The largest snowfall accumulations didn’t fall in the mountains. Instead, it fell along the beaches of North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
NORTH CAROLINA, USA — In a reverse from the norm, the coastal areas of both North Carolina and South Carolina saw the highest snowfall accumulations.
Beginning Tuesday and carrying through Wednesday, the Carolina’s greatest snowfall measurement was recorded at the Wright Brothers National Memorial. There in Kill Devil Hills, someone stuck a ruler in the snow along Beach Road and recorded nine inches of snow.
The unique path of the storm system meant areas south and east saw more snow than areas further inland.
Around Charlotte, the largest snowfall accumulation was seen in Kershaw, South Carolina where 0.8″ was measured. Around much of the Interstate 485 corridor of Charlotte, observed recorded as much as 0.6″ in Mint Hill and as much as 0.3″ at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Despite the size of Mecklenburg County, it’s the measurement at the airport that the National Weather Service will record as Charlotte’s official snowfall amount.
Here are some snowfall highlights around Charlotte:
- Kershaw, SC: 0.8″
- Mint Hill, NC: 0.6″
- Faith, NC: 0.5″
- Indian trail, NC: 0.4″
- Fort Mill, SC: 0.4″
- Monroe, NC: 0.4″
- Charlotte Airport: 0.3″
- Concord, NC: 0.3″
- Matthews, NC: 0.3″
- Mt. Holly, NC: 0.2″
- Davidson, NC: 0.2″
- Crowders, NC: 0.2″
- Statesville, NC: Trace
To see how much snow fell across both North Carolina and South Carolina, browse or search this database of snow and ice observations:
