Many living in interior North Carolina and South Carolina woke up Tuesday morning to find a light coating of snow on the ground, a rare sight even in winter!
This was all part of a powerful nor’easter that’s traveling up the East Coast, which will deliver some snow and rain to New England before it makes its exit.
Charlotte, North Carolina received measurable snow too (0.1 inches), one of only six times that [measurable] snowfall has ever been recorded in Charlotte in the month of April!
You have to go all the way back to 1982 (37 years ago) to find just 0.1 inches of snow in April.
There have been a handful of April snowfalls, but most of them occurred prior to 1920: 3.5 inches in 1880, 0.1 inches in 1881, 0.8 inches in 1904, and 0.6 inches in 1915 (Figure 1).
The National Weather Service office in Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina, said,
“Snowfall rates have been decent enough to actually accumulate snow in some spots.”
Temperatures will start to warm-up late week as an area of high pressure develops to the south, which will open the door to a southerly flow boosting temperatures into the 70s (Figure 2).
Springlike weather may be on the horizon, but this April snowfall for the Carolinas is unforgettable!
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April snow in Carolina’s — yep, proof positive of Global Warming. Just ask the Weather Channel.