Rochester, NY Snowfall A

First snow Nov 8 · Last snow Apr 10 · 101.8 in/yr · Station: FREDERICK DOUGLASS GREATER ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Avg First Snow

Nov 8

Median over 30 seasons 1d late

Avg Last Snow

Apr 10

Median over 30 seasons

Snow Season

154 days

SepJun

Avg Annual Snowfall

101.8 in

Rank #17 of 217 tracked

Latest season (2025–26): first measurable snowfall arrived 1 day later than the 30-year normal.

Average Monthly Snowfall (inches)

Sep

0.1

Oct

8.2

Nov

22.1

Dec

27.4

Jan

23.0

Feb

17.9

Mar

3.0

Apr

0.1

May

Jun

How Rochester Compares

Rochester snowfall vs New York and U.S. medians
Measure	Rochester	New York median	U.S. median
Avg annual snowfall	101.8 in	95.0 in	39.1 in
Avg first snowfall	Nov 8	Nov 9	Nov 16
Avg last snowfall	Apr 10	Apr 8	Apr 3
Snow season length	154 days	152 days	139 days

Medians are taken across tracked cities with regular snowfall (9 in New York, 201 nationally).

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Ski Resorts in New York

Data source: NOAA GHCN-Daily records for FREDERICK DOUGLASS GREATER ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (USW00014768), 7 km from the city center, accessed via the ACIS web service. Normals window: 1990–91 through 2019–20 snow seasons. Measurable snow = ≥ 0.1 in.