Is This America's Most Unusual 'Snow Hole' This Season? Just One Inch Has Fallen In These Northern Cities.

Where’s Winter? Some Cities Have A 'Snow Hole'

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S​nowfall in parts of the north-central U.S. has been running below average so far this season, but there are a couple of cities that stand out and might be America's most unusual "snow hole".

Just one inch of snow this winter. That's how much snow Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska, have seen since the snow season began in fall. It makes for deficits of 16 inches and nearly 15 inches in those cities through Feb. 6, respectively.

T​here are other cities in the Lower 48 that have bigger deficits, but in terms of actual snow that's piled up (an inch), it's unusually low for what's a typically snowy northern region in winter. Both cities pick up more than 2 feet of snow on average for a full season, based on the 1991-2020 average.

Y​ou can see this "hole" of lighter snowfall so far this season near the Omaha locator in the mid-Missouri Valley region on the map below.

C​ould it be these city's least snowy season on record? It's too early to know since we have the rest of February and early spring still possibly in play for more snow. Both locations might see at least some snowfall from winter storms this week.

S​nowfall compared to average is flipped upside-down. January's Winter Storm Cora and historic Gulf Coast Winter Storm Enzo have created a contrast between above-average snow in much of the South, while the Midwest has been a laggard so far.

You can see this contrast in the map below, where areas shaded green, blue and purple have seen above-average snow, while locations in yellow, orange and red are below average.

A​tlanta, Houston, New Orleans, and Pensacola, Florida, all had more snow than Omaha and Lincoln this season.

Also of note is the West, where the Sierra Nevada and parts of the Rockies are running behind the season's snowfall pace.

F​lagstaff, Arizona, stands out with just 5.9 inches this season. That ranks as 11% of the average through Feb. 5, or a deficit of nearly 4 feet.

Chris Dolce has been a senior digital meteorologist with weather.com for nearly 15 years after beginning his career with The Weather Channel in the early 2000s.