Season-to-date snowfall estimate from Sept. 30, 2021, through Feb. 8, 2022.

(NOAA)

At a Glance

Areas near the Northeast seaboard and Alaska have been much snowier than usual this season.However, parts of the Midwest and West have been markedly less snowy than average.A number of cities in the South have also been much snowier than the norm.

Snowfall this season has been unusually heavy in some parts of the United States but strangely lacking in many others with plenty of snow still left this winter and spring.

Recent storms have left significant snow and ice in their wake, including the bomb cyclone that was in late January, followed almost immediately by expansive wintry mess from the Rockies and South to the Northeast.

With a momentary lull in the typical January and February parade of storms, let's take a look at some of the snow leaders and laggards by region so far this season, starting with the first snow of the season in the fall.

By leaders and laggards, we mean seasonal snowfall relative to average, not simply straight snow amounts.

Northeast

The locations where snow has been most anomalously high this season have been along the mid-Atlantic seaboard.

The clear snow leader is along the Jersey Shore. Three January storms dumped almost two full years' worth of snow in Atlantic City, tying their third-snowiest month on record.

In Salisbury, Maryland, four separate January snow events tripled their average seasonal snow-to-date through early February.

Boston also went from almost a 1-foot snow deficit in the first week of January to a nearly 10-inch surplus largely from Winter Storm Garrett in early January (11.7 inches), then a record-tying calendar day snow from Winter Storm Kenan (23.6 inches on Jan. 29).

Northeast cities with at least a 10-inch seasonal snow surplus or at least double their average seasonal snow to date through Feb. 9, 2022.

(Data: NOAA/NWS; Graphic: Infogram)

The region's biggest snow laggards are areas you'd typically expect to be pummeled with heavy snow – namely, parts of the Great Lakes snowbelts and interior.

Syracuse, New York, has an over 3-foot season snow deficit, the region's largest. Erie, Pennsylvania, has a 22-inch deficit, despite what sounds like a healthy 52-inch seasonal snow tally through early February.

Albany, New York (17.1 inches), and Allentown, Pennsylvania (8.9 inches), have each picked up less than half their average snow so far.

Midwest

It was a challenge finding Midwest locations with big snow surpluses.

The largest one we found was in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Their 48-inch seasonal total at the University of North Dakota through early February was just over 18 inches snowier than average.

Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (15-inch surplus), and Akron-Canton, Ohio (11.6 inches), were the only other major reporting stations we could find with at least a 10-inch excess.

Despite recent snow, many other locations from the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley to the Plains are still behind the seasonal pace.

While one Lower Michigan snowbelt city had the largest snow deficit, some of the most stunning snowless places were in the Missouri Valley.

Only two other seasons (1982-83 and 2010-11) have started out less snowy in Pierre, South Dakota. The capital city has been less snowy than Dallas (1.7 inches) so far this season. The winds and lack of snow cover prompted the National Weather Service office in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to issue its for fire danger since at least 2006.

A sampling of Plains and Midwest cities with larger seasonal snow deficits through Feb. 9, 2022.

(Data: NOAA/NWS; Graphic: Infogram)

West

Two Alaska cities sit atop the snow leaders so far.

Juneau (103 inches) has an almost 40-inch surplus so far, fueled by their wettest January on record. Fairbanks (75 inches) is 28 inches ahead of the pace as well.

The Lake Tahoe region can be considered both a leader and laggard.

For the season, 119 inches of snow in Tahoe City, California, is 21 inches ahead of the average pace.

But 79% of that snow fell in a frenetic two-week stretch in mid- to late December. As of the time this article was published, they hadn't seen any fresh snowfall since New Year's Day as a dome of high pressure near the West Coast pushed the storm track north of California.

Flagstaff, Arizona, had the largest season deficit we could find in the West (27 inches). Salt Lake City was about a foot behind their usual pace.

South

Even in those parts of the South where snow is , this winter has been snowier than usual.

A 1-foot mid-January snowstorm followed by a Groundhog week 8-inch dumping gave Harrison, Arkansas, the South's largest snowfall surplus (14 inches).

Multiple snow events – including their in early January – pushed Lexington, Kentucky, to an almost 10-inch surplus.

Nashville (9.5 inches) tripled its average snow pace. Huntsville, Alabama (3.2 inches), has almost done the same.

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