2025 foothills Thread

[calculus1]

Well, I ended up with about 1.5 inches of absolutely powder in Raleigh this morning. You could literally blow it off the car. It was pretty cool stuff, but didn't amount to too much.

Still waiting on the big dog here in Hickory. Like you all have said, it's been a long time since we had an epic winter in this neck of the woods.

[Moonhowl]

21 hours ago, GoAPPS said:

I feel this as an Asheville resident. Pretty sure Wilmington has more total snow than us so far this year. People think it snows here a lot (because mountains), but they don’t know about the Asheville Snow Hole.

Yes, as a valley dweller in Asheville, weather wise I think I have more in common with the foothills folks than the high elevation mountain folks getting snow regularly.  However, that doesn't  bother me and I enjoy seeing the snow photos. The big snow for me this year was less than an inch.  My memory is way short of perfect, I think, could be wrong, the last time I had more than 2 inches in any one event was 2019 and even then totals were cut due to transition to sleet.

[strongwxnc]

12.7 overnight. Clouds kept the temp up some.


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[WiseWeather]

Yes, as a valley dweller in Asheville, weather wise I think I have more in common with the foothills folks than the high elevation mountain folks getting snow regularly.  However, that doesn't  bother me and I enjoy seeing the snow photos. The big snow for me this year was less than an inch.  My memory is way short of perfect, I think, could be wrong, the last time I had more than 2 inches in any one event was 2019 and even then totals were cut due to transition to sleet.

2021???


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[wncsnow]

48 minutes ago, Moonhowl said:

Yes, as a valley dweller in Asheville, weather wise I think I have more in common with the foothills folks than the high elevation mountain folks getting snow regularly.  However, that doesn't  bother me and I enjoy seeing the snow photos. The big snow for me this year was less than an inch.  My memory is way short of perfect, I think, could be wrong, the last time I had more than 2 inches in any one event was 2019 and even then totals were cut due to transition to sleet.

January, 2022

[wncsnow]

13 here this morning 

[Moonhowl]

37 minutes ago, wncsnow said:

January, 2022

Glad someone's memory is better than mine; went back and looked at photos and you look to be correct for 2021; appears to have exceeded 2 inches.  My photographic record doesn't indicate much for 2021.

Temp bottomed out around 13 F here as well.

January 16, 2022:

 

[mercurydime]

11.1 for the low here this morning.

[ncjoaquin]

On 1/22/2025 at 9:49 AM, GoAPPS said:

I feel this as an Asheville resident. Pretty sure Wilmington has more total snow than us so far this year. People think it snows here a lot (because mountains), but they don’t know about the Asheville Snow Hole.

 

2 hours ago, Moonhowl said:

Yes, as a valley dweller in Asheville, weather wise I think I have more in common with the foothills folks than the high elevation mountain folks getting snow regularly.  However, that doesn't  bother me and I enjoy seeing the snow photos. The big snow for me this year was less than an inch.  My memory is way short of perfect, I think, could be wrong, the last time I had more than 2 inches in any one event was 2019 and even then totals were cut due to transition to sleet.

This pops up all the time. Yes, Asheville is in a valley. Yes, it gets downsloped. Yes, it can get less snow at times because of this factors. Yes, it generally doesn't do as well in NW flow snow. Yes, surrounding mountain locations can and do get more snow. Yes, this particular season, it has snowed more in Greensboro, Wilmington, etc. Yes, we get screwed more than our fair share. But, we are not Columbia, SC. We have just had bad luck lately and are in a snow drought. Compare the data below with any non mountain city in the state and see if you can find a city that is close to these numbers. Snow climate has changed everywhere recently, not just in Asheville. 

2022 was the last big snow here. It ranked 18th in recorded Asheville snowstorms.

18 10.4 15-Jan 17-Jan 2022

Asheville has 21 snow events that exceeded 10 inches. 7 of these have been 2010 and beyond. 

chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.weather.gov/media/gsp/Climate/AVL/newAVLheaviestsnows.pdf

Asheville has had 71 seasons, dating back to 1869 that have been double digit seasons or more.

28 of these have been 20 inch seasons or more.

7 have been 30 inch seasons or more.

chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.weather.gov/media/gsp/Climate/AVL/newAVLmonthlySNobs_htm.pdf

Asheville seasonal snowfall average is greater than anywhere else in the state with the exception of higher Central Mountain locations and the Northern mountains. (these averages are most likely high because of the snow drought. I'm sure they have dropped, but the point remains the same)

 

[wncsnow]

15 minutes ago, ncjoaquin said:

 

This pops up all the time. Yes, Asheville is in a valley. Yes, it gets downsloped. Yes, it can get less snow at times because of this factors. Yes, it generally doesn't do as well in NW flow snow. Yes, surrounding mountain locations can and do get more snow. Yes, this particular season, it has snowed more in Greensboro, Wilmington, etc. Yes, we get screwed more than our fair share. But, we are not Columbia, SC. We have just had bad luck lately and are in a snow drought. Compare the data below with any non mountain city in the state and see if you can find a city that is close to these numbers. Snow climate has changed everywhere recently, not just in Asheville. 

2022 was the last big snow here. It ranked 18th in recorded Asheville snowstorms.

18 10.4 15-Jan 17-Jan 2022

Asheville has 21 snow events that exceeded 10 inches. 7 of these have been 2010 and beyond. 

chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.weather.gov/media/gsp/Climate/AVL/newAVLheaviestsnows.pdf

Asheville has had 71 seasons, dating back to 1869 that have been double digit seasons or more.

28 of these have been 20 inch seasons or more.

7 have been 30 inch seasons or more.

chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.weather.gov/media/gsp/Climate/AVL/newAVLmonthlySNobs_htm.pdf

Asheville seasonal snowfall average is greater than anywhere else in the state with the exception of higher Central Mountain locations and the Northern mountains. (these averages are most likely high because of the snow drought. I'm sure they have dropped, but the point remains the same)

 

Thanks for sharing. I used to have this map saved. 

 

We haven't reached our normal snowfall for 5 of the past 6 winters. 

[ncjoaquin]

4 minutes ago, wncsnow said:

Thanks for sharing. I used to have this map saved. 

 

We haven't reached our normal snowfall for 5 of the past 6 winters. 

You're welcome. No, you really have the best approach right. No need to get excited until your tires are spinning in the driveway. 

[Moonhowl]

41 minutes ago, ncjoaquin said:

You're welcome. No, you really have the best approach right. No need to get excited until your tires are spinning in the driveway. 

Winters of 2009-2010 and early 2010-2011 before the February 2011 warm up were epic.  Haven't seen anything remotely similar since then; certainly no 10 inch snows IMBY.  Not quite as excited about big snows as I used to be since my steep driveway is not usable with even a 1/4" on it.  Good exercise but snow shoveling was getting a little old in 2010, lol.

[strongwxnc]

31 minutes ago, Moonhowl said:

Winters of 2009-2010 and early 2010-2011 before the February 2011 warm up were epic.  Haven't seen anything remotely similar since then; certainly no 10 inch snows IMBY.  Not quite as excited about big snows as I used to be since my steep driveway is not usable with even a 1/4" on it.  Good exercise but snow shoveling was getting a little old in 2010, lol.

This is updated each year.

 

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