# How many states have you seen snow in? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 26, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-seen-snow-in/778249 "2017-01-26T19:46:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-seen-snow-in/778249/21 "2017-01-27T07:27:31Z")
I had a distant relative who had grown up in Cuba. When he came up here, he saw snow for the first time. He wanted to fill a cardboard carton with some and send it back home. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-seen-snow-in/778249/22 "2017-01-27T13:46:52Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > True enough for tourists. Locals don’t consider it remarkable, since it happens most every year. > > I have heard stories that people drive their pick-up trucks up Mauna Kea, collect snow, and make snowmen for their yards, freaking out visitors who have no idea where the snow came from. However, I’ve never seen it myself so I don’t know how true that is. Some people will ski the crater. Our volcano tour guide said he was a proud member of the University of Hawaii Hilo Intermural Ski team. (Personally, I think what must be a walk up that crater to ski down is way too much work, but to say you’ve done it, it might be worth the walk). ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-seen-snow-in/778249/23 "2017-01-27T16:04:14Z")
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New York, California (in the mountains) ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-seen-snow-in/778249/24 "2017-01-28T02:25:02Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > You can do better than that in Hawaii. [There is sometimes actual snow skiing on Mauna Kea](http://www.hawaiiinfoguide.com/hawaii_skiing.htm) Thanks for the link … I’m always looking for new sources of info on the Big [Island.www.bigislandhikes.com](http://Island.www.bigislandhikes.com) is my favorite to date, but the more the better. ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-seen-snow-in/778249/25 "2017-01-28T07:02:13Z")
Positively: TN, CA, MI, ND, SD, AK Probably: IL, IN, MN Possibly: NC, VA ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-seen-snow-in/778249/26 "2017-01-28T15:42:48Z")
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Ohio, Minnesota, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania ---
**Author:** ![JHBoom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/13edae/32.png) [@JHBoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JHBoom)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-seen-snow-in/778249/27 "2017-01-29T18:15:59Z")
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, Vermont ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-seen-snow-in/778249/28 "2017-01-29T19:23:07Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I’ve seen snow in five states: Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Colorado. Plus Nepal and Switzerland. _Maybe_ Japan (I _think_ we saw snow on Mt. Fuji as we were flying into Tokyo). _Maybe_ a couple other alpine areas in Europe, but this is all I can name for sure. I’m going to go out on a limb and name Liechtenstein and Austria, but like Switzerland it would have been seeing it on mountaintops at a distance. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-seen-snow-in/778249/29 "2017-01-29T23:03:48Z")
How could I forget MA? I was in charge of plowing the runways at the naval station there! ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-seen-snow-in/778249/30 "2017-01-30T01:49:08Z")
Ar, mo, ia, wi, il, oh, pa, nj, ny, ma, de, md, mi, in, wv, co, ks, vt, nh ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-seen-snow-in/778249/31 "2017-01-30T01:57:36Z")
Wow so much snow. Clearly climate change is fake. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-seen-snow-in/778249/32 "2017-01-31T04:56:37Z")
> [@BeepKillBeep](#): > > Wow so much snow. Clearly climate change is fake. Carl Sagan and other scientists have detailed very well how with climate change, you get extremes at both ends – hotter summers, colder winters. That’s why “global warming,” which I suspect is what you’re thinking of, is such a misnomer. Besides, no one here’s said how much snow they’ve seen. Just snow. ---
**Author:** ![Marion\_Wormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-seen-snow-in/778249/33 "2017-01-31T21:42:40Z")
NV, CA (in San Francisco!), MN, VA, MD, TX, OK, CO, NY, IL, DC (a pseudo-state), and PA. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-seen-snow-in/778249/34 "2017-02-01T18:49:18Z")
IL (more than I care to remember), CO, AK, and WA if seeing the snow-capped Mount Baker from Grouse Mountain in Vancouver BC counts. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-seen-snow-in/778249/35 "2017-02-01T20:09:49Z")
Iowa, Wyoming, Oregon, Washington, Missouri, Hawaii, Illinois, Colorado, Kansas. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-seen-snow-in/778249/36 "2017-02-02T03:29:03Z")
Nebraska, Kansas, Wisconsin, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, Colorado, Washington, Mississippi, Wyoming 1. I knew it’d be a short list - what a fun little exercise. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-seen-snow-in/778249/37 "2017-02-02T03:56:15Z")
US: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Colorado, Missouri, Wyoming, New York, Massachusetts. Elsewhere: Germany, Austria, Australia (_barely_), New Zealand, Japan (also _barely_). I thought I loved snow, then I went to basic training in Missouri in February and learned that I do not. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-seen-snow-in/778249/38 "2017-02-02T22:26:26Z")
Definite: Ohio (grew up there); Virginia (attended college there); Indiana (live there now); Pennsylvania, Illinois, New York (car and bus trips – one of the latter also featured sightings in Ontario and Quebec). Possible: Vermont, Delaware, Maryland (Amtrak ride in January that also passed through DC); Michigan (don’t remember if there was snow on the ground during trips to college basketball games there); Kentucky, Tennessee (a drive through a bad cold-weather storm during which snow may have fallen) Close but no cigar: Florida (a January trip during which I experienced freezing temperatures and saw ice on trees, but no snow) So at least six (and up to twelve) states, plus two Canadian provinces. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-seen-snow-in/778249/39 "2017-02-02T23:37:19Z")
13, possibly 16: Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Michigan Minnesota Iowa Missouri (thanks to a snowstorm during a business trip, as well as the next state) Kansas Colorado Massachusetts New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Wyoming \* Hawaii \* Washington \* (\* - if seeing snow up on mountains counts – did not actually have snow fall on my head there) ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-seen-snow-in/778249/40 "2017-02-03T04:21:20Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Carl Sagan and other scientists have detailed very well how with climate change, you get extremes at both ends – hotter summers, colder winters. That’s why “global warming,” which I suspect is what you’re thinking of, is such a misnomer. > > Besides, no one here’s said how much snow they’ve seen. Just snow. That’s a whooshing. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-states-have-you-seen-snow-in/778249.md?page=1)