Heavy Snow, New Castle
- When
- January 12, 6:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- New Castle forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.578, -75.639 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Delaware, January 12, 1996
For the second time within a week heavy snow moved into Northern Delaware. Fortunately this second storm was weaker than its predecessor.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
For the second time within a week heavy snow moved into Northern Delaware. Fortunately this second storm was weaker than its predecessor. The storm moved from the Lower Tennessee Valley on the evening of the 11th, to eastern North Carolina the morning of the 12th and passed just to the east of New Jersey during the late afternoon of the 12th into Southern New England on the 13th. Less cold air was in place than with the blizzard and although precipitation started as snow during the early morning of the 12th, it changed to rain by the afternoon. Accumulations averaged three to four inches in New Castle County, around 2 inches in Kent County and 2 inches or less in Sussex County. The weight of the snow from the two recent storms caused a 35 foot section of a roof to collapse at the Border's Book Store near the Christina Mall.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in South Carolina, January 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, January 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Maine, January 12 to 13, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, January 12 to 13, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, January 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Maryland, January 12, 1996
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 12 to 13, 1996
- Winter Storm in New York, January 12 to 13, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 12 to 13, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 12 to 13, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 12 to 13, 1996
More
Every storm in Delaware in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Delaware, January 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5543017.