Historical Maximum Snowfall Events
for South Carolina 1948-2020


Station Latitude Longitude Historical Event Maximum Snowfall Date
AIKEN 4 NE 33.61 81.69 15 02/10/1973
ANDERSON COUNTY AIRPORT 34.5 82.72 10 03/25/1971
BEAUFORT 7 32.38 80.77 6 2/10-11/1973
BISHOPVILLE 8 NNW 34.33 80.3 11 2/10-11/1973
BLACKVILLE 3 W 33.37 81.32 17 02/10/1973
BRANCHVILLE 6 SW 33.18 80.81 19 2/10-11/1973
CAESARS HEAD 35.09 82.62 28.9 2/15-17/1969
CAMDEN 3 W 34.24 80.66 12 2/10-11/1973
CATAWBA 34.85 80.92 10 01/25/2000
CHAPPELLS 2 NNW 34.21 81.89 10 01/27/1966
CHARLESTON INTNL AIRPORT 32.9 80.03 7.1 2/9-10/1973
CHERAW 34.7 79.88 12 12/11-12/1958
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 34.66 82.82 10 3/25-26/1971
CLEVELAND 4 35.03 82.48 11 12/04/1971
COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT 33.95 81.12 16 2/9-10/1973
USC COLUMBIA 33.98 81.02 13.5 2/9-10/1973
CONWAY 33.83 79.05 13.5 12/23-24/1989
EFFINGHAM 34.07 79.75 14 2/10-11/1973
FLORENCE REGIONAL AIRPORT 34.19 79.73 17 2/9-10/1973
GAFFNEY 6 E 35.08 81.57 14.4 1/7-8/1988
GASTON SHOALS 35.13 81.6 12 12/04/1971
GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG AIRPORT 34.9 82.22 12 01/07/1988
GREENWOOD 3 34.16 82.19 8.6 2/10-11/1973
JOHNSTON 4 33.78 81.85 14 02/10/1973
KERSHAW 34.55 80.59 12 12/12/1958
KINGSTREE 1 33.65 79.82 13 2/10-11/1973
LAKE CITY 2 33.85 79.73 17.5 2/10-11/1973
LAURENS 34.5 82.03 11.5 01/22/1983
LITTLE MOUNTAIN 34.2 81.42 10 12/11/1958
LOCKHART 34.78 81.47 9 2/18-19/1979
LONGCREEK 34.78 83.25 15 01/07/1988
LORIS 1 S 34.05 78.88 14.5 12/23-25/1989
MYRTLE BEACH 33.73 78.85 14 12/23-24/1989
PARR 34.27 81.33 7 12/11/1958
PEE DEE 34.2 79.53 13 2/10-11/1973
PICKENS 34.88 82.72 11 12/3-4/1971
RIDGELAND 5 32.53 80.9 8 2/10-11/1973
RIMINI 33.65 80.53 24 2/11-12/1973
SALEM 5 NNE 34.95 82.95 13 1/7-8/1988
SALUDA 34 81.77 10 2/10-11/1973
SPRINGFIELD 33.49 81.28 15 2/10-11/1973
SUMMERVILLE 32.98 80.18 15 02/10/1973
UNION 8 SW 34.65 81.75 10 12/04/1971
WALHALLA 34.75 83.08 11 1/7-8/1988
WARE SHOALS 34.4 82.23 7.5 01/26/1961
WATEREE DAM 34.33 80.7 12 2/9-10/1973
WINTHROP COLLEGE 34.94 81.03 17.3 2/26-27/2004
WOODRUFF 5 34.76 82.11 8 12/04/1971