First snow 2026-27 ยท Charlotte, NC

When does Charlotte get its first snow?

None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Jan 18.

This winter
None yet
Normal date
Jan 18 (1991-2020 median)
Earliest on record
Nov 11, 1968
Latest on record
Mar 13, 1993
Record since
1878 (148 winters)
Station
Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Snow so far
0 in

Common questions

When does Charlotte get its first snow?

Around Jan 18. That is the median date of the first measurable snow (at least 0.1 inch of snow (a trace does not count)) at Charlotte Douglas International Airport over the 1991-2020 winters, our calculation from NOAA's record.

Has Charlotte had its first snow this winter?

None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Jan 18.

What is the earliest first snow on record in Charlotte?

Nov 11, 1968, in a record that goes back to 1878.

What is the latest first snow on record in Charlotte?

Mar 13, 1993.

Every winter on record

First snow in Charlotte by season
SeasonDateSnow
2025-26Jan 250.8 in
2024-25Jan 100.5 in
2023-24None
2022-23None
2021-22Jan 162.2 in
2020-21Jan 80.1 in
2019-20Feb 200.3 in
2018-19Dec 92.7 in
2017-18Dec 80.1 in
2016-17Jan 60.1 in
2015-16Jan 223 in
2014-15Feb 160.5 in
2013-14Jan 280.9 in
2012-13Feb 162.7 in
2011-12None
2010-11Dec 250.4 in
2009-10Jan 291.1 in
2008-09Mar 14 in
2007-08Jan 171.4 in
2006-07Feb 11 in
2005-06None
2004-05Jan 290.8 in
2003-04Jan 90.3 in
2002-03Jan 161 in
2001-02Jan 20.9 in
2000-01Nov 192.5 in
1999-00Jan 180.5 in
1998-99Feb 191.4 in
1997-98Dec 292.9 in
1996-97Jan 80.1 in
1995-96Jan 72.1 in
1994-95None
1993-94Dec 232.6 in
1992-93Mar 131.6 in
1991-92None
1990-91Jan 241 in
1989-90Dec 90.4 in
1988-89Feb 232.5 in
1987-88Jan 712.1 in
1986-87Jan 225.6 in
1985-86Feb 140.3 in
1984-85Jan 200.4 in
1983-84Feb 65.9 in
1982-83Jan 200.3 in
1981-82Jan 120.8 in
1980-81Dec 270.3 in
1979-80Jan 40.3 in
1978-79Jan 210.4 in
1977-78Feb 20.3 in
1976-77Jan 31 in
1975-76Nov 230.5 in
1974-75Feb 41 in
1973-74Dec 163 in
1972-73Jan 73.6 in
1971-72Dec 37.5 in
1970-71Dec 292 in
1969-70Jan 110.8 in
1968-69Nov 111.7 in
1967-68Jan 110.6 in
1966-67Feb 95.4 in
1965-66Jan 251.2 in
1964-65Jan 1610 in
1963-64Dec 231.1 in
1962-63Feb 262.5 in
1961-62Jan 16 in
1960-61Dec 240.3 in
1959-60Feb 133 in
1958-59Dec 110.1 in
1957-58Jan 291 in
1956-57None
1955-56Jan 240.5 in
1954-55Jan 194.1 in
1953-54Jan 110.7 in
1952-53None
1951-52Feb 264 in
1950-51Feb 90.2 in
1949-50Dec 150.1 in
1948-49Jan 300.4 in
1947-48Dec 255.8 in
1946-47Feb 200.9 in
1945-46Dec 132.5 in
1944-45None
1943-44Dec 140.2 in
1942-43Dec 160.6 in
1941-42Jan 80.3 in
1940-41Feb 250.5 in
1939-40Jan 70.9 in
1938-39Jan 160.2 in
1937-38None
1936-37Feb 40.1 in
1935-36Dec 221.8 in
1934-35None
1933-34Mar 110.1 in
1932-33Dec 161.3 in
1931-32Mar 90.1 in
1930-31Dec 1710.4 in
1929-30Dec 222.3 in
1928-29Feb 53.5 in
1927-28Dec 41.3 in
1926-27Jan 101.8 in
1925-26Jan 83.6 in
1924-25Jan 291.6 in
1923-24Feb 250.1 in
1922-23Nov 280.5 in
1921-22Jan 130.1 in
1920-21Dec 80.2 in
1919-20Jan 250.5 in
1918-19Dec 280.3 in
1917-18Dec 110.3 in
1916-17Dec 150.1 in
1915-16Dec 110.8 in
1914-15Dec 130.1 in
1913-14Jan 10.1 in
1912-13Nov 281.3 in
1911-12Dec 200.1 in
1910-11Dec 40.1 in
1909-10Dec 250.2 in
1908-09Dec 220.1 in
1907-08Dec 41.8 in
1906-07Nov 141.3 in
1905-06Dec 313 in
1904-05Dec 151 in
1903-04Jan 281.5 in
1902-03None
1901-02Dec 190.3 in
1900-01Feb 231 in
1899-00Jan 290.8 in
1898-99Jan 285.5 in
1897-98Jan 301 in
1896-97Dec 210 in
1895-96Dec 120.5 in
1894-95Dec 280.7 in
1893-94Feb 256.2 in
1892-93Dec 274 in
1891-92Jan 91.4 in
1890-91Dec 162 in
1889-90Mar 71 in
1888-89Feb 110.5 in
1887-88None
1886-87Dec 47.2 in
1885-86Jan 80.9 in
1884-85Jan 230.8 in
1883-84Jan 51.1 in
1882-83Dec 170.1 in
1881-82Dec 302.5 in
1880-81Dec 254 in
1879-80Nov 190.3 in
1878-79Jan 190.8 in

Sources

https://ryanhallyall.com/trackers/first-snow/charlotte