North Carolina snow day predictor
Off season - the 10 towns ranked by how much snow they get · Boone averages 26 in a year, Winston-Salem 6 in
North Carolina towns, ranked
- Booneaverages 26 inches a year · moderate snow
- Ashevilleaverages 12 inches a year · occasional snow
- Reidsvilleaverages 7 inches a year · occasional snow
- Greensboroaverages 7 inches a year · occasional snow
- Kernersvilleaverages 7 inches a year · occasional snow
- Summerfieldaverages 7 inches a year · occasional snow
- Clemmonsaverages 7 inches a year · occasional snow
- Lewisvilleaverages 7 inches a year · occasional snow
- Hendersonvilleaverages 7 inches a year · occasional snow
- Winston-Salemaverages 6 inches a year · occasional snow
How snow days work in North Carolina
There is no single North Carolina snow day threshold, which is why this page scores each town separately. Boone averages 26 inches of snow a year against Winston-Salem’s 6, and a district that plans for the first amount does not close for weather that would shut the second one down.
Each score compares what the National Weather Service is forecasting against that town’s own NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normal, then adds weight for ice, wind and dangerous cold. Every number on this page links through to the full factor breakdown, because the reasoning is the part worth checking.
Sources: National Weather Service forecasts, one per town. Snowfall normals from NOAA’s 1991-2020 US Climate Normals. County lines from the US Census Bureau.