All 50 States Have Seen Snow This Winter And Some Southern Cities Have Topped Northern Ones

Tuesday's rare, historic winter storm along the Gulf Coast has clinched all 50 states seeing accumulating snow this winter, while also creating an upside-down pattern where some cities in the South have now seen more snowfall than northern ones.

F​lorida is the hardest state to see accumulating snowfall, but a preliminary state record was set Tuesday. Multiple locations reported over 8 inches of snow in the state's northwest Panhandle. The standing state 24-hour record going into this winter was 4 inches, which was set in Milton on March 6, 1954.

Those totals will likely be reviewed by NOAA's State Climate Extremes Committee at a future date to confirm a new state 24-hour record was set in the storm.

What about about Hawaii? The Big Island's Mauna Kea volcanic summit saw its first snow of the season in late October. While that might seem odd, it happens every year at this elevation that rises above 13,000 feet. Nearby Mauna Loa also frequently sees snow.

S​now in all 50 states in season happens on occasion. Clinching this feat is usually reliant on Florida seeing snow at some point during the winter. Snow on the ground at the same time in all 50 states is much harder to accomplish, but it's happened before, notably in February 2010.

Seasonal amounts in some cities now feature a South vs. North dichotomy. Winter Storm Enzo's snowfall has contributed to an odd situation where totals on the Gulf Coast have topped what some cities in the northern states have seen in the 2024-25 season.

T​his upside-down pattern has been created by opposite extremes: below-average snow in those northern locales and the historic totals from Enzo along the Gulf Coast.

D​eficits in the five cities range from a few inches to nearly 2 feet. Through Jan. 21, snowfall in Salt Lake City was running just over 22 inches below average this season.

Omaha and Sioux Falls also have big deficits of 11.7 inches and 16.3 inches, respectively.

T​he deficit is lower in New York City which is running just over 5 inches below the season's pace, while Philadelphia is about 3 inches below average.

A​lso notable is that Lafayette, Louisiana (9 inches), almost had as much snow Tuesday as Chicago (9.2 inches) and Minneapolis (9.8 inches) have seen all season. Both the Windy City and the Twin Cities are running snowfall deficits this winter.

Chris Dolce has been a senior meteorologist with weather.com for over 10 years after beginning his career with The Weather Channel in the early 2000s.