1962
12/8...........Trace of snow reported at Summerville.
12/11.........Trace of snow in Charleston County.
1963
2/16-17......Trace-1" frozen precipitation...Edisto Island northwest to Holly Hill
& Florence.
2/26-27......Freezing rain & ice hit most of SC...1-2.5" north of a
line...Anderson to Georgetown.
1964
1/1..............Severe ice storm/high winds hit most of SC. Aiken, Bamberg,
Edgefield, Orangeburg, and Anderson counties were hardest hit.
2/21-22......Trace of snow at Summerville.
11/30-12/1.Trace of snow in northeastern SC.
1965
1/16-17.......Snow, sleet, and freezing rain spread over most of SC.
1/18-19.......Trace of snow at Edisto Island, Summerville &Sandhills experimental
station.
3/5-6...........Trace of snow over most of SC.
3/31.............Trace of snow at Charleston Airport.
1966
1/20-22.......Trace of snow over areas of coastal SC.
1/25-27.......Severe ice storm..Dillon to McCormick & southward. Snow accumulations up
to 3" in southern SC. Areas north of the line received 3-6" snow.
12/30-31.....Columbia, Bamberg & Brookgreen Gardens all reported a trace of snow.
1967
2/9-10..........Snow over most of SC. Mixed with rain on the coast.
2/13.............Trace at Conway and Charleston.
12/23...........Trace at Sullivans Island.
1968
1/24-25.........Snow across entire state of SC.
2/8................Snow over extreme southern tip SC...1-4" snow from Ridgeland
southward.
2/18..............Trace of snow at Ridgeland and Edisto Island.
2/22-25........Up to 6.8" of snow fell across midlands and coastal plains of SC.
Greatest amounts in Colleton and Hampton counties.
3/23.............Trace at Brookgreen Gardens.
1969
1/4-5............Trace-1.1" of snow over extreme northeastern SC.
1/27-28........Trace-1" of frozen precipitation fell over all SC except southern
coastal plain.
3/3-8............A six day period began with the Charleston area recording 1-2" snow
on the 3rd & 4th. The remainder of the period saw traces reported across SC.
1970
1/23-24........Snow over all of SC. Trace of snow along the coast.
2/10-11........Trace of snow across most of central and eastern SC.
11/24............Trace of snow at Edisto Island.
1971
1/1...............Up to 3" snow and sleet fell over the northern half of SC.
1/7-9............Freezing rain affected the southern coast of SC.
1/18-20........Trace of frozen precipitation reported across most of SC.
2/3-4............Trace of snow at Charleston.
2/8................Trace of snow at Ninety-Nine and Edisto Island.
12/3-4...........Freezing rain affected central and northeastern SC. Severe coastal
erosion.
1972
1/16..............Trace of snow at Lake City, Andrews, and Charleston.
2/19-20.........Trace of snow at Edisto Island.
1973
1/7-9.............A combination of snow and ice spread across all of SC. Trace
along south coast to several inches in northern half.
1/11...............Trace of snow at Charleston.
2/8-11...........A record snowstorm dumped up to 2' of snow in the midlands of SC. Amounts
ranged from 2-10" along the immediate coast, to 8-15" in the coastal plains. Six
foot snow drifts in some areas.
2/18..............Trace at Charleston.
12/17............Snow.Bamberg to Charleston. 1-6" over north central &
northeastern SC.
1976
1/16-18.........Trace of snow over most of SC.
1977
2/16-17.........Trace-0.3" snow over the coastal plain north of a line from
Edisto Island to Georgetown, northward to Lake City.
1978
1/12-15.........Less than 1/2" snow, sleet, & freezing rain across SC.
2/8-9.............2.3" snow in eastern SC. Trace of snow on coast.
2/21-24.........All but southern SC received a trace-3" snow. 1" at Manning.
1979
2/6-9.............Snow over most of SC. Trace of snow in eastern portion.
2/12..............Trace of snow at McClellanville.
2/17-19.........Up to 12" of snow in northern SC. Snow, sleet, & freezing rain
mixture in central SC. Severe ice damage in Charleston.
1980
1/30-2/1.........Ice storm. Less than 1" north of a line from Myrtle Beach
to Columbia.
2/4-7..............Freezing rain & sleet occurred over the northern coast.
2/11...............Trace of snow at Loris (Horry County).
2/17...............Trace of snow at Charleston Airport.
3/1-4.............Winter mixture amounts to less than 2" in southern SC.
1982
2/27...................Trace of snow at Loris.
1983
2/12...................Trace of snow at Loris.
3/24...................Trace of snow at Charleston Airport.
1986
3/27..................0.5" snow/frozen precipitation at Charleston Airport.
1988
1/15..................0.4" snow/frozen precipitation at Charleston Airport.
1989
2/23/24.............0.9" snow/frozen precipitation at Charleston Airport.
12/22-24...........Heavy snowfall over Southeast. Northern FL to the Carolinas. 2-5"
snow over coastal GA. 4-15" over eastern NC & SC. Most recent major snowstorm for coastal SC/GA.
1993
12/23................Trace of snow at Charleston Airport.
1995
11/5..................Ice pellets at Charleston Airport.
1996
2/3,4,16............Trace reports of snow throughout Southeast SC.
1997 .... no measurable
reports.
1998 .... no measurable
reports.
1999 .... no
measurable reports.
2000
1/25................. 1" snow
officially at Charleston International Airport. Big storm for SE and
Mid-Atlantic. 1-2" across Charleston and Beaufort areas. Over 12" in parts
of the upstate between Greenville-Spartanburg and Charlotte. Up to 20" in
Raleigh-Durham, NC.
1/26..................2" snow officially
at Charleston International Airport. 1-3" across Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties. Little elsewhere, very localized.
2002
1/2-3................. Trace snow officially at Charleston International Airport.
Significant Freezing Rain Event for Inland Counties northwest of Charleston and Beaufort. 4-8" Snow Accumulation for the Midlands and Upstate.
Visible Satellite Imagery of Snow Cover across the Carolinas from 1/04/02.
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