Sure, a Saturday morning right after a foot of fluffy snow is the best thing ever. But that same amount of snow on Tuesday in Delaware can make a commute last forever. Imagine it’s the dead of winter and the time of year when the ground is frozen, the air is bone-chilling, and there are piles of dirty, nasty, ice-encrusted snow all over the place.
This is about the time of year when you’re just about ready for spring — especially in Wilmington Manor, the snowiest place in Delaware.
So, put on your parkas, snow boots, and gloves, and let’s go outside to see which Delaware cities get dumped on the most every year. After analyzing all the cities in Delaware with Saturday Night Science, we came up with this list as the 10 snowiest cities in First State.
19.5 inches of snow per year
Located in
New Castle County, Delaware
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15.2 inches of snow per year
Located in
New Castle County, Delaware
Smyrna is a town in Kent and New Castle counties in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the Census Bureau, as of 2010, the population of the town is 10,023.
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14.9 inches of snow per year
Located in
Kent County, Delaware
Dover is the capital and second-largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is also the county seat of Kent County, and the principal city of the Dover, DE Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Kent County and is part of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area. It is located on the St. Jones River in the Delaware River coastal plain. It was named by William Penn of Dover in Kent, England. As of 2010, the city had a population of 36,047.
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14.2 inches of snow per year
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13.5 inches of snow per year
Located in
New Castle County, Delaware
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12.8 inches of snow per year
Located in
New Castle County, Delaware
Hockessin is a census-designated place in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The population was 13,527 at the 2010 census. The place name may be derived from the Lenape word “hksa” meaning “pieces of bark” or from a misspelling of “occasion,” as pronounced by the Quakers who settled the area originally.
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12.8 inches of snow per year
Located in
New Castle County, Delaware
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12.8 inches of snow per year
Located in
New Castle County, Delaware
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12.8 inches of snow per year
Located in
New Castle County, Delaware
Elsmere is a town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States, bordering the city of Wilmington along Wilmington’s western border. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the town is 6,131.
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12.8 inches of snow per year
New Castle is a city in New Castle County, Delaware, six miles south of Wilmington, situated on the Delaware River. In 1900, 3,380 people lived here; in 1910, 3,351. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the city is 5,285.
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Where Delaware’s snowiest cities are
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How We Determined The Cities In Delaware With The Most Snow
In order to rank the snowiest cities in Delaware, we used Saturday Night Science and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) database, to see which cities in the First State get the most annual snowfall.
We updated this article for 2026. This is our second time ranking the snowiest cities in Delaware.
Before we get too far, here are the annual snowfall rates for major cities: Wilmington (12.3 inches), Dover (14.9 inches), and Newark (9.5 inches).
The snowiest cities in Delaware are Wilmington Manor, Smyrna, Dover, Middl, Pike Creek Valley, Hockessin, Pike Creek, North Star, Elsmere, and New Castle.
There’s a complete chart at the bottom.
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Detailed List Of The Snowiest Places In Delaware
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| Rank | City | Snow (Inches) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilmington Manor | 19.5 | 7,912 |
| 2 | Smyrna | 15.2 | 10,904 |
| 3 | Dover | 14.9 | 37,144 |
| 4 | Middl | 14.2 | 19,744 |
| 5 | Pike Creek Valley | 13.5 | 10,672 |
| 6 | Hockessin | 12.8 | 13,230 |
| 7 | Pike Creek | 12.8 | 8,463 |
| 8 | North Star | 12.8 | 7,596 |
| 9 | Elsmere | 12.8 | 6,154 |
| 10 | New Castle | 12.8 | 5,371 |
| 11 | Glasgow | 12.7 | 14,640 |
| 12 | Georg | 12.6 | 6,775 |
| 13 | Milford | 12.4 | 9,993 |
| 14 | Wilmington | 12.3 | 71,549 |
| 15 | Bear | 11.8 | 19,886 |
| 16 | Seaford | 11.5 | 7,290 |
| 17 | Edgemoor | 11.4 | 6,257 |
| 18 | Brookside | 10.6 | 13,743 |
| 19 | Claymont | 10.1 | 9,060 |
| 20 | Newark | 9.5 | 32,740 |
Source: NOAA snowfall data via Saturday Night Science. 20 Delaware cities ranked.
Summary
Summary: The Snowiest Cities In Delaware For 2026
If you’re looking for the Delaware cities that get buried in snow each winter, this is an accurate list.
The snowiest cities in Delaware are Wilmington Manor, Smyrna, Dover, Middl, Pike Creek Valley, Hockessin, Pike Creek, North Star, Elsmere, and New Castle.
