38 degree water. 25 degree air. Waist deep snowdrifts. Sound frozen over. Cancelled ferries. Closed businesses. New Jersey? New Hampshire? Any of those frigid states in the Northeast? Nope -- We're talking about the Outer Banks of North Carolina, last week.

Matt LuskDave Lusk digging some more fence posts.

It's been nearly a decade since Hatteras Island saw more than a dusting of snow, but on Saturday January 22nd, a sneaky winter storm hugged the Carolina coast blanketing the Southern Outer Banks with a half a foot of powder. Some areas of the island had 2-3 foot snow drifts along the sand dunes, roads were dangerous, and even the Ocracoke Ferry was cancelled.

Hatteras Island residents didn't really know what to do with all the snow. Most stayed home by the fire watching from their windows, while a handful of others took advantage of the short-lived winter storm.

Bryan ElkusKiteboarding is already taken, so what do you call this? Snowsailing? Kitesnowing? Another way to have fun in N.C.

In addition to the freezing temps and precipitation, Saturday's storm brought gusty 25 to 35 mph northerly winds and a head high peaky windswell. By Sunday morning the wind went was offshore, the sky as blue as it gets, and the waves turned on for a handful of dedicated surfers.

Matt LuskCold is cold. Snow just makes it more fun. Backside barrel in Rodanthe.

It wasn't perfect Pipe, nor macking Mavericks, but with only a couple days of surf since Christmas, Outer Banks surfers didn't mind suiting up in their thickest neoprene and paddling out in the 38 degree water. It was a memorable day in Snowdanthe, North Carolina.

Matt LuskThis is more snow than the Outer Banks has had in ten years.