Annual Snowfall for Benzie County, Michigan
as of 4-26-2026

As measured at the Benzie County Road Commission, the official annual snowfall for the county is 153.25 inches for the 2025-2026 winter season.

The official average annual snowfall for the county is 120.14 inches as seen over 82 seasons, from 1944 to 2026.

For what it's worth, here are some 10-year averages:

As of spring 1956: 93.9 inches (1946-1956)
As of spring 1966: 124.4 inches (1956-1966)
As of spring 1976: 108.9 inches (1966-1976)
As of spring 1986: 132.3 inches (1976-1986)
As of spring 1996: 124.0 inches (1986-1996)
As of spring 2006: 140.6 inches (1996-2006)
(A general trend upwards)

As of spring 2016: 134.7 inches (2006-2016)
As of spring 2017: 130.9 inches (2007-2017)
As of spring 2018: 133.0 inches (2008-2018)
As of spring 2019: 126.5 inches (2009-2019)
As of spring 2020: 128.2 inches (2009-2020)
As of spring 2021: 123.4 inches (2010-2021)
As of spring 2022: 125.1 inches (2011-2022)
As of spring 2023: 119.8 inches (2012-2023)
As of spring 2024: 102.7 inches (2013-2024)
As of spring 2025: 103.9 inches (2014-2025)
As of spring 2026: 108.5 inches (2015-2026)
(A general trend downwards)

The annual snowfall per year since 1944-45 is shown in the chart below. Note that since 1944 when records started being kept:

  • the maximum snowfall we've received is 230" during the 2013-14 season
  • the minimum is 33.5" during the 1973-74 season
  • the second highest is 213.5".during the 1996-1997 season
  • the second lowest was 59.25".during the 2023-2024 season



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More Details...

For those that like more detail, here is a table of monthy snowfall accumulation from 1944 to 2020. (Please note that for seven years we have no monthly data.) Here are some conslusions...
  • We rarely see any accumulation in October or May. (We saw snow just five times in October and just once in May over 69 years.)
  • Monthly averages over 69 seasons:
    • November: 10.3"
    • December 31.7"
    • January: 40.4"
    • February: 24.6"
    • March: 14.3"
    • April: 3.2"
  • Monthly lows and highs over 69 seasons:
    • November: 0.0" to 33.0"
    • December 2.0" to 108.0"
    • January: 15.5" to 90.0"
    • February: 2.0" to 58.75"
    • March: 0.0" to 38.5"
    • April: 0.0" to 26.0"
  • The most snow we ever saw in one month was 108" in December of 1989.
  • No snow:
    • For only 7 years out of 69 (10%) we saw no snow in November.
    • For 27 years out of 69 (39%) we saw no snow in April.
    • For just 2 years out of 69 (3%) we saw no snow in March.
  • We always get snow in December, January, and February.


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The data is courtesy of the
Benzie County Road Commission.