Mount Rainier National Park
Annual Snowfall Records
Snowfall is measured at the Paradise Ranger Station (5400 feet elevation) and recorded in inches from July 1st to June 30th. This permits including the full winter season.
| 1920-21 - 671 1921-22 - 723 1922-23 - 565 1923-24 - 551 1924-25 - 674 1925-26 - 373 1926-27 - 588 1927-28 - 405 1928-29 - 554 1929-30 - 390 1930-31 - 444 1931-32 - 751 1932-33 - 624 1933-34 - 316 1934-35 - 543 1935-36 - 605 1936-37 - 693 1937-38 - 511 1938-39 - 573 1939-40 - 313 (low) 1940-41 - 529 |
1941-42 - 446 1942-43 - 529 1943-44 - (1) 1944-45 - (1) 1945-46 - (1) 1946-47 - 529 1947-48 - 661 1948-49 - (2) 1949-50 - (2) 1950-51 - (2) 1951-52 - (2) 1952-53 - (2) 1953-54 - (2) 1954-55 - 788 1955-56 - 1,000 1956-57 - 619 1957-58 - 602 1958-59 - 646 1959-60 - 564 1960-61 - 685 1961-62 - 545 |
1962-63 - 452 1963-64 - 429 1964-65 - 538 1965-66 - 583 1966-67 - 692 1967-68 - 502 1968-69 - 829 1969-70 - 649 1970-71 - 884 1971-72 - 1,122 (high) 1972-73 - 577 1973-74 - 1,070 1974-75 - 820 1975-76 - 858 1976-77 - 414 1977-78 - 598 1978-79 - 583 1979-80 - 645 1980-81 - 460 1981-82 - 779 1982-83 - 681 |
1983-84 - 727 1984-85 - 711 1985-86 - 589 1986-87 - 574 1987-88 - 626 1988-89 - 755 1989-90 - 723 1990-91 - 725 1991-92 - 499 1992-93 - 550 1993-94 - 593 1994-95 - 732 1995-96 - 658 1996-97 - 938 1997-98 - 674 1998-99 - 1,032.5 1999-2000 - 753 2000-2001 - 524 2001-2002 - 830 2002-2003 - 278* (*as of Feb. 6, 2003) |
(1) Road to Paradise closed during World War II.
No weather records available.
(2) Records for Paradise weather not available.