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Snowiest Cities in Illinois

The top 25 of 46 Illinois cities on GIS Map, ranked by average annual snowfall.

#CityAverage annual snowfall
1Oak Lawn
38.8 in
2Palatine
38.5 in
3Addison
38.4 in
4Des Plaines
38.4 in
5Elmhurst
38.4 in
6Park Ridge
38.4 in
7Rockford
37.1 in
8Crystal Lake
35.1 in
9Lake in the Hills
35.1 in
10Freeport
34.5 in
11Bartlett
34.0 in
12Hanover Park
34.0 in
13Hoffman Estates
34.0 in
14Schaumburg
34.0 in
15Streamwood
34.0 in
16Evanston
33.6 in
17Glenview
33.6 in
18Skokie
33.6 in
19Bolingbrook
33.2 in
20Plainfield
33.2 in
21Romeoville
33.2 in
22DeKalb
33.1 in
23Carpentersville
32.1 in
24Elgin
32.1 in
25Sterling
31.2 in

Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals, nearest station with complete data. Only cities covered by GIS Map with at least 1,000 residents are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.

Citing this page: GIS Map, “Snowiest Cities in Illinois”, https://gismap.land/rankings/illinois/snowiest-cities. Figures from NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals, nearest station with complete data.

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