Pennsylvania, 1997Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 29 to 30, 1997
December 29 to 30, 1997 · NWS CTP · 23 events in 23 counties and zones
23 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 23 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 23
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.
Heavy Snow, Potter
- When
- December 29, 10:00 PM EST to December 30, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Potter forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.745, -77.896 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Low pressure moved northeast from the Carolinas across New York City and brought heavy snow to a broad area of central Pennsylvania from late on the 29th through the 30th. Snow fell heavily from Franklin County northward into New York State. Snowfall amounts ranged from 8 to 14 inches across most of the region. Amounts were much lighter over the northwest where only an inch or two fell. An oddity with this particular storm was the way the heavy snow skipped over the Bedford to Port Matilda valley. Only two to four inches fell in this region with heavier snow to the west and to the east.
Heavy Snow, Cambria
- When
- December 29, 10:00 PM EST to December 30, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cambria forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.495, -78.714 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Cameron
- When
- December 29, 10:00 PM EST to December 30, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cameron forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.437, -78.204 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Columbia
- When
- December 29, 10:00 PM EST to December 30, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Columbia forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.049, -76.405 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Franklin
- When
- December 29, 10:00 PM EST to December 30, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.927, -77.721 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Fulton
- When
- December 29, 10:00 PM EST to December 30, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fulton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.925, -78.113 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Huntingdon
- When
- December 29, 10:00 PM EST to December 30, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Huntingdon forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.417, -77.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Juniata
- When
- December 29, 10:00 PM EST to December 30, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Juniata forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.531, -77.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Mifflin
- When
- December 29, 10:00 PM EST to December 30, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mifflin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.610, -77.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Montour
- When
- December 29, 10:00 PM EST to December 30, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Montour forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.028, -76.659 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Northern Centre
- When
- December 29, 10:00 PM EST to December 30, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Centre forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.919, -77.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Northern Clinton
- When
- December 29, 10:00 PM EST to December 30, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Clinton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.234, -77.638 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Northern Lycoming
- When
- December 29, 10:00 PM EST to December 30, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Lycoming forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.343, -77.064 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Northumberland
- When
- December 29, 10:00 PM EST to December 30, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northumberland forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.852, -76.709 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Schuylkill
- When
- December 29, 10:00 PM EST to December 30, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Schuylkill forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.706, -76.216 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Snyder
- When
- December 29, 10:00 PM EST to December 30, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Snyder forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.770, -77.070 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Somerset
- When
- December 29, 10:00 PM EST to December 30, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Somerset forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.972, -79.028 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Centre
- When
- December 29, 10:00 PM EST to December 30, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Centre forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.919, -77.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Clinton
- When
- December 29, 10:00 PM EST to December 30, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Clinton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.234, -77.638 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Lycoming
- When
- December 29, 10:00 PM EST to December 30, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Lycoming forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.343, -77.064 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Sullivan
- When
- December 29, 10:00 PM EST to December 30, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sullivan forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.446, -76.512 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Tioga
- When
- December 29, 10:00 PM EST to December 30, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Tioga forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.772, -77.254 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Union
- When
- December 29, 10:00 PM EST to December 30, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Union forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.963, -77.062 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
- 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.
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 29, 19971 death · 5 events
- Winter Storm in Vermont, December 29 to 30, 1997$240,000 · 10 events
- Winter Storm in New York, December 29 to 30, 1997$155,000 · 13 events
- Winter Storm in New York, December 29 to 30, 1997$190,000 · 8 events
- Winter Storm in Vermont, December 29 to 30, 1997$80,000 · 2 events
- Winter Storm in Alabama, December 29, 199720 events
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, December 29 to 30, 1997$5,000 · 59 kt wind · 20 events
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, December 29, 1997$20,000 · 4 events
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in New Jersey, December 29 to 30, 199753 kt wind · 18 events
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 29 to 30, 199718 events
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, December 29 to 30, 199718 events
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in North Carolina, December 29, 199717 events
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: 5619862, 5619863, 5619864, 5619865, 5619866, 5619867, 5619868, 5619869, 5619870, 5619871, 5619872, 5619873, 5619874, 5619875, 5619876, 5619877, 5619878, 5619879, 5619880, 5619881, 5619882, 5619883, 5619884.