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FEMA snowstorm disaster declarations

Incident type "Snowstorm" · 171 declarations · 39 states and territories

FEMA has made 171 state declarations with incident type "Snowstorm" since 1964: 76 major disasters, 95 emergencies. New York has had the most (21). The busiest year was 1993 (18).

Declarations per year, 1964 to 2023

State declarations per calendar year of the declaration date.

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), through October 2, 2026: one declaration per disaster number and state. OpenFEMA dataset page.

Which states have the most snowstorm declarations?

  1. New York 21
  2. Maine 12
  3. Massachusetts 10
  4. New Hampshire 8
  5. Connecticut 8
  6. Rhode Island 7
  7. New Jersey 7
  8. Maryland 7
  9. Illinois 7
  10. Virginia 6
  11. Indiana 6
  12. Pennsylvania 5
  13. Delaware 5
  14. Kentucky 5
  15. Michigan 5

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2).

The counties named in the most snowstorm declarations

  1. Erie County, NY 11
  2. Genesee County, NY 10
  3. Aroostook County, ME 9
  4. Lewis County, NY 9
  5. Niagara County, NY 9
  6. Norfolk County, MA 9
  7. Orleans County, NY 9
  8. Suffolk County, MA 9
  9. Cumberland County, ME 8
  10. Essex County, MA 8
  11. Fairfield County, CT 8
  12. Hartford County, CT 8

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2): distinct declarations that name the county.

The most recent snowstorm declarations

The 15 most recent
DeclaredNumberStateTitleAreas named
2023-03-15DR-4694New YorkSevere Winter Storm and Snowstorm5
2023-02-05DR-4686North DakotaSevere Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Straight-Line Winds7
2022-05-25DR-4654KansasSevere Winter Storms and Straight-Line Winds20
2022-05-12DR-4653Rhode IslandSevere Winter Storm and Snowstorm6
2022-04-18DR-4651MassachusettsSevere Winter Storm and Snowstorm5
2021-04-28DR-4597New JerseySevere Winter Storm and Snowstorm5
2018-07-19DR-4379MassachusettsSevere Winter Storm and Snowstorm5
2018-06-29DR-4375NebraskaSevere Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds31
2018-06-08DR-4371New HampshireSevere Winter Storm and Snowstorm3
2017-07-12DR-4322New YorkSevere Winter Storm and Snowstorm28
2017-06-16DR-4319KansasSevere Winter Storm, Snowstorm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding27
2016-03-23DR-4267PennsylvaniaSevere Winter Storm and Snowstorm23
2016-03-16DR-4265DelawareSevere Winter Storm and Snowstorm1
2016-03-07DR-4262VirginiaSevere Winter Storm and Snowstorm30
2016-03-04DR-4260District of ColumbiaSnowstorm1

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), through October 2, 2026. OpenFEMA dataset page.

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