Is North Carolina having a good snow season?
North Carolina had an about-average 2025-26 season: as of Apr 30, 2026 the typical complete mountain sat at the 54th percentile versus its own history (3 official gauges).
Based on official gauge data. Methodology. 3 complete / 3 mountains. Not enough complete official seasons here to rank the region.
Official gauges only (NOAA GHCN-Daily snowfall, NRCS SNOTEL winter precipitation, CA DWR CDEC precipitation, BC ASWS PC, ECCC climate-daily). Not resort marketing, not OpenSnow, not OnTheSnow.
See North Carolina on the map · 2025-26 nationally · Methodology
Fewer than 4 complete official seasons in this region for 2025-26, so this list is not a regional ranking — it is every mountain we cover here.
- 1Sugar Mountain, NC41.0 in · typical 28.5 in68
- 2Cataloochee, NC10.2 in · typical 9.6 in54
- 3Beech Mountain, NC62.1 in · typical 65.7 in50
Is North Carolina having a good snow season?
North Carolina had an about-average 2025-26 season: as of Apr 30, 2026 the typical complete mountain sat at the 54th percentile versus its own history (3 official gauges).
How much snow has North Carolina gotten this season?
North Carolina has 3 complete official gauges in 2025-26. Among complete mountains the median season percentile is 54 versus each mountain’s own history.
Which North Carolina mountain is having the best snow year?
Sugar Mountain leads the complete North Carolina list in 2025-26 at the 68th percentile (41.0 in vs a typical 28.5 in).
Where does the North Carolina snow data come from?
Each North Carolina row is an official gauge (NOAA GHCN-Daily, NRCS SNOTEL, CA DWR CDEC, BC ASWS, or ECCC climate-daily). Rankings are season percentile versus that mountain’s own November–April history, not a storm-total ranking and not snow depth or SWE.