The potential for heavy snow at higher elevations in the western U.S. will continue for many spots through the weekend. In the meantime, the eastern half of the continental U.S. will transition to above normal temperatures ahead of a pair of cold fronts next week that will bring readings back to closer to normal as we approach Thanksgiving Day. Read More >
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A record-setting snowfall occurred across Central PA in mid-December of 2020. The highest snowfall totals occurred across the north-central mountains, especially in and north of Williamsport, PA. Williamsport set it's record snowfall for any 2-day stretch with 24.7" of snowfall. They also set single day records for both the 16th and 17th of December (13.7" and 11.0", respectively). See a map and some text of the snowfall reports and records below. |
RERIPT RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 0551 PM EST THU DEC 17 2020 ...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT WILLIAMSPORT PA... A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 11.0 WAS SET AT WILLIAMSPORT PA TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 10.0 SET IN 1973. ...ALL TIME TWO-DAY SNOWFALL RECORD SET AT WILLIAMSPORT PA... ...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET YESTERDAY AT WILLIAMSPORT PA... THIS HISTORIC STORM SET AN ALL TIME TWO-DAY SNOWFALL RECORD OF 24.7 INCHES IN WILLIAMSPORT PA ON DECEMBER 16-17 2020. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS TWO-DAY RECORD OF 24.1 INCHES SET ON JANUARY 12-13 1964 (THE ONLY OTHER TWO FOOT STORM ON RECORD). THE PREVIOUS TWO-DAY RECORD SNOW FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER WAS 17.2 INCHES ON DECEMBER 25- 26 1969. DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN FOR BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 13.7 INCHES WAS MEASURED AT WILLIAMSPORT PA WENDESDAY (12/16)...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 6.5 SET IN 1970. IN ADDITION... WEDNESDAY`S TOTAL OF 13.7 INCHES ALSO TIES FOR THE SECOND HIGHEST ONE-DAY DECEMBER SNOWFALL TOTAL WITH DECEMBER 19 1945...JUST BEHIND THE RECORD 14.7 INCHES THAT FELL ON DECEMBER 16 1969. THE LAST TIME THERE WAS 12 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW OVER A TWO-DAY PERIOD WAS 18.4 INCHES ON MARCH 14-15, 2017. THE ONLY OTHER TWO FOOT SNOWSTORM ON RECORD AT WILLIAMSPORT OCCURRED ON JANUARY 12-13 1964. $$ |
175 NOUS41 KCTP 172214 PNSCTP PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-056>059- 063>066-181014- Public Information Statement National Weather Service State College PA 514 PM EST Thu Dec 17 2020 ...Snowfall Observations from the past 12 hours. Some of these reports may not reflect the storm total snowfall amounts... ...SNOWFALL REPORTS... Location Amount Time/Date Lat/Lon ...Pennsylvania... ...Adams County... York Springs 0.7 SE 11.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.00N/77.11W Cashtown 1 S 8.6 in 0700 AM 12/17 39.87N/77.36W Biglerville 8.2 in 0915 AM 12/17 39.93N/77.25W Abbottstown 2.4 N 8.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 39.92N/76.99W Biglerville 3.0 WSW 8.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 39.92N/77.30W 1 NNW Littlestown 7.3 in 0800 AM 12/17 39.76N/77.09W Gettysburg 2.5 WNW 7.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 39.85N/77.28W Hanover 3.5 WSW 5.6 in 0730 AM 12/17 39.79N/77.04W 2 SW Mcsherrystown 5.6 in 0725 AM 12/17 39.79N/77.04W ...Bedford County... 2 NNE Osterburg 13.5 in 1055 AM 12/17 40.21N/78.52W Everett 3.9 W 11.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.02N/78.44W Wolfsburg 8.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.03N/78.52W Everett 3.4 SW 7.5 in 0654 AM 12/17 39.98N/78.41W ...Blair County... 1 SE Lakemont 13.0 in 0530 AM 12/17 40.46N/78.37W 1 SE Duncansville 12.1 in 1029 AM 12/17 40.42N/78.42W 2 NE Altoona 12.0 in 0829 AM 12/17 40.53N/78.37W 1 SSW Tyrone 10.7 in 1104 AM 12/17 40.66N/78.25W 2 NNE Canoe Creek State Park 10.5 in 0900 AM 12/17 40.52N/78.31W 1 SE Altoona 9.7 in 0550 AM 12/17 40.50N/78.39W Williamsburg 8.5 in 0715 AM 12/17 40.47N/78.20W ...Cambria County... Prince Gallitzin Sta Pk 13.0 in 0935 AM 12/17 40.65N/78.55W Ebensburg 10.5 in 1029 AM 12/17 40.49N/78.73W Ebensburg 9.0 in 0800 AM 12/17 40.47N/78.73W Johnstown 8.5 in 0758 AM 12/17 40.33N/78.92W 1 N Elim 8.5 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.31N/78.94W Belmont 0.1 NE 7.5 in 0800 AM 12/17 40.28N/78.89W ...Cameron County... Driftwood 31.0 in 0236 PM 12/17 41.34N/78.14W 3 ESE Driftwood 28.5 in 1000 AM 12/17 41.32N/78.08W 3 SE Driftwood 27.5 in 0237 PM 12/17 41.32N/78.10W 3 SE Stevenson Dam 27.0 in 1015 AM 12/17 41.40N/78.02W Emporium 17.0 in 0237 PM 12/17 41.51N/78.24W ...Centre County... Bellefonte 4.3 E 21.5 in 0800 AM 12/17 40.92N/77.69W 4 WNW Milesburg 19.5 in 0730 AM 12/17 40.96N/77.86W State College 2.4 WNW 19.1 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.81N/77.90W 1 W Black Moshannon State Pa 17.5 in 1059 AM 12/17 40.91N/78.07W State College 2.6 NW 16.6 in 0730 AM 12/17 40.82N/77.90W 3 NNE Zion 16.4 in 0744 AM 12/17 40.96N/77.64W 3 WNW Milesburg 16.2 in 0800 AM 12/17 40.96N/77.84W 2 ESE Port Matilda 15.5 in 0228 PM 12/17 40.79N/78.02W Port Matilda 15.5 in 0800 AM 12/17 40.80N/78.05W Port Matilda 2.0 ESE 15.5 in 0800 AM 12/17 40.79N/78.02W Philipsburg 15.2 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.87N/78.22W 2 ENE Port Matilda 15.0 in 0800 AM 12/17 40.81N/78.01W 1 ENE Bellefonte 15.0 in 0716 AM 12/17 40.92N/77.75W Bellefonte 15.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.91N/77.78W Port Matilda 2.2 ESE 15.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.79N/78.01W 4 WSW Unionville 15.0 in 0635 AM 12/17 40.88N/77.94W State College 2.4 ENE 14.9 in 0900 AM 12/17 40.81N/77.82W Pleasant Gap 0.7 NW 14.8 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.87N/77.75W 2 ENE Park Forest 14.0 in 0800 AM 12/17 40.81N/77.89W 1 ENE Boalsburg 13.9 in 1006 AM 12/17 40.78N/77.77W Pleasant Gap 13.9 in 0730 AM 12/17 40.87N/77.73W 2 N Pine Grove Mills 13.0 in 0234 PM 12/17 40.76N/77.88W 1 ESE State College 13.0 in 0845 AM 12/17 40.79N/77.85W Boalsburg 0.7 ENE 13.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.78N/77.78W 2 ENE Boalsburg 12.7 in 0924 AM 12/17 40.78N/77.76W Centre Hall 12.0 in 0800 AM 12/17 40.85N/77.69W ...Clearfield County... Clearfield 22.0 in 1052 AM 12/17 41.02N/78.44W Burnside 18.0 in 1020 AM 12/17 40.81N/78.79W 2 SW Dubois 16.5 in 0900 AM 12/17 41.10N/78.78W 1 N Dubois 15.5 in 1008 AM 12/17 41.13N/78.75W 2 NE Troutville 15.0 in 1050 AM 12/17 41.05N/78.76W 1 SW Dubois 14.0 in 1116 AM 12/17 41.11N/78.77W Dubois 2 S 13.5 in 0710 AM 12/17 41.09N/78.76W ...Clinton County... 3 NNE Hyner 27.0 in 1119 AM 12/17 41.34N/77.66W 1 N Westport 24.7 in 1049 AM 12/17 41.31N/77.84W 2 W Lock Haven 20.5 in 1051 AM 12/17 41.14N/77.50W Lock Haven 19.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 41.12N/77.45W 2 N Mackeyville 17.0 in 0630 AM 12/17 41.08N/77.42W 2 W Mackeyville 15.5 in 0515 AM 12/17 41.05N/77.46W ...Columbia County... 3 WNW Bloomsburg 15.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 41.02N/76.51W Benton 14.9 in 1100 AM 12/17 41.19N/76.39W 2 SW Fairmount Spgs 14.9 in 0600 AM 12/17 41.23N/76.34W 2 SE Orangeville 14.3 in 0700 AM 12/17 41.05N/76.38W Espy 0.8 S 12.1 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.99N/76.42W 1 NNW Knoebels Grove 11.0 in 1059 AM 12/17 40.89N/76.52W ...Cumberland County... Carlisle 7.2 SSW 11.2 in 0800 AM 12/17 40.11N/77.28W 2 WNW Carlisle Springs 11.0 in 0642 AM 12/17 40.25N/77.22W Shiremanstown 0.4 SE 10.5 in 0800 AM 12/17 40.22N/76.95W Mechanicsburg 1.0 NNW 10.1 in 0820 AM 12/17 40.22N/77.01W Carlisle 10.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.23N/77.19W 2 S Carlisle 9.5 in 0953 AM 12/17 40.18N/77.21W ...Dauphin County... 4 NE Liverpool 13.0 in 1023 AM 12/17 40.60N/76.94W 1 W Linglestown 11.0 in 0800 AM 12/17 40.34N/76.82W Millersburg 10.6 in 0800 AM 12/17 40.54N/76.96W 1 W Elizabethville 10.5 in 0900 AM 12/17 40.55N/76.84W Harrisburg 5.9 NE 9.6 in 0715 AM 12/17 40.33N/76.80W Clifton 9.1 in 0224 PM 12/17 40.24N/76.72W 1 WSW Rutherford Heights 9.0 in 0930 AM 12/17 40.27N/76.78W Dauphin 2.6 NNE 8.8 in 0800 AM 12/17 40.41N/76.91W Middletown 2.9 NW 8.2 in 0800 AM 12/17 40.23N/76.76W 0.7 N Dehart Dam 8.2 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.46N/76.75W Skyline View 8.0 in 0739 AM 12/17 40.33N/76.73W Harrisburg 1NE 8.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.28N/76.87W Hummelstown 8.0 in 0642 AM 12/17 40.27N/76.71W Paxtonia 1.7 E 7.5 in 0800 AM 12/17 40.31N/76.76W ...Elk County... St. Marys 1.7 SE 19.6 in 0600 AM 12/17 41.41N/78.53W Saint Marys 17.5 in 1056 AM 12/17 41.43N/78.56W 1 E Saint Marys 16.0 in 1019 AM 12/17 41.43N/78.55W Ridgway 13.2 in 0700 AM 12/17 41.42N/78.75W ...Franklin County... 3.0 E Mont Alto 9.1 in 0700 AM 12/17 39.85N/77.50W Greencastle 8.0 in 1103 AM 12/17 39.79N/77.73W Mercersburg 7.0 in 0915 AM 12/17 39.83N/77.90W Waynesboro 2.6 WSW 6.8 in 0700 AM 12/17 39.74N/77.63W Fayetteville 3.2 S 6.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 39.87N/77.56W ...Huntingdon County... 3 WSW Rock Springs 11.5 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.70N/78.00W Huntingdon 1.3 N 11.4 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.52N/78.02W Petersburg 10.5 in 0830 AM 12/17 40.57N/78.05W ...Juniata County... 