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Snowstorm: FEMA declarations

Official FEMA records · Historical data · Last refreshed 5 Nov 2026, 18:35 UTC

FEMA has recorded 171 declarations with “Snowstorm” as the primary incident type, from 18 Dec 1964 to 15 Mar 2023 . The most in one year was 18, in 1993.

Incident types are FEMA's own classification. See how FEMA declares disasters.These figures count FEMA declarations and designated areas. They do not measure damage, cost, deaths or how severe an event was.

Latest declarations

Declaration State Incident type Declared ID
Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm New York Snowstorm 15 Mar 2023 DR-4694-NY
Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Straight-Line Winds North Dakota Snowstorm 5 Feb 2023 DR-4686-ND
Severe Winter Storms and Straight-Line Winds Kansas Snowstorm 25 May 2022 DR-4654-KS
Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm Rhode Island Snowstorm 12 May 2022 DR-4653-RI
Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm Massachusetts Snowstorm 18 Apr 2022 DR-4651-MA
Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm New Jersey Snowstorm 28 Apr 2021 DR-4597-NJ
Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm Massachusetts Snowstorm 19 Jul 2018 DR-4379-MA
Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds Nebraska Snowstorm 29 Jun 2018 DR-4375-NE
Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm New Hampshire Snowstorm 8 Jun 2018 DR-4371-NH
Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm New York Snowstorm 12 Jul 2017 DR-4322-NY
Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding Kansas Snowstorm 16 Jun 2017 DR-4319-KS
Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm Pennsylvania Snowstorm 23 Mar 2016 DR-4267-PA
Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm Delaware Snowstorm 16 Mar 2016 DR-4265-DE
Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm Virginia Snowstorm 7 Mar 2016 DR-4262-VA
Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm Maryland Snowstorm 4 Mar 2016 DR-4261-MD
Snowstorm District of Columbia Snowstorm 4 Mar 2016 DR-4260-DC
Severe Winter Storms, Snowstorms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides Kentucky Snowstorm 30 Apr 2015 DR-4216-KY
Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding Maine Snowstorm 12 Mar 2015 DR-4208-ME
Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding New York Snowstorm 22 Dec 2014 DR-4204-NY
Snowstorm Kansas Snowstorm 26 Apr 2013 DR-4112-KS

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Declarations per year

Snowstorm declarations per year, 1964–2026

Measure: number of FEMA declarations with snowstorm as the primary incident type, by year declared. Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2. 2026 is partial: it runs to the latest FEMA record.
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Year Declarations
2026 0
2025 0
2024 0
2023 2
2022 3
2021 1
2020 0
2019 0
2018 3
2017 2
2016 5
2015 2
2014 1
2013 1
2012 0
2011 5
2010 11
2009 1
2008 5
2007 5
2006 4
2005 17
2004 7
2003 10
2002 1
2001 9
2000 2
1999 5
1998 1
1997 1
1996 15
1995 1
1994 5
1993 18
1992 0
1991 3
1990 0
1989 0
1988 0
1987 1
1986 0
1985 1
1984 1
1983 0
1982 0
1981 0
1980 0
1979 2
1978 8
1977 10
1976 0
1975 0
1974 0
1973 0
1972 1
1971 0
1970 0
1969 0
1968 0
1967 0
1966 0
1965 0
1964 1

By decade

Decade Declarations
1960s 1
1970s 21
1980s 3
1990s 49
2000s 61
2010s 30
2020s 6

States and territories with the most

State or territory Declarations
New York 21
Maine 12
Massachusetts 10
New Hampshire 8
Connecticut 8
Rhode Island 7
New Jersey 7
Maryland 7
Illinois 7
Virginia 6