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Top 100 Snowiest Colleges (2013)
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  1. Johnson, Vermont (171.7)
  • Johnson State College
  1. Meadville, Pennsylvania (148.3)
  • Allegheny College
  1. Houghton, Michigan (146.3)
  • Michigan Technological University
  1. Edinboro, Pennsylvania (143.6)
  • Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
  1. Erie, Pennsylvania (143.6)
  • Gannon University
  • Mercyhurst College
  • Penn State Erie
  1. North East, Pennsylvania (143.6)
  • Mercyhurst North East
  1. Lyndonville, Vermont (126.1)
  • Lyndon State College
  1. Fredonia, New York (124.8)
  • SUNY Fredonia
  1. Hiram, Ohio (115.7)
  • Hiram College
  1. Syracuse, New York (105.0)
  • Syracuse University
  1. Brunswick, Maine (104.7)
  • Bowdoin College
  1. Fort Kent, Maine (104.6)
  • University of Maine at Fort Kent
  1. North Grafton, Massachusetts (101.7)
  • Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University
  1. Paxton, Massachusetts (101.7)
  • Anna Maria College
  1. Worcester, Massachusetts (101.7)
  • Assumption, Becker
  • Clark University, Holy Cross
  • Mass. College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
  • Quinsigamond Community College
  • Umass Medical School
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  • Worcester State University
  1. Allendale, Michigan (96.8)
  • Grand Valley State University
  1. Gorham, Maine (96.2)
  • University of Southern Maine
  1. Duluth, Minnesota (95.9)
  • Duluth Business University
  • Lake Superior College
  • The College of St. Scholastica
  • University of Minnesota Duluth
  • University of Wisconsin–Superior
  1. Fitchburg, Massachusetts (94.6)
  • Fitchburg State College
  1. Marquette, Michigan (94.3)
  • Northern Michigan University
  1. Golden, Colorado (90.4)
  • Colorado School of Mines
  1. Berrien Springs, Michigan (87.0)
  • Andrews University
  1. Brockport, New York (85.0)
  • SUNY Brockport
  1. Rochester, New York (85.0)
  • Monroe Community College
  • Nazareth College
  • Roberts Wesleyan College, SUNY Brockport
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • SUNY Empire State College
  • St. John Fisher College
  • University of Rochester
  1. Augusta, Maine (81.6)
  • University of Maine at Augusta
  1. Waterville, Maine (81.6)
  • Colby College
  • Thomas College
  1. Albany, New York (81.5)
  • Albany College of Pharmacy
  • Albany Law School
  • Albany Medical College
  • College of Saint Rose
  • Excelsior College
  • Maria College of Albany, Mildred Elley
  • SUNY Albany
  • Sage College of Albany
  • Siena College
  1. Orono, Maine (80.7)
  • University of Maine
  1. Oneonta, New York (80.5)
  • Hartwick College
  • SUNY Oneonta
  1. Plymouth, New Hampshire (79.7)
  • Plymouth State University
  1. Banner Elk, North Carolina (78.9)
  • Lees-McRae College
  1. New London, New Hampshire (77.9)
  • Colby-Sawyer College
  1. Henniker, New Hampshire (77.9)
  • New England College
  1. Hamilton, New York (77.7)
  • Colgate University
  1. Bradford, Pennsylvania (74.5)
  • University of Pittsburgh at Bradford
  1. Eau Claire, Wisconsin (73.2)
  • University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
  1. Ann Arbor, Michigan (72.6)
  • University of Michigan
  1. Ypsilanti, Michigan (72.6)
  • Eastern Michigan University
  1. Cambridge, Massachusetts (71.4)
  • Cambridge College
  • Harvard University
  • Lesley University
  • Longy School of Music
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  1. Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (71.4)
  • Boston College
  1. Waltham (Bentley University, Massachusetts (71.4)
  • Brandeis University
  1. Boston, Massachusetts (71.1)
  • Boston College, Boston Conservatory, New England Conservatory
  • Boston University
  • Brandeis University
  • Bunker Hill Community College
  • Emmanuel College
  • Northeastern University, UMass Boston
  • Roxbury Community College
  • Simmons College, among many others
  • Suffolk University
  1. Binghamton, New York (70.4)
  • Binghamton University
  1. Green Bay, Wisconsin (70.3)
  • University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
  1. Appleton, Wisconsin (68.5)
  • Lawrence University
  1. Flagstaff, Arizona (68.2)
  • Northern Arizona University
  1. Farmington, Maine (67.7)
  • University of Maine at Farmington
  1. Burlington, Vermont (66.7)
  • Champlain College and Saint Michael's College
  • University of Vermont
  1. Big Rapids, Michigan (66.1)
  • Ferris State University
  1. Framingham, Massachusetts (65.3)
