Average First Snowfall – NBC New York

Parts of upstate New York have seen significant snowfall, with Orchard Park and other Buffalo suburbs south of the city receiving several feet of snow this week. But New York City has yet to see any measurable snow as December begins.

It was a dry fall, New York City faced drought and fires. Will it continue to be warm and have little precipitation?

And when might New York City see the first measurable snow of the season?

When does the first snow fall on average in New York City?

Typically, the first measurable snowfall in New York City falls on December 7th. That would mean this Saturday is the average first snowfall, but aside from some severe weather, no measurable snowfall is forecast.

When will New York City experience its earliest snowfall on record?

You have to go back quite far in history, more than a century to be exact, to see how New York City experienced its first snowfall in recorded history on October 15, 1876.

That definitely didn’t happen this year!

When is the last recorded snowfall in New York City?

The last measurable snowfall in New York City occurred just two winters ago, on February 1, 2023.

Will we break this record this year? It’s too early to say that.

When was the first measurable snowfall last winter?

The first measurable snowfall of last winter in New York City came on January 6, when it snowed 0.2 inches.