Asheville - Extreme Daily Snowfall for Each Year
Here's a list of yearly records for the heaviest snowfalls and snowiest days in Asheville, North Carolina. The information easily answers questions such as: How much snow fell in a day during the biggest snowstorm of 2019? When was the last time Asheville got more than a foot of snow in a single day?
This page gives the highest daily snowfall of each year in Asheville and the date it occurred. If a date has a plus sign beside it that means the same amount of snow also fell on at least one other day earlier in the year.
These snowfall extremes were measured in downtown Asheville and go back to 1890. Since then, the most amount of snow to land in one day at Asheville is 16.0 inches (40.6 centimetres) on March 13, 1993.
| Inches | Date | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | January 13, 2023 | 1.3 |
| 6.5 | January 16, 2022 | 16.5 |
| 2.0 | February 06, 2021 | 5.1 |
| 2.8 | February 20, 2020 | 7.1 |
| 0.3 | November 12, 2019 + | 0.8 |
| 3.6 | December 08, 2018 | 9.1 |
| 8.0 | December 08, 2017 | 20.3 |
| 9.7 | January 22, 2016 | 24.6 |
| 3.1 | February 25, 2015 | 7.9 |
| 6.8 | February 12, 2014 | 17.3 |
| 1.4 | November 27, 2013 | 3.6 |
| 0.3 | February 11, 2012 | 0.8 |
| 7.8 | January 10, 2011 | 19.8 |
| 8.1 | December 25, 2010 | 20.6 |
| Inches | Date | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|
| 12.1 | December 18, 2009 | 30.7 |
| 3.2 | January 17, 2008 | 8.1 |
| 0.9 | April 07, 2007 | 2.3 |
| 1.5 | February 12, 2006 | 3.8 |
| 2.0 | February 28, 2005 | 5.1 |
| 3.0 | January 25, 2004 | 7.6 |
| 4.0 | April 10, 2003 + | 10.2 |
| 4.5 | December 04, 2002 | 11.4 |
| 4.5 | March 20, 2001 | 11.4 |
| 4.0 | December 19, 2000 + | 10.2 |
| 2.0 | March 26, 1999 + | 5.1 |
| 14.0 | January 27, 1998 | 35.6 |
| 2.5 | December 30, 1997 | 6.4 |
| 4.6 | January 06, 1996 | 11.7 |
| 2.2 | February 04, 1995 | 5.6 |
| 2.0 | January 03, 1994 | 5.1 |
| 16.0 | March 13, 1993 | 40.6 |
| 0.5 | March 11, 1992 | 1.3 |
| 4.0 | March 08, 1991 | 10.2 |
| 1.0 | March 19, 1990 | 2.5 |
| 4.0 | February 27, 1989 | 10.2 |
| 9.0 | January 07, 1988 | 22.9 |
| 14.0 | April 03, 1987 | 35.6 |
| 2.4 | February 14, 1986 + | 6.1 |
| 3.9 | February 12, 1985 | 9.9 |
| 2.4 | February 28, 1984 | 6.1 |
| 2.6 | February 10, 1983 | 6.6 |
| 3.8 | February 26, 1982 | 9.7 |
| 4.5 | March 22, 1981 | 11.4 |
| 2.7 | February 09, 1980 | 6.9 |
| 8.0 | February 18, 1979 | 20.3 |
| 1.9 | March 03, 1978 | 4.8 |
| 6.3 | January 09, 1977 | 16.0 |
| 1.7 | January 17, 1976 | 4.3 |
| 2.2 | November 23, 1975 | 5.6 |
| 5.5 | December 01, 1974 | 14.0 |
| 4.5 | January 08, 1973 | 11.4 |
| 4.0 | March 31, 1972 | 10.2 |
| 7.5 | December 03, 1971 | 19.1 |
| 4.0 | January 06, 1970 | 10.2 |
