Heat Builds in the West; Extremely Critical Fire Weather in the Northwest

A heat wave over the Southwest will intensify this week, peaking and expanding into the Intermountain West and northern High Plains this weekend. Critical to extremely critical fire weather conditions are forecast from the Northwest and the northern Great Basin this weekend. Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warnings have been issued. 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