#1Landrum
Spartanburg County · 2,865 people2 days a year with an inch or more·Tryon station, 7 km
Landrum, #1 on this list · Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0South Carolina rankings · Climate
Snowiest towns in South Carolina
Landrum gets the most snow of South Carolina’s 64 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 5 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. Easley gets the least, about 1 inches; 0 of the 64 average 60 inches or more.
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
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#T2Duncan
Spartanburg County · 4,675 people1 days a year with an inch or more·Greer station, 9 km
#T2Five Forks
unincorporated, Greenville County · 18,656 people1 days a year with an inch or more·Greer station, 8 km
All 64 towns
Snow in a normal winter, most first. Towns that share a station share its figure and rank (T = tied; 57 towns here share a station).
64 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
Which South Carolina town gets the most snow?
Landrum (Spartanburg County), about 5 inches in a normal winter at the Tryon station.
What part of South Carolina gets the least amount of snow?
Among towns of 2,500+, the least snow falls in Easley (Pickens County, about 1 in), Keowee Key (Oconee County, about 1 in), Liberty (Pickens County, about 1 in), on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals at each town’s station. See the towns with the least snow.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents (169 in South Carolina) whose nearest station has a snow normal of an inch or more; 105 have no station with a snow record. Smaller towns show their snow on their own Climate page.
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Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.
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