Historical Maximum Snowfall & Minimum Temperature Events - FOX Carolina 21
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I recently stumbled upon a gold mine of archived weather statistics compiled by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
So, I thought I would compile a list below of the deepest snowfall events per county and when they occurred and record daily minimum temperature going back as far as possible. This snowfall data covers everything occurring between 1948 and 2009 and temperature recordings go back into the 1800s. These listings will be in alphabetical order.
Anderson County Airport: 10" - occurred March 25th and 26th, 1971
Ceasars Head (northwestern Greenville Co.): 28.9" - occurred February 15th through 17th, 1969
Clemson University: 10" - occurred on March 25th and 26th, 1971
Cleveland (northern Greenville Co.): 11" - occurred December 4th, 1971
Gaffney: 14.4" - occurred January 7th and 8th, 1988
Greenville/Spart Airport: 12" - occurred January 7th, 1988
Greenwood: 8.6" - occurred February 10th and 11th, 1973
Laurens: 11.5" - occurred January 22nd, 1983
Lockhart (far eastern Union Co.): 9" - occurred February 18th and 19th, 1979
Long Creek (northern Oconee Co.): 15" - occurred January 7th, 1988
Pickens: 11" - occurred December 3rd and 4th, 1971
Salem (northern Oconee Co.): 13" - occurred January 7th and 8th, 1988
Union: 10" - occurred December 3rd and 4th, 1971
Walhalla: 11" - occurred January 7th and 8th, 1988
Ware Shoals: 7.5" occurred January 6th, 1961
Woodruff: 8" - occurred December 3rd and 4th, 1971
http://www.dnr.sc.gov/climate/sco/ClimateData/cli_table_snow_events_historical.php
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Abbeville County (Calhoun Falls): 2° - occurred January 21st, 1985
Anderson County (Anderson): -6° - occurred January 21st, 1985
Cherokee County (Ninety Nine Island): -4° - occurred January 21st, 1985
Greenville County (Ceasars Head): -10° - occurred January 30th, 1966
Greenwood County (Greenwood): -6° - occurred February 21st, 1899
Laurens County (Laurens): -2° - occurred January 21st, 1985
Newberry (Newberry): -8° - occurred February 14th, 1899
Oconee County (Long Creek): -8° - occurred January 21st, 1985
Pickens County (Pickens): -6° - occurred January 21st, 1985
Spartanburg (GSP Airport): -6° - occurred January 30th, 1966
*Union (Santuck): -11° - occurred February 14th, 1899 (coldest)
http://www.dnr.sc.gov/climate/sco/ClimateData/data/min_temp_table.php
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