First snow 2026-27 ยท Washington, DC

When does Washington get its first snow?

None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Dec 19.

This winter
None yet
Normal date
Dec 19 (1991-2020 median)
Earliest on record
Oct 10, 1979
Latest on record
Feb 23, 1973
Record since
1871 (140 winters)
Station
Reagan National Airport
Snow so far
0 in

Common questions

When does Washington get its first snow?

Around Dec 19. That is the median date of the first measurable snow (at least 0.1 inch of snow (a trace does not count)) at Reagan National Airport over the 1991-2020 winters, our calculation from NOAA's record.

Has Washington had its first snow this winter?

None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Dec 19.

What is the earliest first snow on record in Washington?

Oct 10, 1979, in a record that goes back to 1871.

What is the latest first snow on record in Washington?

Feb 23, 1973.

Every winter on record

First snow in Washington by season
SeasonDateSnow
2025-26Dec 51.1 in
2024-25Dec 240.1 in
2023-24Dec 110.1 in
2022-23Feb 10.4 in
2021-22Jan 36.9 in
2020-21Jan 250.3 in
2019-20Dec 110.3 in
2018-19Nov 151.4 in
2017-18Dec 91.5 in
2016-17Jan 70.4 in
2015-16Jan 170.3 in
2014-15Jan 62.4 in
2013-14Dec 80.6 in
2012-13Dec 260.2 in
2011-12Jan 90.6 in
2010-11Dec 130.2 in
2009-10Dec 50.2 in
2008-09Jan 271.9 in
2007-08Dec 52.6 in
2006-07Jan 211.2 in
2005-06Dec 30.1 in
2004-05Dec 190.1 in
2003-04Dec 40.9 in
2002-03Dec 56.1 in
2001-02Jan 192.7 in
2000-01Dec 192 in
1999-00Jan 180.4 in
1998-99Dec 230.4 in
1997-98Dec 90.1 in
1996-97Nov 140.2 in
1995-96Nov 110.2 in
1994-95Jan 283.9 in
1993-94Dec 250.2 in
1992-93Dec 101 in
1991-92Jan 160.2 in
1990-91Dec 273 in
1989-90Nov 221.6 in
1988-89Dec 91.2 in
1987-88Nov 1111.5 in
1986-87Jan 2210.8 in
1985-86Dec 200.7 in
1984-85Dec 50.3 in
1983-84Nov 250.3 in
1982-83Dec 126.6 in
1981-82Dec 140.1 in
1980-81Dec 310.3 in
1979-80Oct 100.3 in
1978-79Nov 260.8 in
1977-78Nov 270.1 in
1976-77Nov 120.6 in
1975-76Dec 80.4 in
1974-75Dec 190.1 in
1973-74Dec 166 in
1972-73Feb 230.1 in
1971-72Nov 240.4 in
1970-71Dec 250.3 in
1969-70Dec 70.3 in
1968-69Jan 60.1 in
1967-68Nov 306.9 in
1966-67Dec 136.7 in
1965-66Dec 210.2 in
1964-65Nov 300.2 in
1963-64Dec 180.8 in
1962-63Dec 111.8 in
1961-62Nov 190.8 in
1960-61Dec 116.8 in
1959-60Feb 134.9 in
1958-59Dec 140.9 in
1957-58Nov 230.3 in
1956-57Dec 270.2 in
1955-56Nov 192.3 in
1954-55Dec 50.1 in
1953-54Nov 66.5 in
1952-53Nov 290.9 in
1951-52Dec 143.4 in
1950-51Nov 251.6 in
1949-50Jan 190.3 in
1948-49Dec 194.4 in
1947-48Dec 263.6 in
1946-47Dec 181 in
1945-46Dec 102 in
1944-45Dec 120.4 in
1943-44Jan 20.1 in
1942-43Dec 61 in
1941-42Dec 130.2 in
1940-41Oct 190.1 in
1939-40Nov 220.3 in
1938-39Nov 240.5 in
1937-38Jan 191.4 in
1936-37Dec 21 in
1935-36Dec 200.1 in
1934-35Dec 102.2 in
1933-34Nov 140.5 in
1932-33Dec 102 in
1931-32Dec 91 in
1930-31Dec 172 in
1929-30Nov 220.1 in
1928-29Nov 250.2 in
1927-28Dec 42.5 in
1926-27Dec 52 in
1925-26Oct 302 in
1924-25Dec 310.5 in
1923-24Dec 141.7 in
1922-23Dec 101.5 in
1921-22Dec 44.5 in
1920-21Dec 260.2 in
1919-20Dec 60.5 in
1918-19Jan 30.5 in
1917-18Nov 270.5 in
1916-17Dec 121.5 in
1915-16Dec 133.3 in
1914-15Dec 130.5 in
1913-14Feb 133.5 in
1912-13Nov 280.6 in
1911-12Dec 240.1 in
1910-11Nov 44 in
1909-10Nov 241.5 in
1908-09Nov 143.5 in
1907-08Dec 31 in
1906-07Nov 150.2 in
1905-06Nov 200.1 in
1904-05Nov 134 in
1903-04Nov 290.6 in
1902-03Dec 52 in
1901-02Nov 280.2 in
1900-01Nov 90.5 in
1899-00Dec 271.5 in
1898-99Nov 240.2 in
1897-98Dec 221 in
1896-97Nov 302.5 in
1895-96Dec 121.2 in
1894-95Dec 262.5 in
1893-94Dec 53.3 in
1892-93Nov 50.5 in
1891-92Nov 52.5 in
1890-91Dec 83 in
1889-90Feb 21 in
1888-89Nov 261.5 in
1885-86Jan 82.5 in
1884-85Nov 300.5 in

Sources

https://ryanhallyall.com/trackers/first-snow/washington-dc