Heavy Snow, Cambria
- When
- December 5, 12:00 AM EST to December 6, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Cambria forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.495, -78.714 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 5 to 6, 1996
6-10 inches of snow fell across Somerset, Cambria, and western Blair Counties closing Rt. 350 between Phillipsburg and the Bald Eagle intersection.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 5
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 CTP wrote it up.
6-10 inches of snow fell across Somerset, Cambria, and western Blair Counties closing Rt. 350 between Phillipsburg and the Bald Eagle intersection. 6.8 inches of snow fell on northern Schuylkill and 5.8 inches fell on Harrisburg, breaking the snowfall record for the date.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Blair
- When
- December 5, 12:00 AM EST to December 6, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Blair forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.481, -78.349 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Somerset
- When
- December 5, 12:00 AM EST to December 6, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Somerset forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.972, -79.028 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Dauphin
- When
- December 5, 12:00 AM EST to December 6, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Dauphin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.415, -76.779 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Schuylkill
- When
- December 5, 12:00 AM EST to December 6, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Schuylkill forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.706, -76.216 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Heavy Snow in Utah, December 5 to 6, 1996
- Heavy Rain in California, December 5, 1996
- Heavy Rain in California, December 5, 1996
- High Wind in Colorado, December 5, 1996
- High Wind in New Mexico, December 5 to 6, 1996
- Tornado in Oregon, December 5, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, December 5 to 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, December 5, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, December 5 to 6, 1996
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, December 5 to 6, 1996
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, December 5, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, December 5 to 6, 1996
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, December 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5578880, 5578881, 5578882, 5578883, 5578884.