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Snowstorm history in North Carolina

North Carolina has 376 county-level snowstorm declarations across 100 counties. Guilford County leads with 8 declarations. Total tracked FEMA obligations for snowstorm events in this state: $107.5M.

This page shows every North Carolina county in North Carolina that has at least one FEMA snowstorm declaration on record, ranked by how many times that hazard type triggered federal aid. Counties near the top of this list have recurring exposure to snowstorm events — useful context for anyone evaluating property risk, insurance needs, or emergency planning in the area.

For the full national view of snowstorm declarations across all states, see the snowstorm disaster type page. For all hazard types in North Carolina, see the North Carolina state page.

Snowstorm in North Carolina

Counties ranked by snowstorm declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTracked aid
1Guilford County8$10.5M
2Alamance County7$4.2M
3Caswell County7$48K
4Davidson County7$3.1M
5Davie County7$145K
6Forsyth County7$2.2M
7Granville County7$500K
8Orange County7$7.1M
9Person County7$346K
10Catawba County6$457K
11Cleveland County6$1.1M
12Gaston County6$2.1M
13Iredell County6$2.3M
14Lincoln County6$308K
15Rockingham County6$199K
16Stokes County6$28K
17Wake County6$43.8M
18Warren County6$139K
19Alexander County5$8K
20Burke County5$111K
21Caldwell County5$29K
22Durham County5$6.3M
23Franklin County5$1.8M
24Johnston County5$172K
25McDowell County5$10K
26Montgomery County5$68K
27Moore County5$597K
28Polk County5$5K
29Randolph County5$4.9M
30Rowan County5$1.4M
31Rutherford County5$988K
32Surry County5$0
33Vance County5$764K
34Wilson County5$147K
35Yadkin County5$0
36Cabarrus County4$1.3M
37Cherokee County4$0
38Edgecombe County4$90K
39Halifax County4$888K
40Harnett County4$303K
41Haywood County4$0
42Henderson County4$0
43Hertford County4$0
44Lee County4$781K
45Madison County4$0
46Mecklenburg County4$5.8M
47Nash County4$907K
48Northampton County4$29K
49Watauga County4$0
50Wilkes County4$0
51Yancey County4$0
52Alleghany County3$0
53Ashe County3$0
54Avery County3$0
55Beaufort County3$0
56Bertie County3$0
57Buncombe County3$0
58Chatham County3$268K
59Chowan County3$0
60Craven County3$0
61Gates County3$0
62Graham County3$0
63Jackson County3$0
64Lenoir County3$0
65Macon County3$0
66Mitchell County3$0
67Pasquotank County3$0
68Pitt County3$0
69Stanly County3$283K
70Swain County3$0
71Transylvania County3$0
72Union County3$593K
73Wayne County3$30K
74Anson County2$217K
75Brunswick County2$0
76Camden County2$0
77Carteret County2$0
78Clay County2$0
79Columbus County2$0
80Dare County2$0
81Greene County2$0
82Hyde County2$0
83Martin County2$0
84New Hanover County2$0
85Pamlico County2$0
86Pender County2$0
87Perquimans County2$0
88Richmond County2$68K
89Washington County2$0
90Bladen County1$0
91Cumberland County1$0
92Currituck County1$0
93Duplin County1$0
94Hoke County1$0
95Jones County1$0
96Onslow County1$0
97Robeson County1$0
98Sampson County1$0
99Scotland County1$0
100Tyrrell County1$0