First snow 2026-27 ยท Raleigh, NC

When does Raleigh get its first snow?

None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Jan 17.

This winter
None yet
Normal date
Jan 17 (1991-2020 median)
Earliest on record
Nov 6, 1953
Latest on record
Mar 10, 1975
Record since
1887 (139 winters)
Station
Raleigh-Durham International Airport
Snow so far
0 in

Common questions

When does Raleigh get its first snow?

Around Jan 17. That is the median date of the first measurable snow (at least 0.1 inch of snow (a trace does not count)) at Raleigh-Durham International Airport over the 1991-2020 winters, our calculation from NOAA's record.

Has Raleigh had its first snow this winter?

None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Jan 17.

What is the earliest first snow on record in Raleigh?

Nov 6, 1953, in a record that goes back to 1887.

What is the latest first snow on record in Raleigh?

Mar 10, 1975.

Every winter on record

First snow in Raleigh by season
SeasonDateSnow
2025-26Dec 80.1 in
2024-25Jan 100.7 in
2023-24None
2022-23None
2021-22Jan 211.5 in
2020-21Jan 281.6 in
2019-20Feb 202.5 in
2018-19Dec 97 in
2017-18Dec 80.3 in
2016-17Jan 70.5 in
2015-16Jan 221.2 in
2014-15Feb 160.3 in
2013-14Jan 210.5 in
2012-13Jan 170.7 in
2011-12Feb 190.9 in
2010-11Dec 40.8 in
2009-10Dec 180.1 in
2008-09Nov 210.4 in
2007-08Jan 190.5 in
2006-07Jan 181 in
2005-06None
2004-05Jan 190.7 in
2003-04Jan 93 in
2002-03Dec 42.3 in
2001-02Jan 24.3 in
2000-01Nov 192.2 in
1999-00Jan 183 in
1998-99None
1997-98Dec 290.3 in
1996-97Jan 110.4 in
1995-96Jan 62.7 in
1994-95Jan 230.7 in
1993-94Dec 220.5 in
1992-93Feb 200.5 in
1991-92None
1990-91None
1989-90Dec 80.8 in
1988-89Dec 170.1 in
1987-88Nov 110.6 in
1986-87Jan 250.1 in
1985-86Feb 140.7 in
1984-85Jan 201.7 in
1983-84Feb 66.9 in
1982-83Feb 62.3 in
1981-82Jan 131 in
1980-81Dec 273.1 in
1979-80Jan 301 in
1978-79Jan 310.4 in
1977-78Feb 23.2 in
1976-77Jan 70.3 in
1975-76Nov 232.6 in
1974-75Mar 100.6 in
1973-74Dec 161.1 in
1972-73Jan 70.7 in
1971-72Dec 33.6 in
1970-71Dec 290.5 in
1969-70Jan 121 in
1968-69Nov 121.2 in
1967-68Dec 231.4 in
1966-67Dec 241 in
1965-66Jan 160.1 in
1964-65Nov 300.4 in
1963-64Jan 130.4 in
1962-63Nov 251.3 in
1961-62Jan 11.5 in
1960-61Jan 211.2 in
1959-60Feb 134.7 in
1958-59Dec 119.1 in
1957-58Dec 111 in
1956-57None
1955-56Jan 232 in
1954-55Dec 62.4 in
1953-54Nov 60.6 in
1952-53None
1951-52Feb 263.5 in
1950-51Dec 280.3 in
1949-50None
1948-49None
1947-48Dec 250.4 in
1946-47Mar 80.7 in
1945-46Dec 130.2 in
1944-45None
1943-44Dec 152 in
1942-43Dec 165.5 in
1941-42Jan 105 in
1940-41Feb 270.6 in
1939-40Dec 241 in
1938-39Nov 262.5 in
1937-38Dec 22 in
1936-37Feb 41.8 in
1935-36Dec 224.6 in
1934-35Dec 80.2 in
1933-34Feb 90.6 in
1932-33Dec 172.4 in
1931-32Mar 60.9 in
1930-31Dec 177 in
1929-30Jan 230.1 in
1928-29Dec 230.1 in
1927-28Dec 40.8 in
1926-27Jan 90.3 in
1925-26Jan 83.5 in
1924-25Nov 180.2 in
1923-24Feb 272.4 in
1922-23Dec 190.6 in
1921-22Jan 260.1 in
1920-21Jan 266.2 in
1919-20Dec 190.5 in
1918-19Feb 93.3 in
1917-18Dec 127 in
1916-17Dec 180.3 in
1915-16Dec 110.8 in
1914-15Nov 203.6 in
1913-14Feb 133.8 in
1912-13Nov 283.1 in
1911-12Jan 72.3 in
1910-11Dec 40.8 in
1909-10Jan 220.7 in
1908-09None
1907-08Dec 42.6 in
1906-07Jan 270.9 in
1905-06Dec 315 in
1904-05Dec 120.1 in
1903-04Dec 90.8 in
1902-03None
1901-02Dec 50.6 in
1900-01Feb 232.5 in
1899-00Dec 280.1 in
1898-99Nov 260.3 in
1897-98Jan 300.3 in
1896-97Dec 26.5 in
1895-96Feb 174 in
1894-95Dec 280.1 in
1893-94Dec 51 in
1892-93Dec 278.5 in
1891-92Nov 292 in
1890-91Dec 170.5 in
1889-90Mar 70.5 in
1888-89Dec 141.5 in
1887-88Jan 220.1 in

Sources

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