The list of snowiest places in the United States by state shows average annual snowfall totals for the period from mid-1985 to mid-2015. Only places in the official climate database of the National Weather Service, a service of NOAA, are included in this list. Some ski resorts and unofficial weather stations report higher amounts of snowfall than places on this list. Official weather stations are usually located in populated places and snowfall statistics for isolated and unpopulated areas are often not recorded.
Mount Rainier and Mount Baker in Washington are the snowiest places in the United States which have weather stations, receiving annually on average. By comparison, the populated place with the highest snowfall in the world is believed to be Sukayu Onsen in the Siberian-facing Japanese Alps. Sukayu Onsen receives (nearly 58 feet) of snow annually. Nearby mountain slopes may receive even more.
The amount of snow received at weather stations varies substantially from year to year. For example, the annual snowfall at Paradise Ranger Station in Mount Rainier National Park has been as little as in 2014–2015 and as much as in 1971–1972.
+ Weather stations with highest snowfall in the United States by state, 1985–2015 State Place Average annual snowfall"The snowiest place in each state," The Weather Channel, accessed 23 Apr 2019. elevation of weather station Google Earth coordinates Other snowy areas (limited or unofficial data) and notes 1. Washington Paradise, Mount Rainier Mount Baker, annually. 2. Oregon Timberline Lodge Ski Area Crater Lake, annually. 3. Utah Alta Brighton Ski Resort, annually. 4. California Soda Springs Sugar Bowl Ski Resort 2.5 miles east of Soda Springs, annually. Lake Helen at Mount Lassen and Kalmia Lake in the Trinity Alps are estimated to receive 600–700 inches of snow per year. Tamarack in Calaveras County holds the record for the deepest snowfall on earth (). 5. Alaska Valdez Alyeska Resort, annually. 6. New Hampshire Mount Washington Elevation of weather station. 7. Colorado Climax Wolf Creek Pass Ski Area. annually. 8. Wyoming Burgess Junction Grand Targhee Resort, annually. 9. New York High Market (West Turin) Syracuse named snowiest city in U.S., annually. 10. Michigan Herman 11. Vermont Mount Mansfield Jay Peak Resort, annually. 12. Idaho Island Park Lookout Pass, annually. 13. South Dakota near Lead 14. Montana Mystic Lake Cooke City, annually. Higher totals common at Big Sky. 15. West Virginia Terra Alta 16. Wisconsin Hurley 17. New Mexico Red River Taos Ski Valley, 18. Maine Eustis 19. Arizona Bright Angel Ranger Station Arizona Snowbowl, . Sunrise Park Resort, . Hawley Lake . 20. Nevada Wild Horse Reservoir Mount Rose Ski Tahoe, 21. Ohio Chardon 22. Maryland Oakland 23. Pennsylvania Erie 24. North Carolina Mount Mitchell 25. Minnesota Duluth 26. Tennessee Mount Le Conte 27. Connecticut Norfolk 28. Massachusetts Ashburnham 29. Indiana South Bend 30. Rhode Island North Foster 31. Virginia Wise 32. North Dakota Fargo 33. Nebraska Harrisburg 34. Iowa Dubuque 35. New Jersey Sussex 36. Illinois Chicago 37. Kansas McDonald 38. Kentucky Closplint 39. Oklahoma Boise City 40. Missouri Edina 41. Delaware Wilmington 42. Texas Stratford 43. Arkansas Gravette 44. South Carolina Caesars Head Elevation of weather station 45. Alabama Valley Head 46. Georgia Dallas Highest peaks in Appalachian Mountains get ca. annually. 47. Mississippi Hickory Flat 48. Louisiana Shreveport 49. Florida Milton 50. Hawaii – – – Occasional snow above elevation. The Mauna Loa Observatoryat an elevation of averages of snow per year.
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