1 W Thompsontown 13.0 in 1117 AM 12/17 40.56N/77.25W Mifflin 11.1 in 0742 AM 12/17 40.57N/77.40W East Waterford 0.2 SW 10.1 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.37N/77.61W ...Lancaster County... Millersville 10.0 in 0221 PM 12/17 40.00N/76.35W 4 W Leola 9.4 in 0705 AM 12/17 40.09N/76.26W Lititz 0.3 WNW 9.0 in 0800 AM 12/17 40.16N/76.31W Denver 8.8 in 1050 AM 12/17 40.23N/76.14W Salunga-Landisville 1.1 SSE 8.5 in 0900 AM 12/17 40.08N/76.41W 2 E Lancaster 8.0 in 0730 AM 12/17 40.04N/76.27W Adamstown 2.5 SSE 7.8 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.21N/76.05W 2 ENE Millersville 7.5 in 0746 AM 12/17 40.02N/76.33W Lancaster 7.3 in 0630 AM 12/17 40.04N/76.30W 3 N Lancaster 7.1 in 0855 AM 12/17 40.08N/76.30W 3 NW Churchtown 6.5 in 1147 AM 12/17 40.18N/75.99W Safe Harbor 6.0 in 0800 AM 12/17 39.92N/76.39W ...Lebanon County... 1 S Lebanon 9.7 in 0730 AM 12/17 40.33N/76.43W Mount Gretna 9.0 in 0900 AM 12/17 40.25N/76.47W 1 ENE Cornwall 8.0 in 0900 AM 12/17 40.28N/76.39W Palmyra 2.1 S 8.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.28N/76.60W Lebanon 1.3 SW 8.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.33N/76.44W Lebanon 3.1 SSE 5.0 in 0705 AM 12/17 40.30N/76.39W ...Lycoming County... 3 S English Center 27.5 in 0719 AM 12/17 41.40N/77.25W 3 WNW Cogan Station 22.0 in 0900 AM 12/17 41.32N/77.08W 3 ENE Jersey Shore 21.0 in 0748 AM 12/17 41.22N/77.21W Picture Rocks 19.8 in 0600 AM 12/17 41.28N/76.71W Jersey Shore 0.9 S 18.2 in 0700 AM 12/17 41.19N/77.27W ...McKean County... Port Allegany 10.0 in 0830 AM 12/17 41.82N/78.28W 1 SW Smethport 8.5 in 0825 AM 12/17 41.80N/78.46W Smethport 8.5 in 0821 AM 12/17 41.80N/78.45W Kane 8.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 41.68N/78.80W Bradford 5SW 7.0 in 0800 AM 12/17 41.90N/78.71W ...Mifflin County... 2 WSW Milroy 11.1 in 0229 PM 12/17 40.70N/77.62W 2 SSW Lewistown 9.0 in 0800 AM 12/17 40.57N/77.58W 2 SSW Alfarata 9.0 in 0755 AM 12/17 40.63N/77.50W Lewistown 9.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.58N/77.57W ...Montour County... Danville 12.0 in 0800 AM 12/17 40.96N/76.62W ...Northumberland County... Muncy 4.7 SSE 16.1 in 0700 AM 12/17 41.14N/76.77W 1 NE Montandon 13.0 in 1057 AM 12/17 40.97N/76.85W 4 ESE Meiserville 13.0 in 0930 AM 12/17 40.65N/76.89W 0.6 SW Sunbury 13.0 in 0825 AM 12/17 40.85N/76.79W ...Perry County... 3 NE Liverpool 20.0 in 1001 AM 12/17 40.61N/76.95W ...Potter County... 0.6 E Galeton 20.0 in 0800 AM 12/17 41.73N/77.63W Galeton 20.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 41.73N/77.64W 1 ESE Coudersport 19.0 in 0900 AM 12/17 41.77N/77.99W Coudersport 7SE 18.2 in 0700 AM 12/17 41.74N/77.97W 5 NNE Denton Hill State Park 15.0 in 0713 AM 12/17 41.83N/77.80W 1.4 W Coudersport 13.4 in 0700 AM 12/17 41.77N/78.04W Roulette 1.8 NNE 11.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 41.81N/78.14W ...Schuylkill County... 