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For December 2014, Boone Sees .3 Inches of Snow; Beech Mountain 3.3 Inches; Sugar Mountain: 2 Inches

By Jesse Wood

Jan. 5, 2014. December wasn’t much of a white month as only .3 inches of snow fell in Boone. Beech Mountain and Sugar Mountain saw 3.3 inches and 2 inches of snow.

See snow totals for December and the entire winter seasons for recent years that RaysWeather.com recorded in its “snow totals” almanac below:

Beech Mountain

  • December 2014 – 3.3 inches; 2014-15 winter – 25 inches (so far)
  • December 2013 – 3.5 inches; 2013-14 winter – 76.2 inches
  • December 2012 – 14.6 inches; 2012-13 winter – 104.9 inches
  • December 2011 – 3.8 inches; 2011-12 winter – 48.7 inches

Boone

  • December 2014 – 0.3 inches; 2014-15 winter – 6.2 inches (so far)
  • December 2013 – 0.2 inches; 2013-14 winter – 36.2 inches
  • December 2012 – 2.7 inches; 2012-13 winter – 36.1 inches
  • December 2011 – 1.2 inches; 2011-12 winter – 13.7 inches

Sugar Mountain

  • December 2014 – 2 inches; 2014-15 winter – 25.5 inches (so far)
  • December 2013 – 3 inches; 2013-14 winter – 86.5 inches
  • December 2012 – 15 inches; 2012-13 winter – 120 inches
  • December 2011 – 5 inches; 2011-12 winter – 48.5 inches

As for temperatures in December, Boone averaged 39.9 degrees this past month, which featured a high of 68.4 on Dec. 27 and a low of 22.7 on Dec. 11, according to RaysWeather.com.

This is a 2.5-degrees higher than what Boone has averaged in the previous eight years for which RaysWeather.com has archived in its almanac. From 2006 to 2013, Boone has felt an average of 37.4-degree temps in past Decembers.

  • December 2014: 39.9 degrees
  • December 2013: 38.4 degrees
  • December 2012: 39.7 degrees
  • December 2011: 40.8 degrees
  • December 2010: 26 degrees
  • December 2009: 33.2 degrees
  • December 2008: 39.8 degrees
  • December 2007: 40.7 degrees
  • December 2006: 40.5 degrees