Snowiest places in the US in January

Ranked by the most normal snowfall in January. First: Steamboat Springs, CO (46.6 in), of 369 cities.

Snowiest places in the US in January
Rank	City	Snowfall	High	Wet days
1	Steamboat Springs, CO	46.6 in	29°F	15
2	Traverse City, MI	44.5 in	29°F	14
3	West Yellowstone, MT	43.8 in	23°F	15
4	South Lake Tahoe, CA	37.9 in	43°F	10
5	Incline Village, NV	37.9 in	40°F	11
6	Vail, CO	35.3 in	29°F	12
7	Syracuse, NY	34.0 in	32°F	19
8	Aspen, CO	28.1 in	32°F	13
9	Breckenridge, CO	27.7 in	30°F	13
10	Rochester, NY	27.4 in	33°F	20
11	Sun Valley, ID	27.0 in	31°F	10
12	Buffalo, NY	26.7 in	32°F	19
13	Juneau, AK	24.5 in	33°F	20
14	Mackinac Island, MI	24.2 in	27°F	16
15	Telluride, CO	23.6 in	36°F	10
16	Grand Rapids, MI	22.6 in	31°F	17
17	Niagara Falls, NY	22.3 in	32°F	18
18	Park City, UT	22.1 in	35°F	10
19	Leavenworth, WA	22.1 in	34°F	14
20	South Bend, IN	21.6 in	31°F	17
21	Burlington, VT	21.1 in	29°F	15
22	Stowe, VT	21.1 in	26°F	12
23	Lake Placid, NY	21.0 in	23°F	19
24	Flagstaff, AZ	20.9 in	43°F	7
25	Lewiston, ME	20.8 in	29°F	11

Which states lead

Colorado (5 of the top 25), New York (5 of the top 25), Michigan (3 of the top 25), then 11 more states. The top 25 range from 46.6 in to 20.8 in; the median across all 369 cities is 1.7 in.

The other end: least snowy in January

Snowiest places through the year

Month	First place	Snowfall
January	Steamboat Springs, CO	46.6 in
February	South Lake Tahoe, CA	41.3 in
March	South Lake Tahoe, CA	34.7 in
April	Estes Park, CO	35.2 in
May	Estes Park, CO	14.0 in
September	Denali Park, AK	5.0 in
October	Estes Park, CO	14.1 in
November	Vail, CO	25.9 in
December	West Yellowstone, MT	45.2 in

369 cities with data for this measure. Folded suburbs share their lead city's values and are not listed separately. Methodology.