Albany County, NY Roof Snow Load - 28 psf
What ASCE 7 says about snow load in Albany County
That's Albany County's design roof snow load per ASCE 7-22, for a typical heated single-family home - the number a permit reviewer starts from.
Converted to something you can actually eyeball on a roof: about 61.6 in. of fresh powder, 22.4 in. once it settles and packs down, or just 5.6 in. if it's turned to ice. Modern-code homes carry a load like this without issue; an older addition, a carport, or any flat-roofed section is where it is worth checking first.
Snow on Albany County's roofs right now?
Albany County in numbers
- Design roof snow load28 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map40 psf
- National rank#221 of 2,758
- New York rank#5 of 28
- Population319,964
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal56.2 in.
- FIPS36001
Where Albany County's figure sits nationally
Out of 2,758 rated US counties, Albany County sits at #221, the top 8% nationally - #5 of 28 within New York. 25.4 psf is New York's typical county figure - Albany County beats it by 2.6 psf.
Near 42.5882°N 73.974°W, FIPS 36001: Albany County counts 319,964 residents and a 40 psf map value, which the code's own factors turn into 28 psf.
How much it actually snows in Albany County
Most winters bring Albany County roughly 56.2 in. of snow - NOAA's normal at ALBANY NWFO UNIV, NY US, 10.2 mi off. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)
Read this before you rely on it
Albany County's number above is ASCE 7-22's default case, not a custom calculation: ordinary residential occupancy, heated, sited on ground that's neither fully sheltered nor fully exposed. Any one of those changing - pitch, exposure, heating, occupancy - moves the real figure.
Nothing here substitutes for an address-level number. Get one free, in about a minute, from the ASCE 7 Hazard Tool using your own coordinates rather than Albany County's county-wide figure. (How this figure is calculated.)