Heavy Snow, Northern Wayne
- When
- December 5, 10:00 PM EST to December 6, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Wayne forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.649, -75.303 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 5 to 6, 1996
An intensifying storm system formed off the Virginia coast late at night on the 5th and eventually moved to a position east of Cape Cod by the afternoon of the 6th. This system produced a band of heavy wet snow from portions of the Poconos in northeast Pennsylvania into New York state.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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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 BGM wrote it up.
An intensifying storm system formed off the Virginia coast late at night on the 5th and eventually moved to a position east of Cape Cod by the afternoon of the 6th. This system produced a band of heavy wet snow from portions of the Poconos in northeast Pennsylvania into New York state. Snowfall amounts of 8 to 14 inches occurred in the higher elevations of Wayne county during the morning of the 6th. Preston township and Equinunk received 13 to 14 inches, while Pleasant Mount and Lake Ariel got 8 to 10 inches. The heavy wet nature of the snow downed many trees and power lines throughout the county.
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
- 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5578455.