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Snow totals across the Asheville area

Snow totals across the Asheville area

Snow falling on Asheville's Patton Avenue on Monday. Photo: Saga Communications/Dee Pridgen


ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Winter weather swept through Western North Carolina Monday and Tuesday, leaving a patchwork of snow and ice across the region. Totals ranged from a light dusting of a few tenths of an inch in areas like Candler and Waynesville, to more than 7 inches near Faust in Yancey County, with much of the Asheville metro seeing around an inch of accumulation.

Western North Carolina snow totals, according to the National Weather Service

0.2 inches

  • ESE Candler (Buncombe)
  • SE Waynesville (Haywood)
  • Cullowhee (Jackson)
  • E Downtown Asheville (Buncombe)
  • WSW Fletcher (Henderson)

0.3 inches

  • NNE Black Mountain (Buncombe)
  • N Saluda (Polk)
  • SW Weaverville (Buncombe)
  • SSE Celo (Yancey)

0.5 inches

  • E Downtown Asheville (Buncombe)
  • WSW Fairview (Buncombe)
  • SE Woodfin (Buncombe)
  • WNW Swannanoa (Buncombe)

0.6 inches

  • ENE Biltmore Forest (Buncombe)
  • SSE Leicester (Buncombe)

0.8 inches

  • ENE Franklin (Macon)

0.9 inches

  • N Ingalls (Avery)

1.0 inches

  • ESE Murphy (Cherokee)
  • NNW Downtown Asheville (Buncombe)
  • S Jonas Ridge (Burke)

1.1 inches

  • N Candler (Buncombe)
  • NW Waynesville (Haywood)
  • SE Wesser (Swain)

1.2 inches

  • E Weaverville (Buncombe)
  • Swannanoa (Buncombe) — 06:35 AM

1.3 inches

  • NNE Marshall (Madison)

1.5 inches

  • W Little Switzerland (Mitchell)
  • E Hayesville (Clay)
  • SSW Cove Creek (Haywood)

1.6 inches

  • NE Swannanoa (Buncombe)

1.7 inches

  • E Hayesville (Clay)
  • W Canto (Madison)

1.8 inches

  • NE Waynesville (Haywood)

1.9 inches

  • ENE Maggie Valley (Haywood)

2.0 inches

  • NE Whiterock (Madison)
  • ENE Marshall (Madison)

2.2 inches

  • NW Otto (Macon)

2.3 inches

  • N Banner Elk (Avery)

2.5 inches

  • WSW Spring Creek (Madison)
  • WSW Leicester (Buncombe)
  • W Blowing Rock (Watauga)

2.6 inches

  • NNW Banner Elk (Avery)

2.7 inches

  • SE Spring Creek (Madison)

2.9 inches

  • S Barnardsville (Buncombe)

3.0 inches

  • NW Mount Mitchell Station (Yancey)
  • SE Bakersville (Mitchell)
  • Hot Springs (Madison)

3.1 inches

  • SSW Burnsville (Yancey)

5.0 inches

  • ESE Buladean (Mitchell)

5.5 inches

  • SE Buladean (Mitchell)

7.5 inches

  • NNE Faust (Yancey)

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