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Excessive Rainfall in the Southern Plains; Extreme Heat Coming to the Southwest U.S.

Heavy to severe thunderstorms may bring areas of excessive rainfall and flooding over parts of the southern Plains through Friday. A Slight Risk of excessive rainfall has been issued. Dangerously hot temperatures are forecast across parts of southern Arizona and far southeastern California Saturday through Monday. An Extreme Heat Watch has 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

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