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Before winter has officially started (winter officially starts Dec. 21), many areas in North Carolina have already exceeded their average snowfall for the entire winter season.
RDU averages just under 6 inches of snow per season. RDU averages 0.6 inches of snow in December.
RDU received 7 inches of snow Sunday. That ties the area's third highest daily snowfall amount in December.
Seven inches of snow is the most snow reported at the airport since January 2-3, 2002, when about 11 inches fell.
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"We've had our entire winter average in one day," ABC11 Meteorologist Don "Big Weather" Schwenneker said.
Snowfall totals:
Drone footage of Brier Creek in Raleigh
National Weather Service has a complete list of snowfall totals here.
Those snow totals may make you think we're now done for the winter, but Big Weather warns that is probably not the case.
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"This is typically a snow that we'd see...in January and February. We're just getting this one early this year. But I don't think we're done by any means. I still think we have winter to go through."
This is one of the biggest snow storms our area has ever seen in early December.
Early December snows in Raleigh-Durham area
Durham Public Schools, Orange County Schools, and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools are just three of the school districts who have already announced they will not have classes Monday. A full list of school closings can be found here.
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