| 9.4 | December 25, 1969 | 23.9 |
| – | 1968 | – |
| 2.1 | February 09, 1967 | 5.3 |
| 9.0 | January 15, 1966 | 22.9 |
| 5.5 | January 16, 1965 | 14.0 |
| 4.5 | February 25, 1964 | 11.4 |
| 5.5 | December 31, 1963 | 14.0 |
| 6.9 | January 01, 1962 | 17.5 |
| 3.0 | February 03, 1961 | 7.6 |
| 11.0 | March 09, 1960 | 27.9 |
| 1.5 | January 16, 1959 | 3.8 |
| 8.4 | February 15, 1958 | 21.3 |
| 2.0 | March 07, 1957 | 5.1 |
| 2.0 | April 11, 1956 | 5.1 |
| 2.4 | January 19, 1955 | 6.1 |
| 3.5 | February 28, 1954 | 8.9 |
| 7.3 | February 15, 1953 | 18.5 |
| 2.5 | February 26, 1952 | 6.4 |
| 1.5 | February 09, 1951 | 3.8 |
| 2.4 | November 24, 1950 | 6.1 |
| 2.8 | January 30, 1949 | 7.1 |
| 7.7 | February 09, 1948 | 19.6 |
| 4.0 | February 20, 1947 | 10.2 |
| 3.0 | January 01, 1946 | 7.6 |
| 3.2 | December 18, 1945 | 8.1 |
| 5.2 | December 11, 1944 | 13.2 |
| 1.0 | February 14, 1943 | 2.5 |
| 12.2 | March 02, 1942 | 31.0 |
| 2.8 | March 13, 1941 | 7.1 |
| 5.0 | January 23, 1940 | 12.7 |
| 4.0 | March 02, 1939 | 10.2 |
| 2.0 | December 09, 1938 | 5.1 |
| 5.5 | February 28, 1937 | 14.0 |
| 6.3 | March 18, 1936 | 16.0 |
| 4.9 | December 29, 1935 | 12.4 |
| 5.0 | February 01, 1934 | 12.7 |
| 0.5 | February 11, 1933 | 1.3 |
| 4.0 | December 16, 1932 | 10.2 |
| 4.0 | March 22, 1931 | 10.2 |
| 9.0 | December 17, 1930 | 22.9 |
| 6.0 | February 05, 1929 | 15.2 |
| 2.0 | April 28, 1928 | 5.1 |
| 4.0 | March 01, 1927 | 10.2 |
| 10.0 | March 11, 1926 | 25.4 |
| 1.7 | March 04, 1925 | 4.3 |
| 7.5 | February 27, 1924 | 19.1 |
| 2.5 | October 23, 1923 | 6.4 |
| 6.2 | February 07, 1922 | 15.7 |
| 5.0 | January 27, 1921 + | 12.7 |
| 4.5 | January 26, 1920 | 11.4 |
| 1.5 | January 05, 1919 | 3.8 |
| 7.0 | January 11, 1918 | 17.8 |
| 2.6 | December 29, 1917 | 6.6 |
| 3.6 | December 18, 1916 | 9.1 |
| 5.8 | December 11, 1915 | 14.7 |
| 3.0 | December 13, 1914 | 7.6 |
| 0.1 | November 11, 1913 | 0.3 |
| 3.0 | February 15, 1912 | 7.6 |
| 0.1 | January 04, 1911 | 0.3 |
| 4.2 | February 11, 1910 | 10.7 |
| 0.4 | December 29, 1909 | 1.0 |
| 6.8 | February 10, 1908 | 17.3 |
| 0.6 | December 04, 1907 | 1.5 |
| 15.0 | January 26, 1906 | 38.1 |
| 2.0 | February 03, 1905 | 5.1 |
| 5.1 | January 28, 1904 | 13.0 |
| 0.8 | January 08, 1903 | 2.0 |
| – | 1902 | – |
| 2.7 | April 20, 1901 | 6.9 |
| 3.5 | March 16, 1900 | 8.9 |
| 1.8 | February 12, 1899 | 4.6 |
| 1.0 | January 30, 1898 | 2.5 |
| 1.2 | January 13, 1897 | 3.0 |
| 3.5 | February 20, 1896 | 8.9 |
| 7.0 | February 02, 1895 | 17.8 |
| 3.5 | February 26, 1894 | 8.9 |
| 3.5 | January 19, 1893 | 8.9 |
| – | 1892 | – |
| 7.0 | January 16, 1891 | 17.8 |
| 5.5 | December 17, 1890 | 14.0 |
Reference
Jay Lawrimore. 2016. Global Summary of the Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.