The Triangle could get snow this week. The latest winter weather forecast
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- National Weather Service forecasts low chances of accumulating snow Jan. 14-15.
- Low pressure area could bring snow to Triangle this weekend, but confidence is low.
- Temperatures will drop sharply this week, with feels-like temperatures in the low teens.
Update: For the latest forecast, click here.
Over the next few days, Triangle residents may have two opportunities to see snow.
The forecast for Wednesday night, Jan. 14 into Thursday, Jan. 15 calls for very low chances for snow accumulation, Aaron Swiggett, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Raleigh, told The News & Observer in a phone interview.
Precipitation in the form of rain is expected during the day Wednesday, but a snowflake or two may be mixed in, with the best chances of that happening after nightfall.
“This pattern is not typical for any kind of impactful, accumulating snowfall of any kind,” Swiggett said.
Areas north and east of Raleigh have better chances of receiving snow during this round of precipitation.
Will it snow this weekend?
A few days later, chances again arise for the Triangle to get snow.
Over the weekend, an area of low pressure developing off the coast could bring a chance for precipitation, and it could be snow.
As of Wednesday, chances of snow on Sunday, Jan. 18 are low, Swiggett said. But weather watchers should expect the forecast to change.
“It may trend a little bit warmer, and it may trend a little bit more liquid,” Swiggett said. “It may trend towards coast. It may trend off the coast. So it may be dynamic as we approach the weekend, so confidence in anything this point is pretty low.”
Snow chances are better east of the Triad, so that would include the Triangle, Swiggett said.
So far in 2026, no measurable snow has been recorded in the Raleigh area, according to the National Weather Service. In 2025, Raleigh received 4.9 inches of snow.
Below-freezing temperatures expected this week
The bigger impact will be cold temperatures leading up to this weekend’s potential snow.
These temperatures come days after record-high temperatures were felt across the Triangle.
On Saturday, Jan. 10, a maximum temperature of 76 degrees was recorded at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, breaking the record high of 75 degrees set in 1930.
“We have some minimum apparent temperatures — which is what it will feel like — in the low teens even across portions of the Triangle,” Swiggett said. “So it’ll be quite chilly for the next couple days, Thursday into Friday morning.”
This story has been updated.
This story was originally published January 14, 2026 at 11:58 AM.
