Average Annual Snowfall in North Carolina

The tables below give yearly averages for snowfall at cities, communities and other locations in North Carolina. The numbers are for the total amount of snow and for how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres).

The snowfall totals are annual averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: North Carolina Mountains in the west, Piedmont in the center, and North Carolina Coast to the east.

North Carolina Mountains

Average annual snowfall
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
10.4 Asheville 11.5 29.2
19.3 Banner Elk 31.4 79.8
14.2 Boone 25.6 65.0
2.6 Cullowhee 4.3 10.9
5.0 Highlands 10.2 25.9
2.2 Kerr Scott Reservoir 7.6 19.3
1.5 Morganton 4.5 11.4
2.5 North Wilkesboro 5.6 14.2
2.3 Pisgah Forest 6.7 17.0
2.5 Waterville 5.6 14.2

Piedmont

Yearly snow averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
0.6 Albemarle 0.8 2.0
1.9 Chapel Hill 2.8 7.1
1.9 Charlotte 3.5 8.9
2.1 Concord 3.3 8.4
0.5 Gastonia 1.2 3.0
1.6 Henderson 1.6 4.1
0.6 High Point 1.9 4.8
3.9 Mount Airy 8.2 20.8
3.4 Raleigh 5.2 13.2
2.0 Shelby 4.0 10.2

North Carolina Coast

Average total snowfall for a year
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
0.7 Belhaven 1.2 3.0
1.0 Edenton 2.3 5.8
0.1 Elizabeth City 0.2 0.5
0.5 Fayetteville 1.2 3.0
1.0 Goldsboro 2.0 5.1
1.8 Greenville 3.3 8.4
0.1 Kinston 0.7 1.8
0.6 Manteo 1.1 2.8
0.2 Morehead City 0.5 1.3
0.6 Ocracoke 1.7 4.3
0.3 Rocky Mount 0.7 1.8
0.7 Wilmington 0.9 2.3
1.1 Wilson 1.9 4.8
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

North Carolina Snowfall
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