#T1Anderson Creek
unincorporated, Harnett County · 13,927 people0 days a year with an inch or more·Ft Bragg Wtp station, 12 km
Anderson Creek, #1 on this list · Ellerslie · Photo: Mueller65 · CC BY-SA 4.0North Carolina rankings · Climate
Towns with the least snow in North Carolina
Anderson Creek gets the least snow of North Carolina’s 215 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 1 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. Boone gets the most, about 26 inches; 215 of the 215 average under 30 inches.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at each town’s nearest station with a snow record (named in each row). A described list: no letters. How grades work
#T11in
Barbecue
5,910 people0 days a year with an inch or more·Ft Bragg Wtp station, 16 km
Fairfield Harbour
unincorporated, Craven County · 2,948 people0 days a year with an inch or more·Bayboro 3 SW station, 15 km
All 215 towns
Snow in a normal winter, least first. Towns that share a station share its figure and rank (T = tied; 184 towns here share a station).
215 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
#TownSnow a yearDays with 1″+NOAA station
A station’s normal can differ from the town’s own when the station sits higher or lower; each town’s Climate page names its station and checks it.
Quick answers
Questions people ask
What part of North Carolina gets the least amount of snow?
Among towns of 2,500+, the least snow falls in Anderson Creek (Harnett County, about 1 in), Barbecue (, about 1 in), Fairfield Harbour (Craven County, about 1 in), on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals at each town’s station.
Which North Carolina town gets the most snow?
Boone (Watauga County), about 26 inches in a normal winter at the Boone 1 SE station. See the snowiest towns.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents (290 in North Carolina) whose nearest station has a snow normal of an inch or more; 75 have no station with a snow record. Smaller towns show their snow on their own Climate page.
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