Columbia - Extreme Daily Snowfall for Each Year
Here's a list of yearly records for the heaviest snowfalls and snowiest days in Columbia, South 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 Columbia got more than half a foot of snow in a single day?
This page gives the highest daily snowfall of each year in Columbia 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 records go back to 1930. Since then, the most amount of snow to land in one day at Columbia is 12.3 inches (31.2 centimetres) on February 10, 1973.
Since 1948 the snowfall extremes were measured at Columbia Metropolitan Airport. Before then, the weather station was in downtown Columbia.
| Inches | Date | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | December 31, 2023 + | 0.0 |
| 2.0 | January 21, 2022 | 5.1 |
| 0.0 | December 31, 2021 + | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | December 31, 2020 + | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | December 31, 2019 + | 0.0 |
| trace | January 17, 2018 + | trace |
| 0.1 | January 07, 2017 | 0.3 |
| trace | February 09, 2016 + | trace |
| trace | February 24, 2015 + | trace |
| 2.1 | February 12, 2014 | 5.3 |
| trace | November 21, 2013 + | trace |
| trace | March 24, 2012 | trace |
| 3.0 | January 10, 2011 | 7.6 |
| 8.6 | February 12, 2010 | 21.8 |
| Inches | Date | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|
| trace | March 02, 2009 + | trace |
| 0.3 | January 16, 2008 | 0.8 |
| 0.2 | February 01, 2007 | 0.5 |
| trace | November 21, 2006 + | trace |
| trace | July 28, 2005 + | trace |
| 0.4 | February 26, 2004 | 1.0 |
| 3.4 | January 23, 2003 | 8.6 |
| 4.3 | January 02, 2002 | 10.9 |
| trace | May 12, 2001 + | trace |
| 4.3 | January 24, 2000 | 10.9 |
| 0.5 | February 24, 1999 | 1.3 |
| trace | December 24, 1998 + | trace |
| trace | January 19, 1997 | trace |
| 0.5 | February 16, 1996 | 1.3 |
| trace | February 14, 1995 + | trace |
| 0.0 | December 31, 1994 + | 0.0 |
| 2.3 | December 23, 1993 | 5.8 |
| 0.7 | January 19, 1992 | 1.8 |
| 0.4 | January 24, 1991 | 1.0 |
| trace | April 28, 1990 | trace |
| 3.7 | February 23, 1989 | 9.4 |
| 4.3 | January 07, 1988 | 10.9 |
| 0.8 | January 27, 1987 | 2.0 |
| 0.0 | December 31, 1986 + | 0.0 |
| trace | January 28, 1985 + | trace |
| trace | February 28, 1984 + | trace |
| 0.4 | March 24, 1983 | 1.0 |
| 3.3 | January 14, 1982 | 8.4 |
| trace | December 21, 1981 + | trace |
| 4.1 | March 02, 1980 | 10.4 |
| 5.5 | February 18, 1979 | 14.0 |
| 0.5 | February 09, 1978 | 1.3 |
| trace | January 31, 1977 + | trace |
| trace | November 14, 1976 + | trace |
| trace | February 03, 1975 | trace |
| 0.0 | December 31, 1974 + | 0.0 |
| 12.3 | February 10, 1973 | 31.2 |
| 0.0 | December 31, 1972 + | 0.0 |
| 1.7 | March 25, 1971 | 4.3 |
| 1.8 | January 23, 1970 | 4.6 |
| 0.7 | February 15, 1969 | 1.8 |
| 1.3 | January 12, 1968 | 3.3 |
| 3.4 | February 09, 1967 | 8.6 |
| 0.7 | January 26, 1966 | 1.8 |
| 1.0 | January 30, 1965 | 2.5 |
| 0.0 | December 31, 1964 + | 0.0 |
| trace | December 23, 1963 + | trace |
| trace | March 06, 1962 + | trace |
| 1.4 | January 26, 1961 | 3.6 |
| 2.8 | March 11, 1960 | 7.1 |
| 1.0 | March 02, 1959 | 2.5 |
| 8.8 | December 11, 1958 | 22.4 |
| trace | December 11, 1957 + | trace |
| trace | March 20, 1956 + | trace |
| 1.7 | January 23, 1955 | 4.3 |
| trace | January 24, 1954 | trace |
| trace | April 13, 1953 + | trace |
| trace | November 22, 1952 + | trace |
| trace | April 02, 1951 + | trace |
| trace | December 28, 1950 + | trace |
| trace | April 09, 1949 + | trace |
| 0.1 | February 10, 1948 + | 0.3 |
| 0.0 | December 31, 1947 + | 0.0 |
| trace | January 16, 1946 | trace |
| trace | December 18, 1945 | trace |
| 1.3 | January 09, 1944 | 3.3 |
| 1.8 | December 15, 1943 | 4.6 |
| trace | December 16, 1942 + | trace |
| trace | March 14, 1941 + | trace |
| 1.2 | January 23, 1940 | 3.0 |
| trace | November 25, 1939 + | trace |
| trace | November 26, 1938 + | trace |
| trace | March 27, 1937 | trace |
| 6.2 | January 30, 1936 | 15.7 |
| 4.0 | December 22, 1935 | 10.2 |
| 0.1 | February 10, 1934 | 0.3 |
| 1.0 | January 13, 1933 | 2.5 |
| 3.5 | March 09, 1932 | 8.9 |
| trace | December 08, 1931 + | trace |
| 1.4 | December 17, 1930 | 3.6 |
Reference
Jay Lawrimore. 2016. Global Summary of the Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.