First snow 2026-27 ยท Richmond, VA

When does Richmond get its first snow?

None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Dec 27.

This winter
None yet
Normal date
Dec 27 (1991-2020 median)
Earliest on record
Nov 5, 1962
Latest on record
Feb 26, 1991
Record since
1897 (124 winters)
Station
Richmond International Airport
Snow so far
0 in

Common questions

When does Richmond get its first snow?

Around Dec 27. That is the median date of the first measurable snow (at least 0.1 inch of snow (a trace does not count)) at Richmond International Airport over the 1991-2020 winters, our calculation from NOAA's record.

Has Richmond had its first snow this winter?

None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Dec 27.

What is the earliest first snow on record in Richmond?

Nov 5, 1962, in a record that goes back to 1897.

What is the latest first snow on record in Richmond?

Feb 26, 1991.

Every winter on record

First snow in Richmond by season
SeasonDateSnow
2025-26Dec 52 in
2024-25Jan 53 in
2023-24Dec 110.2 in
2022-23None
2021-22Jan 32 in
2020-21Dec 71 in
2019-20Nov 120.9 in
2018-19Dec 911.5 in
2017-18Dec 82.4 in
2016-17Jan 60.1 in
2015-16Jan 170.7 in
2014-15Jan 140.1 in
2013-14Jan 212 in
2012-13Jan 171.6 in
2011-12Feb 193.9 in
2010-11Dec 40.6 in
2009-10Dec 186 in
2008-09Feb 30.3 in
2007-08Jan 190.8 in
2006-07Feb 10.3 in
2005-06Dec 54.2 in
2004-05Dec 191.3 in
2003-04Jan 90.9 in
2002-03Dec 41 in
2001-02Jan 37.7 in
2000-01Dec 191 in
1999-00Jan 203 in
1998-99Dec 310.8 in
1997-98Dec 271 in
1996-97Dec 191 in
1995-96Dec 71.5 in
1994-95Jan 281.1 in
1993-94Dec 230.9 in
1992-93Jan 160.5 in
1991-92Nov 80.1 in
1990-91Feb 261.9 in
1989-90Nov 231.1 in
1988-89Dec 91.8 in
1987-88Nov 114.5 in
1986-87Jan 227.4 in
1985-86Dec 201.3 in
1984-85Jan 101.2 in
1983-84Nov 250.1 in
1982-83Dec 126.1 in
1981-82Dec 150.6 in
1980-81Dec 270.2 in
1979-80Jan 41.6 in
1978-79Jan 50.2 in
1977-78Jan 90.7 in
1976-77Nov 121 in
1975-76Jan 170.2 in
1974-75Jan 202.7 in
1973-74Dec 114.9 in
1972-73Nov 220.6 in
1971-72Feb 25.3 in
1970-71Dec 250.2 in
1969-70Dec 251.8 in
1968-69Nov 121.2 in
1967-68Dec 220.3 in
1966-67Nov 300.2 in
1965-66Jan 153.6 in
1964-65Nov 300.4 in
1963-64Dec 180.4 in
1962-63Nov 50.9 in
1961-62Dec 90.3 in
1960-61Dec 121.7 in
1959-60Dec 191.2 in
1958-59Dec 116.7 in
1957-58Dec 42.1 in
1956-57Jan 70.1 in
1955-56Jan 91 in
1954-55Dec 50.4 in
1953-54Nov 67.2 in
1952-53Nov 301 in
1951-52Jan 60.4 in
1950-51Dec 100.6 in
1949-50Feb 252.3 in
1948-49Dec 250.6 in
1947-48Jan 245 in
1946-47Dec 310.3 in
1945-46Dec 130.6 in
1944-45Jan 100.5 in
1943-44Nov 300.5 in
1942-43Dec 70.7 in
1941-42Jan 70.3 in
1940-41Jan 280.4 in
1939-40Dec 241.8 in
1938-39Nov 241.2 in
1937-38Dec 50.1 in
1936-37Feb 50.6 in
1935-36Dec 222.4 in
1934-35Dec 103 in
1933-34Dec 110.1 in
1932-33Dec 177.5 in
1931-32Dec 91 in
1930-31Dec 176 in
1929-30Nov 220.9 in
1928-29Dec 81.2 in
1927-28Jan 283.7 in
1926-27Jan 150.3 in
1925-26Jan 85 in
1924-25Nov 180.3 in
1923-24Dec 141 in
1922-23Dec 190.2 in
1921-22Jan 163 in
1920-21Feb 221 in
1919-20Dec 196 in
1918-19None
1917-18Dec 129.4 in
1916-17Dec 152.9 in
1915-16Dec 120.6 in
1914-15Dec 110.1 in
1913-14Feb 134.7 in
1912-13Nov 282 in
1911-12Jan 40.4 in
1910-11Dec 50.6 in
1909-10Dec 160.5 in
1907-08Jan 232.7 in
1906-07Nov 151.9 in
1905-06Dec 150.8 in
1904-05Nov 131.8 in
1901-02Dec 191 in
1899-00Dec 271.2 in
1898-99Nov 260.8 in

Sources

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