Heavy Snow in North Carolina

Events

1,724

Deaths

4

Injuries

2

Damage

$4.0 million

• Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 6 to 7, 19961 death · $140,000 · 2 events
• Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 4 to 5, 2002$100 million · 19 eventsSnow began during the early afternoon across the North Carolina foothills and northwest piedmont, and had accumulated to 3 to 5 inches by late evening. A transition to sleet and then freezing rain occurred during the late evening, and ice accumulated to between 1/4 and 1/2 inch.
• Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 26, 20101 death · 15 eventsStrong low pressure moved northeast just offshore of the North Carolina coast on Dec 26th 2010. As the low approached the region areas of rain developed during the evening of Dec 25th.
• Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 29, 19971 death · 5 eventsModerate to heavy snow developed during the morning hours on the 29th and continued into the evening hours. Snow accumulations were generally in the 6 to 10 inch range. Hazardous road conditions resulted in numerous traffic accidents.
• Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 6 to 7, 19961 death · 2 events
• Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 26 to 27, 2004$3.1 million · 16 eventsHeavy snow began to fall across the foothills, piedmont, and northern mountains of North Carolina during the late morning.
• Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 27 to 28, 1998$450,000 · 3 eventsHeavy wet snow developed during the early morning hours on the 27th and continued until around noon on the 28th. Total snowfall amounts were generally from 18 to 36 inches with maximum snow depths from14 to 24 inches.
• Flash Flooding and Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 3 to 4, 1998$120,000 · 23 eventsA strong slow-moving winter storm moved from the Gulf of Mexico north through the Carolinas on the 3rd and 4th, bringing with it heavy rain, snow and high winds. Snow accumulated between 1 and 3 inches across the higher elevations of the mountains by early afternoon on the 3rd.
• Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 11 to 12, 1996$250,000 · 4 events
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in North Carolina, March 13 to 15, 2018$100,000 · 2 eventsA broad area of low pressure crossed the Great Lakes region while a disturbance on its south side crossed western North Carolina. This system, combined with cold air at the surface helped to produce snowfall amounts ranging from 4 inches to nearly 8 inches across Watauga county.
• Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 6 to 7, 1996$40,000 · 2 eventsIn northwest and north-central North Carolina, up to 2 feet of snow on the 6th and 7th closed schools and businesses for several days, stranded motorists, halted mail deliveries, trash pickups, and church services, closed secondary roads in the mountains, and resulted in one…
• Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 22 to 23, 200030 eventsA cold dome of arctic high pressure centered over the Mid-Atlantic States provided very cold and dry air to western North Carolina. Meanwhile, weak low pressure moved east along a frontal boundary stalled across the Gulf Coast States to the Georgia coast.
• Heavy Snow in North Carolina, November 19, 200029 eventsLight to moderate snow started in the mountains and spread southeast, lasting through the day. Generally 1 to 3 inches of snow fell, but some higher elevations of the central and southern mountains reported more than 4 inches.
• Heavy Snow and High Wind in North Carolina, March 20 to 21, 2001$30,000 · 4 eventsSnow from late in the morning of the 20th through the early morning of the 21st accumulated from 5 to 12 inches.In Ashe and Watauga counties, the combination of the heavy wet snow and strong winds downed power lines with scattered power outages reported.
• Heavy Snow in North Carolina, November 19, 200025 eventsAn early season snowfall affected portions of central North Carolina on Sunday, November 19. It was the second earliest date that snow has been measured at Raleigh-Durham Aiport and at the Piedmont Triad Airport.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 18 to 19, 199824 eventsSnow fell across mainly the high elevations of the mountains and northern foothills. The snow began lightly, accumulating at least 1-3 inches across the entire area by the early morning of the 19th.
• Heavy Snow and Strong Wind in North Carolina, December 12 to 14, 2010$20,000 · 7 eventsModerate to heavy snow developed ahead of a cold front over the central and southern mountains during the late evening and early morning hours. The snow continued through the morning hours with many areas seeing accumulations of 3 to 6 inches.
• Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 3 to 4, 1998$25,000 · 2 eventsRain changed to heavy snow during the evening hours on the 3rd and continued to around midnight.
• Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 23, 200319 eventsSnow began at around midnight across the mountains of North Carolina, and intensified as it spread into the foothills and the western piedmont. The hardest hit area was the foothills, where 8 to 12 inches of snow had fallen by mid morning.
• Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 25, 200419 eventsLight snow developed early in the morning across the mountains, foothills, and northern piedmont of North Carolina. The snow intensified throughout the morning and afternoon, and by early evening 3 to 5 inches had accumulated across much of the area.
• Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 27 to 28, 199818 eventsA deep cut-off low drifted across western North Carolina, drawing abundant moisture into air just cold enough to support snow. A heavy wet snow began in the pre-dawn hours on the 28th and moved north across the mountains.
• Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 18, 200018 eventsLow pressure moved east across Tennessee and weakened as it ran into a surface high pressure ridge along the East Coast. Nevertheless, enough moisture was available to cause heavy snow to fall from Avery county, east across the northern foothills and northwest piedmont.
• Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 20, 200018 eventsA cold front crossed the mountains overnight, and low pressure formed along the front in the foothills by morning. Cold air was already in place across the region, so precipitation fell in the form of snow.
• Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 29 to 30, 201018 eventsLow pressure tracked across southern Georgia during the night of the 29th, and then off the southeast cost on the 30th. As the low passed well south of the region, most of the precipitation fell as snow, though other precipitation types mixed in toward the end.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 10, 201118 eventsModerate to heavy snow associated with a Gulf Coast storm system spread from south to north across the mountains of western North Carolina during the nighttime hours. Heavy snow accumulations of up to 4 inches were reported over the southern mountains by as early as 4 am.

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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 2026-09-24.