ROANOKE, Va. – Those born after December 9, 2018 have yet to experience an actual snowstorm in our area. On December 9, 2018, however, all of the pieces came together to give us one of our snowiest days on record. Snow totals of a foot to a foot and a half were common across the area, with Roanoke seeing its snowiest day on record . Snow totals from December 9, 2018A reconstructed map of snow totals from across the area shows that some spots were close to two feet of snow with this one particular storm. The key difference was the potent storm system that was bringing up Gulf moisture to ride over that cold air.