First snow 2026-27 ยท Seattle, WA
When does Seattle get its first snow?
None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Dec 18.
- This winter
- None yet
- Normal date
- Dec 18 (1991-2020 median)
- Earliest on record
- Oct 27, 1971
- Latest on record
- Mar 26, 1946
- Record since
- 1945 (73 winters)
- Station
- Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Snow so far
- 0 in
Common questions
When does Seattle get its first snow?
Around Dec 18. That is the median date of the first measurable snow (at least 0.1 inch of snow (a trace does not count)) at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport over the 1991-2020 winters, our calculation from NOAA's record.
Has Seattle had its first snow this winter?
None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Dec 18.
What is the earliest first snow on record in Seattle?
Oct 27, 1971, in a record that goes back to 1945.
What is the latest first snow on record in Seattle?
Mar 26, 1946.
Every winter on record
| Season | Date | Snow |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Mar 13 | 3 in |
| 2024-25 | Feb 2 | 1.2 in |
| 2023-24 | Mar 4 | 0.3 in |
| 2022-23 | Nov 29 | 0.9 in |
| 2021-22 | Dec 26 | 3.4 in |
| 2020-21 | Dec 21 | 0.5 in |
| 2019-20 | Jan 13 | 0.2 in |
| 2018-19 | Feb 3 | 1 in |
| 2017-18 | Nov 5 | 0.4 in |
| 2016-17 | Dec 8 | 0.5 in |
| 2015-16 | None | |
| 2014-15 | Nov 29 | 0.8 in |
| 2013-14 | Dec 20 | 1.1 in |
| 2012-13 | Dec 18 | 0.6 in |
| 2011-12 | Jan 15 | 2.4 in |
| 2010-11 | Nov 22 | 2.5 in |
| 2009-10 | None | |
| 2008-09 | Dec 13 | 0.8 in |
| 2007-08 | Dec 1 | 1.1 in |
| 2006-07 | Nov 26 | 1 in |
| 2005-06 | Dec 1 | 1.5 in |
| 2004-05 | None | |
| 1995-96 | Jan 17 | 0.5 in |
| 1994-95 | Dec 3 | 1.1 in |
| 1993-94 | Feb 9 | 0.7 in |
| 1992-93 | Dec 7 | 0.2 in |
| 1991-92 | None | |
| 1990-91 | Dec 18 | 2.5 in |
| 1989-90 | Feb 16 | 3.5 in |
| 1988-89 | Jan 8 | 1 in |
| 1987-88 | None | |
| 1986-87 | Jan 13 | 1.4 in |
| 1985-86 | Nov 20 | 1.6 in |
| 1984-85 | Dec 20 | 1.6 in |
| 1983-84 | Dec 19 | 0.3 in |
| 1982-83 | None | |
| 1981-82 | Jan 2 | 2.2 in |
| 1980-81 | Dec 6 | 0.3 in |
| 1979-80 | Dec 15 | 1.2 in |
| 1978-79 | Nov 18 | 3.1 in |
| 1977-78 | Nov 17 | 1.6 in |
| 1976-77 | Jan 2 | 1 in |
| 1975-76 | Nov 6 | 0.2 in |
| 1974-75 | Dec 26 | 8.8 in |
| 1973-74 | Nov 3 | 0.2 in |
| 1972-73 | Dec 2 | 0.3 in |
| 1971-72 | Oct 27 | 2 in |
| 1970-71 | Dec 1 | 0.1 in |
| 1969-70 | None | |
| 1968-69 | Dec 18 | 5.1 in |
| 1967-68 | Dec 12 | 1 in |
| 1966-67 | Dec 7 | 2 in |
| 1965-66 | Dec 23 | 8.9 in |
| 1964-65 | Nov 13 | 0.4 in |
| 1963-64 | Nov 19 | 1 in |
| 1962-63 | Jan 9 | 2 in |
| 1961-62 | Dec 12 | 0.2 in |
| 1960-61 | Nov 20 | 5.2 in |
| 1959-60 | Jan 10 | 1.6 in |
| 1958-59 | Nov 24 | 0.2 in |
| 1957-58 | None | |
| 1956-57 | Dec 4 | 0.4 in |
| 1955-56 | Nov 11 | 1.4 in |
| 1954-55 | Feb 17 | 0.1 in |
| 1953-54 | Jan 15 | 3.3 in |
| 1952-53 | None | |
| 1951-52 | Dec 20 | 1.7 in |
| 1950-51 | Nov 30 | 1 in |
| 1949-50 | Dec 11 | 1.7 in |
| 1948-49 | Dec 22 | 2.2 in |
| 1947-48 | Feb 3 | 0.6 in |
| 1946-47 | Nov 18 | 9.4 in |
| 1945-46 | Mar 26 | 0.9 in |
Sources
- Daily low temperature and snowfall, threaded station records (ThreadEx), NOAA Regional Climate Centers, Applied Climate Information System (ACIS)