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Severe Thunderstorms In the Central U.S. and Heat This Weekend

Severe thunderstorms overnight may produce damaging winds, large hail, tornadoes, and flooding over parts of the Plains into the mid-MS Valley. On Sunday, scattered severe thunderstorms capable of damaging wind gusts are expected across the Mid-Atlantic vicinity. Hazardous heat will continue in the South, Southwest and central California this weekend building across the Pacific Northwest Sunday. Read More >

Average monthly snowfall (1971 through 2015) in inches for the four 
National Climate Data Center climate sites in our forecast area
SITE January February March April October November December Total
PHL 6.4 6.6 3.2 0.6 0.1 0.4 2.0 19.3
ABE 11.1 9.4 5.7 0.8 0.1 1.4 3.8 32.3
ACY 4.6 5.5 1.3 0.3 0 0.3 1.5 13.5
ILG 7.5 6.3 2.2 0.3 0.1 0.6 1.9 18.9
Average number of days (1971 through 2015) of one inch or more of snowfall
for the four National Climate Data Center climate sites in our forecast area
SITE January February March April October November December Total
PHL 1.9 1.5 0.8 0.2 0 0.2 0.5 5.1
ABE 2.8 2.2 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.4 8.3
ACY 1.6 1.3 0.5 0.1 0 0 0.5 4.0
ILG 2.2 1.4 0.5 0.2 0 0.2 0.7 5.2

Annual Snowfall Across Climate Sites

Atlantic City Philadelphia Wilmington Allentown
Figure 1: Atlantic City Annual Snowfall Figure 2: Philadelphia Annual Snowfall Figure 3: Wilmington Annual Snowfall Figure 4: Allentown Annual Snowfall