Guides
Snowfall guides
Plain-language help for the moments someone asks how much snow fell: a plow invoice, an insurance claim, a question about last winter. Each guide uses public sources and says where they stop being enough.
Guides
How to find, prove and document snowfall at a place and date.
How to find how much snow fell on a past date
Free station records from NOAA, the National Weather Service and CoCoRaHS, when they are enough, and how to get a written total for one address.
Proof of snowfall for snow removal billing
Why per-push and per-inch bills get disputed, what counts as proof, how to document each storm and how to settle a dispute.
Snowfall history by city
Official snowfall records for a city, season by season.
Boston snowfall history: biggest storms and recent winters
Last three winters at Boston Logan against the NOAA 1991-2020 normal, the five biggest storms in ten winters, and why snowfall varies across the metro.
New York City snowfall history: biggest storms and recent winters
Last three winters in Central Park against the NOAA 1991-2020 normal, the five biggest storms in ten winters, and how the coast and inland suburbs trade places from storm to storm.
Philadelphia snowfall history: biggest storms and recent winters
Last three winters at Philadelphia International against the NOAA 1991-2020 normal, the five biggest storms in ten winters, and how sleet and storm track change totals around the city.
Pittsburgh snowfall history: biggest storms and recent winters
Last three winters at Pittsburgh International against the NOAA 1991-2020 normal, the five biggest storms in ten winters, and how ridges, hills and mixed precipitation change totals.
Buffalo snowfall history: biggest storms and recent winters
Last three winters at Buffalo Niagara against the NOAA 1991-2020 normal, the five biggest storms in ten winters, and why lake-effect bands make snowfall so uneven across the metro.
Syracuse snowfall history: biggest storms and recent winters
Last three winters at Syracuse Hancock against the NOAA 1991-2020 normal, the five biggest storms in ten winters, and how Lake Ontario bands change totals around the city.
Chicago snowfall history: biggest storms and recent winters
Last three winters at Chicago O'Hare against the NOAA 1991-2020 normal, the five biggest storms in ten winters, and how Lake Michigan changes totals across the metro.
Milwaukee snowfall history: biggest storms and recent winters
Last three winters at Milwaukee Mitchell against the NOAA 1991-2020 normal, the five biggest storms in ten winters, and how Lake Michigan adds snow near the shore in some storms.
Minneapolis-St. Paul snowfall history: biggest storms and recent winters
Last three winters at Minneapolis-St. Paul International against the NOAA 1991-2020 normal, the five biggest storms in ten winters, and how each storm track sorts the totals.
Indianapolis snowfall history: biggest storms and recent winters
Last three winters at Indianapolis International against the NOAA 1991-2020 normal, the five biggest storms in ten winters, and how storm track sorts totals across central Indiana.
Cincinnati snowfall history: biggest storms and recent winters
Last three winters at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky against the NOAA 1991-2020 normal, the five biggest storms in ten winters, and why the airport can read lower than Dayton or Columbus.
Denver snowfall history: biggest storms and recent winters
Last three winters at Denver International, the five biggest storms in ten winters, and why snowfall varies from the plains to the foothills.
Storm recaps
How much snow a major storm left, from the official record.
January 24-26, 2026 snowstorm: snow totals by city
Official station totals for ten major cities, from 23.2 inches at Boston to 4.4 at Chicago O'Hare, with what happened and why totals differ by address.
Season recaps
Winter snowfall totals across major cities.
Winter 2025-26 snowfall totals by city
Season snowfall at 14 official stations from Buffalo to Denver, the NOAA 1991-2020 normal, and the biggest storms of the winter.
Use-case pages
Two pages cover how a Free Snow Report fits a specific job: snow removal contractors and insurance claims. The methodology page explains how the totals are calculated.