Watching Hurricane Erin; Heavy Rainfall Threat for Upper Midwest; Heatrisk for Mississippi Valley

Hurricane Erin continues to track westward with its outer bands bringing heavy rainfall and gusty winds for Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands. Life-threatening surf and rip currents are occurring and will spread across the Atlantic coasts this week. Meanwhile, heavy rainfall and possible flooding are in the forecast for upper Midwest through Monday. Heatrisk continues for the Mississippi Valley. 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