CltNative90
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I remember the cold snap in 2018 being called a 1 in 250 year event by some meteorologists. The morning of the 7th was the coldest, but Raleigh stayed below freezing for a solid week straight and Charlotte was below 35. Ponds were frozen over with ice several inches thick. For areas west of US-1, it wasn't until a second cold snap later in the month that we finally received measurable snowfall, although the coastal "bomb cyclone" on January 3rd trended west in the 11th hour and surprised some areas like Pinehurst.It should be noted that it was aided east of US-1 by a pretty decent snowpack that was put down by that coastal storm. You can see the areas that had the heaviest totals were in the northeast part of the state where lows dropped to 5-8 degrees below zero