page_title: List of snowiest places in the United States by state
hierarchical_section_title: List of snowiest places in the United States by state
caption_attribution_description: English: Cars covered in Snow on Lake Shore Drive Chicago Feb 2 2011 storm
context_page_description: The List of snowiest places in the United States by state shows average annual snowfall totals for the period 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.
  Mt. Rainier and Mt. Baker in Washington state are the snowiest places in the United States which have weather stations, receiving 645 inches 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 694.5 inches 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 266 inches in 2014-2015 and as much as 1,122 inches in 1971-1972.
context_section_description: The List of snowiest places in the United States by state shows average annual snowfall totals for the period 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.    
  Mt. Rainier and Mt. Baker in Washington state are the snowiest places in the United States which have weather stations, receiving 645 inches (1,640 cm) 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 694.5 inches (1,764 cm) (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 266 inches (680 cm) in 2014-2015 and as much as 1,122 inches (2,850 cm) in 1971-1972.
caption: A Chicago snowstorm.
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