I just had a conversation with one of my grumpy real estate agent friends who was complaining about our recent snow. What makes that special is that he moved here from another- much more snowy state. He asked what’s going on here since he moved here to avoid this kind of thing. I said that we do have some icy weather most years, but at least you can count the episodes usually with one hand. Compared to northern or upper western states that’s pretty good, and I bet when it does snow in those other places, they don’t have a reasonable expectation of having 40-50 degree weather soon after a snow to help get rid of it quickly. That’s why we don’t usually have to suffer with gray snow!
If you want to get into a spirited conversation with one of the locals about how much it showed back when, HERE’S a pretty neat website from NC State University (my alma mater) that shows weather history by year, county, and type. There are lots of other interesting details on weather in the southeast that might make good reading while you’re waiting for the snow to melt.
