RDU Snowstorms with 6 or more inches since 1887
**Updated 12/24/08**

The following list is from reviewing available climate data from NCDC and the North Carolina State Climate Office. For dates before 1948, some storms had to be somewhat estimated although only a few, I am most unsure about those with the ~.

  1. Jan 24-25 2000            20.3 inches

  2. Feb 15-17 1902          17.9 inches

  3. Mar 1-2 1927              17.8 inches

  4. Feb 11-13 1899           17.7 inches

  5. Mar 1-2 1980,              11.1 inches

  6. Jan 2-3 2002                10.8 inches

  7. Feb 18-19 1979           10.4 inches

  8. Apr 2-3 1915               10 inches

  9. Jan 13 1933,                 10 inches

  10. Mar 10 1934,               10 inches

  11. Feb 25-26 1914            7-10 inches

  12. Jan 25-27 1966             9.7 inches

  13. Jan 26-28 1922             9.5 inches

  14. Mar 1 1969                   9.3 inches

  15. Dec 11 1958                9.1 inches

  16. Feb 9 1967                   9.1 inches

  17. Jan 19 1955                  9 inches

  18. Jan 31-Feb 1 1948        9 inches

  19. Dec 2, 1896                  7.5 inches

  20. Jan 28 1899                  7.5 inches

  21. Mar 24 1983                7.3 inches

  22. Jan 7-8 1988                7.3 inches

  23. Jan 10 1927                  7.2 inches

  24. Feb 10-11 1912            7.1 inches

  25. Mar 2-3 1960                7.1 inches

  26. Feb 9-10 1948             7 inches

  27. Jan 25-26 1921             7 inches

  28. Mar 24 1940                7 inches

  29. Mar 9-10 1960             7 inches

  30. Feb 26 1963                  6.9 inches

  31. Feb 6 1984,                  6.9 inches

  32. Dec 17 1930,               6.5 inches

  33. Feb 28, 1937                6.5 inches

  34. Feb 26-27 2004            6.5 inches

  35. March 14 1926,             6.4 inches

  36. Jan 7-8 1973                6.4 inches

  37. Feb 17-18 1989             6.2 inches

  38. Feb 13-14 1913             6 inches

  39. Jan 13-14 1982             6 inches

 

Monthly Breakdown

Dec 3

Jan 12

Feb 14

Mar 9

Apr 1

RDU seasonal snowfall data.

 Season Inches
1892-1893
 31.6
1935-1936 29.5
1898-1899 29
1999-2000 25.8
1926-1927 25
1901-1902 18.8
1959-1960 18.8
1979-1980 18.3
1914-1915 17.8
1978-1979 17.6
1947-1948 17.4
1954-1955 16.8
1913-1914 16.4
1917-1918 15.4
2003-2004 14.9
1911-1912 14.8
1961-1962 14.8
1995-1996 14.6
1894-1895
 14.3
1939-1940 13.7
1958-1959 13.5
1964-1965 13.5
1965-1966 12.3
1888-1889
 12.2
1968-1969 12
1988-1989 12
1925-1926 11.8
1982-1983 11.8
1920-1921 11.6
1921-1922 11.4
1972-1973 11.3
1933-1934 11.1
1930-1931 11
1986-1987 10.8
2001-2002 10.8
1966-1967 10.6
1977-1978 10.6
1945-1946 10.3
1932-1933 10.
1896-1897 9.3
1904-1905 9.2
1912-1913 9.1
1962-1963
 8.3
1957-1958 7.9
1987-1988 7.9
1936-1937 7.8
1971-1972 7.7
1895-1896
 7.5
2002-2003 7.4
1953-1954 7.1
1983-1984 6.9
1942-1943 6.6
1981-1982 6.6
1906-1907 6.3
1903-1904 6.1
1915-1916 6
1893-1894
 6
1970-1971 5.9
1967-1968 5.7
1973-1974 5.7
1980-1981 5.7
1943-1944 5.5
1905-1906 5
1907-1908 5
1951-1952 4.7
1891-1892
 4.6
1923-1924 4.5
1938-1939 4.5
1993-1994 4.4
1984-1985 4.1
1910-1911 4
1929-1930 3.8
1960-1961 3.8
1976-1977 3.6
1963-1964 3.5
1946-1947 3.5
1918-1919 3.3
1931-1932 3.3
1937-1938 3.1
1975-1976 3
1989-1990 2.7
2000-2001 2.6
1900-1901 2.5
1992-1993 2.5
1899-1900 2.4
1997-1998 2.4
1994-1995 2.2
1955-1956 2
1969-1970 2
1928-1929 1.9
1940-1941 1.8
1941-1942 1.5
1919-1920 1.3
1889-1890
 1.2
1916-1917 1.2
1950-1951 1.2
1897-1898 1
1985-1986 0.9
2004-2005 0.9
1890-1891
 0.7
1922-1923 0.7
1909-1910 0.7
1924-1925 0.6
1934-1935 0.6
1974-1975 0.6
1996-1997 0.4
1887-1888
 0.1
1902-1903 T
1908-1909 T
1944-1945 T
1948-1949 T
1949-1950 T
1952-1953 T
1956-1957 T
1990-1991 T
1991-1992 T
1998-1999 T
2005-2006

T
1927-1928
 0