S.C. beats previous earliest snowfall record by several days COLUMBIA, S.C., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The South Carolina midlands saw its earliest-recorded snowfall in history Saturday. Areas near Greenville and Pelion, S.C., received a couple inches of snow less than three days after seeing temperatures in the upper 80s. There was seven inches of snow in nearby Marshall, N.C., and four to five inches in Asheville, N.C. At higher elevations, 16 inches of snow fell in Mount LeConte, Tenn. The early snowfall was caused by a jet stream carrying cold air that pushed southward. More snow was expected to fall Saturday in the Appalachian Mountains region and northern New England. The previous earliest snowfall in South Carolina's recorded history was more than 100 years ago, on Nov. 9, 1913. "This has been a historic event," WLTX-TV, Columbia, S.C., Meteorologist Daniel Bonds said. It's unprecedented. I've run out of adjectives to describe it.