North Carolina, 2020Winter Storm in North Carolina, February 20 to 21, 2020
February 20 to 21, 2020 · NWS AKQ · 7 events in 7 counties and zones
Low pressure tracking from the Gulf Coast States east northeast and off the Southeast Coast produced snowfall totals between two inches and five inches across northeast North Carolina.
Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Low pressure tracking from the Gulf Coast States east northeast and off the Southeast Coast produced snowfall totals between two inches and five inches across northeast North Carolina.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 19, 6:45 PM EST, 21 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 6:45 PM EST, 21 hours 15 minutes before
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</html>Winter Storm, Bertie
- When
- February 20, 4:00 PM EST to February 21, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Bertie forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 36.066, -76.967 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Snowfall totals ranged from three inches to five inches across the county. Windsor reported 3.3 inches of snow.
Winter Storm, Chowan
- When
- February 20, 4:00 PM EST to February 21, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Chowan forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 36.127, -76.602 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Snowfall totals ranged from two inches to four inches across the county. Edenton and Smalls Crossroads reported 4.0 inches of snow.
Winter Storm, Gates
- When
- February 20, 4:00 PM EST to February 21, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Gates forecast zone
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 36.445, -76.700 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Snowfall totals ranged from three inches to five inches across the county. Gates reported 5.0 inches of snow. Sunbury (1 NW) reported 4.5 inches of snow.
Winter Storm, Hertford
- When
- February 20, 4:00 PM EST to February 21, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Hertford forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 36.359, -76.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Snowfall totals ranged from three inches to five inches across the county. Murfreesboro (2 E) reported 5.0 inches of snow.
Winter Storm, Northampton
- When
- February 20, 4:00 PM EST to February 21, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northampton forecast zone
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 36.418, -77.397 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Snowfall totals ranged from three inches to five inches across the county. Conway reported 5.0 inches of snow. Pleasant Hill (1 NNE) and Gaston reported 4.5 inches of snow.
Winter Storm, Pasquotank
- When
- February 20, 4:00 PM EST to February 21, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Pasquotank forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 36.265, -76.249 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Snowfall totals ranged from two inches to four inches across the county.
Winter Storm, Perquimans
- When
- February 20, 4:00 PM EST to February 21, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Perquimans forecast zone
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 36.177, -76.408 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Snowfall totals ranged from two inches to four inches across the county. Belvidere reported 3.5 inches of snow.
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 877897, 877898, 877899, 877900, 877901, 877902, 877903.