Lumberton, NC Snowfall Database since 1903

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An official record of snowfall was maintained from 1903 until January 1988 by COOP weather observers in Lumberton, NC. With the aid of archived NWS products, newspaper articles, and nearby observations, we have been able to reconstruct an unofficial extension of Lumberton's snowfall record from February 1988 through the present. Summarized data and a listing of all snowfall events in Lumberton are presented below. This extension of the snowfall record in Lumberton, NC is not official in a legal sense, but helps provide a continuing record of the number and size of snowstorms throughout Lumberton's history.

The largest snowstorms in Lumberton, North Carolina's history both dropped 13 inches of snow in the city. The first occurred January 13-15, 1912 and the second occurred almost 70 years later on March 1-2, 1980.

Begin Date	Ending Date	Snowfall	Basic Snowfall Statistics for Lumberton, NC since 1903
1/4/1904	1/5/1904	3.5	Total Snowfall (inches)		309.5
2/10/1904	2/11/1904	1.0	Annual Mean Snowfall (in.)		2.5
2/3/1905	2/5/1905	2.5	Standard Deviation per event		2.9
2/6/1906	2/6/1906	0.5	Median Snowstorm Total (in.)		2.0
2/8/1907	2/9/1907	9.0	Mode (inches)		0.5
12/4/1907	12/5/1907	3.0
2/24/1910	2/25/1910	0.5	Total Snowfall by Decade (inches)
1/6/1912	1/7/1912	0.3	1900s: 19.5*	1950s: 8.6			2000s: 25.2
1/12/1912	1/15/1912	13.0	1910s: 56.8	1960s: 27.2			2010s: 25.7
2/10/1912	2/11/1912	12.0	1920s: 17.6	1970s: 27.0			2020s: 6.4
11/27/1912	11/28/1912	2.0	1930s: 28.5	1980s: 46.4
2/12/1914	2/14/1914	3.5	1940s: 18.9	1990s: 1.7
2/24/1914	2/25/1914	11.0	* only includes 1903-1909
3/21/1914	3/22/1914	0.1
3/29/1915	3/30/1915	3.0	Earliest Measurable Snow:	November 10, 2025
4/2/1915	4/3/1915	2.5	Latest Measurable Snow:	April 3, 1915
12/20/1915	12/21/1915	1.8
2/4/1917	2/5/1917	0.1	Measurable Snowfall Events Since 1903
12/11/1917	12/12/1917	2.0	Month	# of events
12/29/1917	12/30/1917	2.0	January	44			38% of all events
1/2/1918	1/3/1918	1.0	February	33			29% of all events
2/9/1919	2/10/1919	2.0	March	12			10% of all events
1/25/1921	1/25/1921	2.0	April	1			1 % of all events
1/25/1922	1/27/1922	1.2	November	4			3 % of all events
2/15/1922	2/16/1922	1.0	December	21			18% of all events
11/26/1922	11/28/1922	1.0
3/10/1924	3/11/1924	0.2
1/27/1925	1/28/1925	0.3	Snowstorm Historic Frequency Analysis
1/7/1926	1/7/1926	0.5	Snowstorm Amount	≥ 0.1"		≥ 1"	≥ 3"	≥ 6"	≥ 12"
1/24/1926	1/24/1926	0.2	# of events since 1903	115		81	38	15	3
3/12/1926	3/12/1926	1.5	Mean # of events per year	0.94		0.66	0.31	0.12	0.02
1/9/1927	1/11/1927	2.0	Mean return interval (years)	1.06		1.51	3.2	8.1	41
1/26/1927	1/27/1927	0.2
2/28/1927	3/1/1927	7.5
1/29/1930	1/30/1930	2.0
12/16/1930	12/17/1930	2.0
3/8/1932	3/9/1932	2.0
12/16/1932	12/17/1932	0.5
1/12/1933	1/13/1933	1.5
12/21/1935	12/22/1935	2.0
12/28/1935	12/29/1935	3.5
1/29/1936	1/30/1936	8.5
2/5/1936	2/6/1936	0.5
2/19/1936	2/21/1936	3.5
2/27/1937	2/28/1937	0.5
12/31/1939	1/1/1940	2.0
1/18/1940	1/19/1940	0.5
1/23/1940	1/24/1940	0.2
2/23/1942	2/24/1942	6.5
12/15/1942	12/15/1942	1.0
12/15/1943	12/16/1943	4.0
1/16/1946	1/17/1946	2.0
1/23/1948	1/24/1948	0.2
1/30/1948	2/1/1948	1.5
2/8/1948	2/10/1948	3.0
11/25/1950	11/25/1950	0.5
2/9/1951	2/10/1951	0.2
12/11/1957	12/12/1957	3.0
2/12/1958	2/13/1958	0.4
12/10/1958	12/12/1958	4.5
3/2/1960	3/2/1960	2.9
3/9/1960	3/9/1960	2.6
3/11/1960	3/12/1960	3.8
1/26/1961	1/26/1961	1.0
2/3/1961	2/3/1961	0.3
1/12/1962	1/12/1962	0.2
2/26/1963	2/27/1963	2.7
1/16/1965	1/17/1965	0.2
1/30/1965	1/31/1965	3.0
1/25/1966	1/27/1966	2.6
1/9/1967	1/9/1967	0.5
12/22/1967	12/23/1967	0.2
1/10/1968	1/11/1968	0.5
1/24/1968	1/25/1968	0.4
2/23/1968	2/24/1968	3.2
12/14/1968	12/15/1968	0.5
2/15/1969	2/17/1969	2.6
12/29/1970	12/29/1970	1.7
3/25/1971	3/26/1971	1.3
12/3/1971	12/3/1971	2.8
1/7/1973	1/8/1973	5.0
2/9/1973	2/11/1973	10.2
12/16/1973	12/17/1973	1.2
2/17/1979	2/19/1979	4.8
2/5/1980	2/6/1980	7.4
3/1/1980	3/2/1980	13.0
1/30/1981	1/31/1981	1.0
1/14/1982	1/14/1982	0.5
3/24/1983	3/25/1983	10.0
1/7/1988	1/8/1988	4.0	Blue-shading is official data, 1903 - Jan 1988
2/23/1989	2/24/1989	4.5	Red-shading is unofficial data, Feb 1988 - present
12/22/1989	12/24/1989	6.0
12/22/1993	12/23/1993	1.0
2/4/1996	2/4/1996	0.7
1/18/2000	1/18/2000	1.0
1/24/2000	1/25/2000	6.5
12/2/2000	12/3/2000	1.5
1/2/2002	1/3/2002	7.0
1/23/2003	1/23/2003	1.5
2/26/2004	2/27/2004	4.5
1/19/2008	1/20/2008	1.5
1/20/2009	1/20/2009	1.5
2/4/2009	2/4/2009	0.2
2/12/2010	2/13/2010	3.4
12/25/2010	12/26/2010	7.0
1/10/2011	1/11/2011	5.1
1/28/2014	1/29/2014	3.0
2/11/2014	2/13/2014	5.0
2/24/2015	2/24/2015	0.2
1/3/2018	1/4/2018	1.5
1/17/2018	1/18/2018	0.5
1/21/2022	1/22/2022	4.0
1/28/2022	1/29/2022	0.3
1/21/2025	1/22/2025	2.0
11/10/2025	11/10/2025	0.1