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South Carolina's climate is changing. Most of the state has warmed by one-half to one degree Fahrenheit (300-600 m°C) in the last century, and the sea is rising about one to one-and-a-half inches (2.5-3.8 cm) every decade. Higher water levels are eroding beaches, submerging low lands, and exacerbating coastal flooding.
Scott Krentz with the National Weather Service at Greenville-Spartanburg Airport said Upstate South Carolina could experience precipitation 20-30% above normal during the months of December ...
In addition, there is an average of 4.7 inches (11.9 cm) of snow, occurring mainly from January thru March, with rare snow occurring in November or April. More frequent ice storms and sleet mixed in with rain occur in the Greenville area; seasonal snowfall has historically ranged from trace amounts as recently as 2011–12 to 21.4 in (54 cm) in ...
Lake Helen at Mount Lassen [ 10] and Kalmia Lake in the Trinity Alps are estimated to receive 600-700 inches of snow per year. Tamarack in Calaveras County holds the record for the deepest snowfall on earth (884 inches (2,250 cm)). 5. Alaska. Valdez. 314.1 inches (798 cm) 95 feet (29 m) 61°08′N 146°21′W / . 61.13°N 146.35°W.
The most recent period recorded without snow in the Greenville-Spartanburg area was Jan. 16, 2011, through Feb. 15, 2013. The longest record for no snow in the area was from March 1937 until ...
According to the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center, most of South Carolina has a 50-60% chance of above average rainfall from November through January.
A winter storm moves through the Midwest, on March 23.. The winter of 2015–16 was quite unusual and historic in terms of winter weather. First, around the end of November near Black Friday, a crippling ice storm hit the Southern and Central Plains with as much as 1.5 inches (38 mm) of ice accumulation in some areas, knocking out power to over 100,000 residents. [5]
Travelers Rest is a city in Greenville County, South Carolina. The population was 7,788 at the 2020 census. [ 7] It is part of the Greenville-Mauldin-Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area. Travelers Rest, the northernmost city in Greenville County, is located 10 miles north of Greenville and around 20 miles south of the North Carolina border.