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Extreme Heat and Excessive Rainfall Today

Dangerous and extreme heat will remain across portions of the southern U.S. through the weekend. A heat wave over the Southwest U.S. will intensify this week, peaking and expanding into the Intermountain West and northern High Plains this weekend. Multiple rounds of thunderstorms will produce heavy to excessive rainfall with significant flash flooding across portions of southern New England. 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