  • Framingham State University
  1. Grand Forks, North Dakota (64.5)
  • University of North Dakota
  1. Frostburg, Maryland (64.2)
  • Frostburg State University
  1. Boulder, Colorado (63.9)
  • University of Colorado at Boulder
  1. Delhi, New York (63.5)
  • SUNY Delhi
  1. La Crosse, Wisconsin (63.3)
  • University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
  • Viterbo University
  • Western Technical College
  1. Cedar Falls, Iowa (63.1)
  • University of Northern Iowa
  1. Waverly, Iowa (63.1)
  • Wartburg College
  1. Stevens Point, Wisconsin (62.1)
  • University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
  1. South Bend, Indiana (61.8)
  • Notre Dame University
  1. Alfred, New York (61.0)
  • Alfred State College
  • Alfred University
  1. Bridgewater, Massachusetts (60.9)
  • Bridgewater State College
  1. Fairbanks, Alaska (60.5)
  • University of Alaska Fairbanks
  1. Fairfield, Connecticut (57.9)
  • Fairfield University
  • Sacred Heart University
  1. Berea, Ohio (57.8)
  • Baldwin Wallace College
  1. Milwaukee, Wisconsin (57.6)
  • Marquette University
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  1. Oakland, Pennsylvania (57.4)
  • Carlow University
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • University of Pittsburgh
  1. St. Cloud, Minnesota (57.3)
  • St. Cloud State University
  • The College of St. Scholastica
  1. Amherst, Massachusetts (57.3)
  • Amherst College
  • Hampshire College
  • University of Massachusetts Amherst
  1. Northampton, Massachusetts (57.3)
  • Smith College
  1. South Hadley, Massachusetts (57.3)
  • Mount Holyoke College
  1. Rindge, New Hampshire (57.2)
  • Franklin Pierce University
  1. Dudley, Massachusetts (55.4)
  • Nichols College
  1. Winona, Minnesota (55.2)
  • St. Mary's University of Minnesota
  • Winona State University
  1. Northfield, Vermont (55.2)
  • Norwich University
  1. Providence (Brown University, Rhode Island (55.1)
  • Community College of Rhode Island
  • Johnson and Wales University
  • Providence College
  • Rhode Island College
  • Rhode Island School of Design
  • University of Rhode Island
  • and Roger Williams University.
  1. Madison, Wisconsin (54.2)
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
  1. Keene, New Hampshire (54.1)
  • Keene State College
  1. Hartford, Connecticut (53.8)
  • Trinity College
  • University of Connecticut School of Law
  • University of Hartford
  1. Middletown, Connecticut (53.8)
  • Wesleyan University
  1. Fayette, Iowa (53.8)
  • Upper Iowa University
  1. Springfield, Massachusetts (53.8)
  • American International College
  • Springfield College
  • Western New England College
  1. Moorhead, Minnesota (53.7)
  • Concordia College
  • Minnesota State University, Moorhead
  1. Fargo, North Dakota (53.7)
  • North Dakota State University
  1. Oshkosh, Wisconsin (53.2)
  • University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
  1. Bozeman, Montana (52.2)
  • Montana State University
  1. Clarion, Pennsylvania (52.0)
  • Clarion University of Pennsylvania
  1. Laramie, Wyoming (51.9)
  • University of Wyoming
  1. St. Joseph, Minnesota (51.8)
  • College of Saint Benedict
  1. Minneapolis, Minnesota (50.8)
  • University of Minnesota
  1. St. Paul (University of Minnesota, Minnesota (50.8)
  • Macalester College
  • The College of St. Scholastica
  • University of St. Thomas, Minnesota
  1. Waukesha, Wisconsin (50.7)
  • Carroll University
  1. Stony Brook, New York (50.3)
  • Stony Brook University
  1. Castleton, Vermont (50.1)
  • Castleton State College
  1. Redlands, California (49.5)
  • University of Redlands
  1. Riverside, California (49.5)
  • California Baptist University
  • La Sierra University
  • University of California, Riverside
  1. Northfield, Minnesota (49.2)
  • Carleton College
  • St. Olaf College
  1. Fort Collins, Colorado (47.5)
  • Colorado State University
  1. Oberlin, Ohio (46.6)
  • Oberlin College
  1. Decorah, Iowa (45.9)
  • Luther College
  1. Poughkeepsie, New York (45.8)
  • Marist College
  • Vassar College

###Method

  • Daily snowfall data from 2013 collected by National Weather Service (NWS) Cooperative Observer stations and NWS First Order stations was used. This data was obtained from NOAA.
  • List of institutions and their locations obtained from Wikipedia.
  • The Google Geocoding API was used to obtain the approximate geographic coordinates of each city in which institutes exist. These coordinates were then used to find the nearest station for each city.
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