In January 2003, North Carolina experienced a series of snowstorms. The following pictures and maps provide you with a taste of what happened.

January 23, 2003 Snowstorm

Snowfall and temperature reports for the Carolina mountains, foothills, and Piedmont.

The Asheville area was spared the really heavy snow:

Heavier snow fell in central North Carolina (as seen in this picture from Salisbury).

Coastal North Carolina had some of the heaviest snowfall:

It was quite a sight to see snow on the beach at Wrightsville Beach (picture 1, picture 3, picture 4, picture 5, picture 6), Cape Hatteras, and Oak Island (before, after)!

Cape Hatteras received a record foot of snow!

Credits:

• The maps are from the National Weather Service (NWS) offices in the Carolinas
  • Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
  • Newport/Moorehead City, NC
  • Raleigh, NC
  • Wilmington, NC
• The Wrightsville Beach pictures are from the National Weather Service
  • http://www.erh.noaa.gov/ilm/archive/01-23-03/01-23-03_pictures.shtml
• The other pictures are from various web cams
  • http://pinpoint.ecu.edu/cameras/default.cfm
  • http://www.instacam.com/showcam.asp?id=OKSLN&size=L
  • http://www.weathermatrix.net/wxcam/us/cams.php3?s=NC

January 16-17, 2003 Snowstorm

The Raleigh NWS office has an extensive and detailed discussion of the January 16-17 snow event at their web page:

http://www4.ncsu.edu/~nwsfo/storage/cases/20030116/