1 SE Orwigsburg 11.5 in 1138 AM 12/17 40.65N/76.10W Pottsville 10.0 in 1045 AM 12/17 40.68N/76.20W Valley View 0.5 W 9.5 in 0600 AM 12/17 40.64N/76.55W 1 E Tower City 8.0 in 0650 AM 12/17 40.59N/76.54W 1.4 N Mahanoy City 1.1 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.83N/76.13W ...Snyder County... Selinsgrove 2.6 WNW 16.1 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.82N/76.91W Selinsgrove 12.5 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.78N/76.86W ...Somerset County... Laurel Summit 13.4 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.17N/79.14W Windber 7SE 13.3 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.17N/78.70W Confluence 1 SW 9.5 in 0800 AM 12/17 39.80N/79.37W Glencoe 1 E 9.1 in 0700 AM 12/17 39.82N/78.85W 3 SW Jennerstown 8.0 in 0233 PM 12/17 40.14N/79.09W Somerset 8.0 in 0233 PM 12/17 40.01N/79.08W Hidden Valley 8.0 in 0800 AM 12/17 40.04N/79.26W Berlin 3.1 NW 8.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 39.95N/78.99W Somerset 7.8 in 0800 AM 12/17 40.00N/79.08W ...Sullivan County... Dushore 33.9 in 1100 AM 12/17 41.52N/76.40W 1 SE Shunk 23.7 in 1101 AM 12/17 41.55N/76.74W Laporte 20.5 in 0705 AM 12/17 41.42N/76.49W ...Tioga County... 2 SSW Morris 32.0 in 1002 AM 12/17 41.63N/77.28W Wellsboro 31.2 in 1204 PM 12/17 41.75N/77.30W Tioga 28.8 in 0658 AM 12/17 41.90N/77.14W Covington 2 WSW 28.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 41.73N/77.12W Mansfield 23.5 in 0550 AM 12/17 41.81N/77.08W 1 ENE Millerton 22.7 in 0800 AM 12/17 41.99N/76.93W Westfield 16.6 in 0238 PM 12/17 41.92N/77.54W Cowanesque Dam 16.5 in 0700 AM 12/17 41.99N/77.16W ...Union County... 1 NW Milton 16.0 in 0221 PM 12/17 41.02N/76.87W Linntown 15.0 in 1000 AM 12/17 40.96N/76.90W 1 WSW Linntown 15.0 in 0945 AM 12/17 40.95N/76.92W Lewisburg 14.0 in 0100 PM 12/17 40.95N/76.88W ...Warren County... Chandlers Valley 6.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 41.93N/79.30W Warren 5.3 in 0700 AM 12/17 41.84N/79.15W ...York County... Mount Wolf 1.0 SE 11.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.05N/76.69W Manchester 0.7 NNW 10.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.07N/76.72W Yorkana 1.4 SE 9.3 in 0800 AM 12/17 39.96N/76.57W 1 NNW Stonybrook 9.1 in 1030 AM 12/17 39.99N/76.65W Spring Grove 9.0 in 0231 PM 12/17 39.88N/76.86W Felton 9.0 in 0730 AM 12/17 39.85N/76.57W Valley Green 0.8 ENE 9.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.16N/76.78W 1 WSW Valley Green 9.0 in 0535 AM 12/17 40.15N/76.82W 2 SSE New Cumberland 9.0 in 0530 AM 12/17 40.20N/76.86W 2 SSW Goldsboro 8.5 in 0921 AM 12/17 40.13N/76.76W York 2.5 NNW 8.5 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.00N/76.75W 2 SE Weigelstown 8.0 in 0957 AM 12/17 39.97N/76.79W Manchester 3.6 W 8.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 40.06N/76.79W 1 WNW Brogue 7.0 in 1056 AM 12/17 39.87N/76.47W 1 SSE York 7.0 in 1000 AM 12/17 39.95N/76.73W Stewartstown 0.5 S 7.0 in 0700 AM 12/17 39.75N/76.59W East Berlin 3.4 ESE 7.0 in 0600 AM 12/17 39.91N/76.92W 1 SE New Salem 6.0 in 0801 AM 12/17 39.89N/76.78W && Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official. $$ |
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