Raleigh - Extreme Daily Snowfall for Each Year
Here's a list of yearly records for the heaviest snowfalls and snowiest days in Raleigh, 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 Raleigh got more than half a foot of snow in a single day?
This page gives the highest daily snowfall of each year in Raleigh 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 at Raleigh—Durham International Airport and go back to 1945. Since then, the most amount of snow to land in one day at Raleigh is 17.9 inches (45.5 centimetres) on January 25, 2000.
| Inches | Date | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|
| trace | September 08, 2023 + | trace |
| 1.5 | January 21, 2022 | 3.8 |
| 1.6 | January 28, 2021 | 4.1 |
| 2.5 | February 20, 2020 | 6.4 |
| trace | November 12, 2019 + | trace |
| 7.0 | December 09, 2018 | 17.8 |
| 0.5 | January 07, 2017 | 1.3 |
| 1.2 | January 22, 2016 | 3.0 |
| 3.2 | February 26, 2015 | 8.1 |
| 3.3 | February 12, 2014 | 8.4 |
| 0.7 | February 16, 2013 + | 1.8 |
| 0.9 | February 19, 2012 | 2.3 |
| 0.4 | February 10, 2011 | 1.0 |
| 6.7 | December 26, 2010 | 17.0 |
| Inches | Date | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | January 20, 2009 | 8.9 |
| 0.5 | January 19, 2008 | 1.3 |
| 1.0 | January 18, 2007 | 2.5 |
| trace | November 21, 2006 + | trace |
| 0.7 | January 19, 2005 | 1.8 |
| 4.5 | February 27, 2004 | 11.4 |
| 2.3 | January 23, 2003 | 5.8 |
| 6.5 | January 03, 2002 | 16.5 |
| 0.3 | February 22, 2001 | 0.8 |
| 17.9 | January 25, 2000 | 45.5 |
| trace | December 25, 1999 + | trace |
| 2.0 | January 19, 1998 | 5.1 |
| 0.4 | January 11, 1997 | 1.0 |
| 5.6 | February 16, 1996 | 14.2 |
| 1.0 | February 07, 1995 | 2.5 |
| 0.6 | February 02, 1994 | 1.5 |
| 2.6 | December 23, 1993 | 6.6 |
| trace | December 27, 1992 + | trace |
| trace | November 09, 1991 + | trace |
| trace | December 27, 1990 + | trace |
| 5.8 | February 18, 1989 | 14.7 |
| 7.1 | January 07, 1988 | 18.0 |
| 5.2 | February 27, 1987 | 13.2 |
| 0.7 | February 14, 1986 | 1.8 |
| 2.4 | January 28, 1985 | 6.1 |
| 6.9 | February 06, 1984 | 17.5 |
| 7.3 | March 24, 1983 | 18.5 |
| 5.0 | January 14, 1982 | 12.7 |
| 2.6 | January 30, 1981 | 6.6 |
| 9.0 | March 02, 1980 | 22.9 |
| 10.3 | February 18, 1979 | 26.2 |
| 3.2 | February 22, 1978 + | 8.1 |
| 1.8 | January 24, 1977 | 4.6 |
| 0.4 | January 17, 1976 | 1.0 |
| 2.6 | November 23, 1975 | 6.6 |
| 2.9 | March 25, 1974 | 7.4 |
| 5.7 | January 08, 1973 | 14.5 |
| 2.6 | March 25, 1972 | 6.6 |
| 5.2 | March 26, 1971 | 13.2 |
| 1.0 | January 23, 1970 + | 2.5 |
| 9.3 | March 01, 1969 | 23.6 |
| 1.4 | January 25, 1968 | 3.6 |
| 9.1 | February 09, 1967 | 23.1 |
| 7.6 | January 26, 1966 | 19.3 |
| 3.8 | January 30, 1965 | 9.7 |
| 1.0 | February 28, 1964 + | 2.5 |
| 6.9 | February 26, 1963 | 17.5 |
| 5.0 | January 10, 1962 | 12.7 |
| 1.2 | February 03, 1961 + | 3.0 |
| 6.9 | March 09, 1960 | 17.5 |
| 1.7 | January 08, 1959 | 4.3 |
| 9.1 | December 11, 1958 | 23.1 |
| 1.0 | December 11, 1957 | 2.5 |
| 2.0 | January 23, 1956 | 5.1 |
| 9.0 | January 19, 1955 | 22.9 |
| 4.1 | January 23, 1954 | 10.4 |
| 0.6 | November 06, 1953 | 1.5 |
| 3.5 | February 26, 1952 | 8.9 |
| 1.2 | February 09, 1951 | 3.0 |
| 0.3 | December 28, 1950 | 0.8 |
| trace | December 15, 1949 + | trace |
| 9.9 | February 10, 1948 | 25.1 |
| 2.0 | March 27, 1947 | 5.1 |
| 4.0 | January 17, 1946 | 10.2 |
| 2.9 | December 15, 1945 | 7.4 |
Reference
Jay Lawrimore. 2016. Global Summary of the Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.