A coastal low offshore and upper trough combined with deep arctic air led to significant snowfall across the Carolinas.
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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.
The episode as NWS ILM wrote it up.
A coastal low offshore and upper trough combined with deep arctic air led to significant snowfall across the Carolinas.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
9 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Snow began on January 31 and ended on February 1, ranging from 5 to 10 inches across the county. Car crash temporarily shut down I-95S north of Lumberton with no injuries reported. School and government offices closed day after the storm.
Snow began on January 30 and ended on February 1, ranging from 5 to 9 inches across the county. Government offices closed day after the storm with remote learning at county schools. Impacts from the storm were limited.
Snow began on January 31 and ended on February 1, ranging from 7 to 10 inches across the county, with an isolated area of 10 to 16 inches of snow near the state line. Impacts from the storm were limited.
Snow began on January 31 and ended on February 1, ranging from 7 to 12 inches across the zone with the highest accumulations across the eastern half of the zone. Impacts from the storm were limited.
Snow began on January 31 and ended on February 1, ranging from 9 to 11 inches across the zone. Impacts from the storm were limited.
Snow began on January 31 and ended on February 1, ranging from 5 to 10 inches across the zone. Official snow total at the NWS Wilmington airport was 5.8 inches. MLK Parkway, Isabel Holmes Bridge, and Cape Fear Memorial Bridge were all closed during the snowfall. County and city offices and facilities were closed the following day, with schools moving to remote learning. Impacts from the storm were limited.
Snow began on January 31 and ended on February 1, ranging from 7 to 9 inches across the zone. Impacts from the storm were limited.
Snow began on January 31 and ended on February 1, ranging from 7 to 10 inches across the zone, with an isolated area of 10 to 18 inches in the western part of the zone near the state line. County schools were closed the two days following the events. Impacts from the storm were limited.
Snow began on January 31 and ended on February 1, ranging from 6 to 10 inches across the zone, with isolated area of over 10 inches around Ocean Isle Beach. Schools were closed the two days following the storm. Impacts from the storm were limited.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2026Every state in 2026This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, February 2026
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: 1303049, 1303051, 1303054, 1303059, 1303062, 1303066, 1303068, 1303071, 1303075.