 3.5 in |
| 1934-35 | Dec 10 | 1 in |
| 1933-34 | Feb 3 | 0.2 in |
| 1932-33 | Dec 17 | 3.9 in |
| 1931-32 | Mar 9 | 1.5 in |
| 1930-31 | Dec 22 | 1.4 in |
| 1929-30 | Dec 22 | 0.1 in |
| 1928-29 | Jan 31 | 0.3 in |
| 1927-28 | Jan 28 | 0.2 in |
| 1926-27 | Nov 21 | 0.1 in |
| 1925-26 | Jan 8 | 2.8 in |
| 1924-25 | Nov 18 | 0.3 in |
| 1923-24 | Feb 27 | 3 in |
| 1922-23 | Dec 19 | 1.5 in |
| 1921-22 | Jan 26 | 0.6 in |
| 1920-21 | None | |
| 1919-20 | Dec 19 | 1.8 in |
| 1918-19 | Jan 6 | 4.5 in |
| 1917-18 | Dec 11 | 1.5 in |
| 1916-17 | Dec 18 | 0.8 in |
| 1915-16 | Dec 12 | 4 in |
| 1914-15 | Dec 25 | 1.6 in |
| 1913-14 | Feb 12 | 0.2 in |
| 1912-13 | Nov 28 | 0.5 in |
| 1911-12 | Jan 7 | 6 in |
| 1910-11 | Dec 4 | 0.4 in |
| 1909-10 | Dec 29 | 0.3 in |
| 1908-09 | Jan 7 | 0.1 in |
| 1907-08 | Dec 4 | 1.3 in |
| 1906-07 | Jan 27 | 0.6 in |
| 1905-06 | Nov 14 | 0.4 in |
| 1904-05 | Dec 10 | 0.1 in |
| 1903-04 | Nov 25 | 0.1 in |
| 1902-03 | Dec 25 | 0.1 in |
| 1901-02 | Dec 16 | 1 in |
| 1900-01 | Jan 17 | 0.1 in |
| 1899-00 | Dec 28 | 0.3 in |
| 1898-99 | Nov 28 | 0.1 in |
| 1897-98 | None | |
| 1896-97 | Dec 2 | 8 in |
| 1895-96 | Dec 10 | 1 in |
| 1894-95 | Dec 31 | 0.6 in |
| 1893-94 | Nov 24 | 0.2 in |
| 1892-93 | Dec 27 | 17.5 in |
| 1891-92 | Nov 29 | 6.7 in |
| 1890-91 | Dec 17 | 1 in |
Sources
- Daily low temperature and snowfall, threaded station records (ThreadEx), NOAA Regional Climate Centers, Applied Climate Information System (ACIS)