which state/city has the most snow each year? (snowfall, warm, records)

[sujoker]

I'm not talking about records from the 50's. i'm talking about recent years like 2006, 2007 and part of 08..

plan on relocating to a different state soon. preferably a state with a lot of snow and where it's cold.

[Jammie]

If you're talking about a tremendous amount of snow~New Hampshire seems to have had more then enough of it this year. My guess is that any of the states by the Great Lakes would also be a good spot for you.

Wyoming, Minnesota, and Montana also come to mind. They may not have as much snow as the others I mentioned, but they probably have the coldest temps, especially Mn.

Welcome to the forum.

[sujoker]

how does the great lakes affect the outcome of a good snow?

[dxiweodwo]

Originally Posted by sujoker

how does the great lakes affect the outcome of a good snow?

you might want to try the Tug Hill Plateau also, the average over 250 inches of snow a year and the average low in January is 0. Btw, the tug hill is in Upstate NY

The great lakes affects it pretty good, if you live on the "downwind"(the southern shore of the lake) you'll get tons of lake effect snow, but keep in mind the closer you are to the lakes, the warmer it'll be because the lakes moderate winter temps.

another place is the UP of Michigan, west of Marquette in the Higher elevations, the average up to 300 inches of snow a year and the January average low there is anywhere between 0 and -10.

good luck, and welcome to the forum

[Bydand]

Parts of Colorado get dumped on a LOT. Wolf Creek Pass ski area had 492" this season. Not sure how cold they get there though. Northern Maine is fairly cold (44 days below 0 this winter) but not a tremendous amount of snow (110" on average, 198 this year). The UP of Michigan can be real cold and gets a lot of snow because of the lake effect off of Lake Superior.

[Fleet]

Snowiest Cities:

Location----------------------- Snowfall/year--- Population

Truckee, Calif.----------------- 203.4"----- 13,800
Marquette, MI (airport)--------- 179.8------ - -
Marquette, MI (city)------------ 118.2----- 19,600
Steamboat Springs, CO--------- 173.3------ 9,000
Oswego, NY-------------------- 153.3----- 18,000
Sault Ste. Marie, MI------------- 131.2----- 16,600
Saracuse, NY------------------- 120.2----- 147,300
Meadville, PA------------------- 111.2----- 13,700
Flagstaff, AZ------------------- 111.1------ 53,000
Watertown, NY----------------- 110.8------ 26,700
Muskegon, MI------------------ 105.9------ 40,100
Rochester, NY------------------ 99.5------- 219,800
Utica, NY----------------------- 98.5------- 60,600
Montpelier, VT------------------ 97.9------- 8,100
Traverse City, MI--------------- 96.8-------14,500
Buffalo, NY--------------------- 95.7------- 292,700
Juneau, AL--------------------- 95.3------- 30,700
Presque Isle, ME---------------- 93.2------- 9,600
Cortland, NY-------------------- 91.3------- 18,700
Casper, WY--------------------- 85.6------- 49,700
Duluth, MN---------------------- 83.3------- 87,000
Berlin, NH----------------------- 82.6------- 10,300
Burlington, VT------------------- 81.6------- 38,900

Snowiest Towns in New England:

First Connecticut Lake, NH------- 172"/year
Rangely, Maine------------------ 118
Somerset, VT------------------- 114
Norfolk, CT---------------------- 107
West Cummington, MA----------- 85
North Foster, RI----------------- 55

10 Snowiest Locations in the Western U.S.

Paradise R.S., Mt. Rainer, WA----- 680"/year
Thompson Pass, AK--------------- 552
Mt. Baker Lodge, WA-------------- 530
Crater Lake, OR------------------- 530
Alta, UT-------------------------- 516
Soda Springs, CA----------------- 471
Tamarack, CA-------------------- 445
Stampede Pass, WA-------------- 442
Wolf Creek Pass, CO-------------- 436
Silver Lake Brighton, UT----------- 429

[Bo]

I spent one winter in Syracuse, NY. The city got its average snowfall of 120" that winter and it coped beautifully. The streets were cleared promptly and the schools were never closed. If you love snow and want to live in a big city, that's the place to be.

BTW, the first snowfall I experienced that winter I was there was no piddly trace or flurries. It was 18 inches!

[lumumba]

Guys, what are you talking about? I live on a fifth floor, and then it's snowing its level can reach my windowsill! Don't ask me about the 1st one...

[Jammie]

Originally Posted by lumumba

Guys, what are you talking about? I live on a fifth floor, and then it's snowing its level can reach my windowsill! Don't ask me about the 1st one...

That's cute!!! What area of Russia do you live in? I have ancestors who were from Odessa/South Kassel/Ukraine area.

[lumumba]

Originally Posted by Jammie

That's cute!!! What area of Russia do you live in? I have ancestors who were from Odessa/South Kassel/Ukraine area.

actually we sometimes go away for a holiday to Odessa or to South Ukrain area so there isn't that much of snow there, I am not even sure they see it each year : )
I live not far from Moscow and it seems we've got some shrinkages in the snow amount falling down in winters, 'greenhouse' you know : ) but it will never stop being snowy in our Siberia's area! And actually when I was a child I used to live in Murmansk region (directly upwards from Moscow to the North until it's the adge of the land) and I happend to see 'polar lightning' and there was a huge amount of snow as if all the snow of the world had been moved there and we could make kinds of mazes underneath the snow surface! It was really amusing such a thing!