Was Winter '21-22 One of Our "Least Snowiest" On Record?

Reliving this past winter will give you more appreciation of this stretch of 80-degree days we are having!

I know. As you fire up your air conditioner to cool off the 2nd floor of your house this week snow and winter are the last things you have in mind. Or maybe this mild weather is the continutation of what seemed like a mild winter, at least in the snow department.

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While we certainly got some snow this winter, it just seemed a little weaker than normal. And we also never got hit with the one big yearly storm that typically brings in FEET of snow. Well, as it turns it, it was one of less snowy winters we have had since the National Weather Service started keeping records back in the winter of 1884-1885

How Much Snow Did Albany Get This Winter?

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According to the National Weather Service, all told we got 36.4 total inches of snowfall in Albany this year which is almost 2 feet below our normal average of 59.2 inches! We never had a month either where we got a ton of snow, with February getting the most accumulation with 10.7 inches.

That 36.4 inches of snowfall, while not one of our top 10 all-time least snowy in Albany, made Winter 2021-2021 the 21st least snowy winter on record in Albany. So in the almost 140 years, they have been keeping records, this winter was definitely on the much weaker end of the snow spectrum..

Here are the top 10 least snowy winter all time in our state capital:

Albany's 10 Least Snowy Winters Of All Time

Some winters in Upstate New York can be absolutely brutal as far as massive amounts of snow. Then there are times like this winter when it feels like the snow is pretty much non-existent. It wouldn't be the first time! Here are the 10 least snowy winters of all time according to the National Weather Service of Albany

See The 10 Biggest April Snowfalls In Albany History [RANKED]

In Upstate New York, you can never feel fully secure that snow is completely done until late spring. While we usually do not see a ton of snow in April, it is not unheard of. And if history tells us anything, a big April snowstorm is always possible. We have had a few April doozies over the years, and here are the top 10 April snowfalls on record in Albany according to the National Weather Service.