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South Carolina Snowfall Climatology


Station Lat Lon Number of
Year on
Record
Number Yrs Snow
>=0.1 inch
Percent Chance
Snow Each
Year
Total
Snow
Events>
Historical
Maximum
Snow
Events
Beaufort 32.38 80.77 53 5 9 8 6
Sullivans Island 32.77 79.85 49 7 14 8 NA
Summerville 32.98 80.18 53 9 17 11 15
Blackville 33.37 81.32 53 13 25 15 17
Brookgreen Garden 33.52 79.09 43 11 26 17 11.3
Columbia USC 33.98 81.02 53 17 32 28 13.5
Conway 33.83 79.05 53 17 32 26 13.5
Kershaw 34.55 80.59 53 20 38 24 12
Kingstree 33.65 79.82 53 20 38 33 13
Effingham 34.07 79.75 53 20 38 34 14
Chappells 34.21 81.89 53 21 40 46 10
Greenwood 34.16 82.19 53 21 40 45 8.6
Johnston 33.78 81.55 44 18 41 26 14
McColl 34.71 79.57 53 23 43 44 17.5
Laurens 34.5 82.03 53 24 45 43 11.5
Newberry 34.28 81.63 53 25 47 43 NA
Gaffney 35.08 81.57 53 28 53 62 14.4
Chester 34.72 81.22 53 29 55 59 NA
Winthrop 34.94 81.03 53 31 58 73 12
Clemson University 34.66 82.82 53 33 62 96 10
Walhalla 34.75 83.08 53 33 62 73 11
Caesars Head 35.09 82.62 34 31 91 90 28.9
* Percent Chance Based on Historical Record
NA=Not Available
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