Heat and Fire Weather Concerns West; Heavy Rain and Thunderstorms from Plains to mid-Atlantic

Thunderstorms and locally heavy rainfall is expected from the Central Plains to the Ohio Valley, mid-Atlantic and across the Southeast. Severe weather from the Upper Midwest to Central Plains increases on Friday. Major to Extreme HeatRisk continues across the Southern Plains to the lower Mississippi Valley late this week. Fire weather concerns for the northern Rockies and northern Plains today. 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