Late Jan. 2026: Snow where you are?

[Glenn MacGrady]

56.1% of the USA is covered by snow today, compared to 19.1% last month.

Here in northwest Connecticut, I haven't been outside for two days due to the snowstorm. I'm guessing about 15" on top of the several inches already on the ground. Tomorrow, I'll measure exactly while I'm outside for hours in 10° F (-12° C) weather, plowing my 600' driveway going and going and going backwards with my inverted back blade. . . . BRRRR!! (Suwanee, how I love ya, how I love ya!!!)

 

[Penns Woods]

I measured 16" of snow at my house. I spent all day plowing, I'm running out of space to push it. Durning a break to get warm I checked the weather forecast, it stays cold at least till the end of the month. I should be accustom to this. Cold winter weather is no stranger to northern Penna. I find it much harder to take the cold as I get older. I don't know how my friends up North handles it. On the other hand, I should be grateful for snow. this still isn't as bad as the Ice covering parts of the South. Sorry for going on like that, had to vent a little.

 

[MichaelMerry]

About 16 beautiful inches in Cleveland, Ohio. We usually have to chase it to x country ski, but it’s all right here and looks to be for weeks! Love it!

 

[dutchlennart]

None naar Amsterdam

 

[RBourg]

In south Louisiana snow flurries were observed a couple nights ago and we awoke to a paper thin layer on some horizontal surfaces. In comparison, a year ago we actually had a foot of snow which is really tough to deal with in the deep south.

 

[Black_Fly]

8” here in the national toilet bowl of SW Ohio. Snowshoed around the neighborhood yesterday, but it’s very cold. Still tough to get the car out of the driveway. We buy 4 wheel drive cars not snow blowers. May need to reassess that philosophy.

 

[eckilson]

16-18 inches in northern RI - nice light fluffy stuff. I have a snow blower, but never checked to make sure it would start, and it didn't. May need to reassess that philosophy too.

 

[Punkinhead]

We've been camping in Florida since the first of the year and will be here for a few more weeks. We've paddled several days a week - mostly in Rookery Bay and in the mangroves trails like the Turner River in Big Cypress and yesterday on Key Largo. We're moving north in a couple days to Myakka State Park then on to Crystal River, Rainbow Springs, then up to the panhandle before heading home. We'd love to stay through March but I'm having a pole barn built and they're set to start the third week in February. Coming home early this year will also allow me to attend Canoecopia.

 

[Robin]

About 16” here in Maine. Heading out shortly for round two of plowing.

 

[scoutergriz]

I haven't measured it in southern Ontario, but it's over my knees, and so deep (maybe 2' on top of the 8' a few days ago) that it took multiple passes with the snowblower because it kept tunneling UNDER the snow, the drifts are over 3' at the back door.
it's the first time in almost 50 years of driving that I had to use 4wd to get out of my driveway (all 30' of it)

 

[yknpdlr]

Tug Hill Plateau, east of Lake Ontario. Although I grew up and still live on the perimeter of the area, this and last season are some of the deepest existing snow levels I have ever seen. I have a small hunting camp near these images. Normally I ski 2 miles in to shovel the roof, have done so twice so far this season, but with actual temperatures regularly going below zero F (-20F the past couple of nights) and remaining in the low single numbers all day, it is just too dangerous for me to go to save the roof for now. I fear now that my cabin may not survive until I can get there again.

These images are from automatic webcams set by snowmobile clubs (an activity of which I am most definitely not involved).


Snow level at 4 feet


Nearly 5 feet!


Approaching the parking area of a popular watering hole tavern



Typical, of what I usually see, I am sure it is much worse today.

 

[GeoBoy]

Only good thing about the cold is it may reduce the tick population.

 

[Gamma1214]

Only good thing about the cold is it may reduce the tick population.

I'm not normally pessimistic but I'll make an exception: Snow is a pretty good insulator so those beasts are probably fine. I've always thought (perhaps wrongly) that extreme cold without snow cover was better to kill some of them off.

Speaking of snow cover... it wasn't too bad here. We got about 10 inches but it's very dry & powdery. Makes it harder to keep on the shovel but the snow doesn't weigh as much... I use a #10 scoop shovel and I'm pretty sure the shovel weighs more than the snow.

 

[Benson Gray]

We have a 'wedding cake' of snow on top of the deck table.

Benson

 

[Boatman53]

About 14-16” here in mid coast Maine. Did a bunch of shoveling yesterday and it snowed again last night so a quick shovel job yet this morning. Good news is we did not lose power.
Jim

 

[yknpdlr]

I'm not normally pessimistic but I'll make an exception: Snow is a pretty good insulator so those beasts are probably fine. I've always thought (perhaps wrongly) that extreme cold without snow cover was better to kill some of them off.

That is exactly what I have understood is true also. Don't count on my 5 feet of snow depth to do anything but to protect them over winter hiding in the dead grass below

 

[snapper]

According to our snow gauge (the picnic table on the patio) we got about 18". Plenty enough to refresh the xc ski trails and create the need for my snowshoes to come out of the pole barn. I spent a lot of yesterday clearing out the driveway, around our pole barn and up to my wood shed. Thankfully I have a snow blower so that helps tremendously.

Today I spent another couple of hours shoveling off the stairs and upper deck for our B&B. We're not open in the winter but I do my best to remove the snow so as to keep the weight off the deck & stairs. I figure that will help everything in the long run.

That's all for now. Take care and until next time...be well.

snapper

 

[Goodtimescharlie]

Not much here in Troncones, Mexico!

 

[lowangle al]

My snow in the Poconos where I'm at was too wind driven to measure. Some areas held no snow and some had three feet or more. I shoveled Sunday during the storm and removed what I guess was about 15 inches, which was confirmed when I took a ski in the woods. It kept snowing and the wind intensified until it just about stopped around 11PM.

The snow I shoveled yesterday was hard to measure but I estimate it was about the same amount that I removed the day before. This jives with my weather app that stated 29 inches fell in my area. The drifted snow was dense and formed slabs that easily separated when moved. This is one type of snow that produces avalanches. Luckily there is little terrain around me steep enough to slide or it is kept in place by thick trees. There was one avalanche reported in the news in my county. It was down by the Susq. and it closed a road. Coxton Rd. in Duryea Pa. if you want to google it.

 

[Jmharrick]

I think we got somewhere between 12-14 inches in Saranac Lake, NY. Fluffy, powdery, snow. That’s on top of almost 2 feet I already had in the yard. I invested in a snow blower this year and have used it quite a bit.