Pennsylvania, 1997Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 29 to 30, 1997
December 29 to 30, 1997 · NWS BGM · 7 events in 7 counties and zones
7 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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
- 7
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, Bradford
- When
- December 29, 5:00 PM EST to December 30, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bradford forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.789, -76.515 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A storm system rapidly intensified off the New Jersey coast during the evening of the 29th, then moved very slowly northward overnight and during the day on the 30th. This system threw substantial altlantic moisture inland over a cold air mass in place across northeastern Pennsylvania. This resulted in a period of intense snowfall from late at night on the 29th until midday on the 30th. In general, event totals ranged from 6 to 14 inches across northeastern Pennsylvania. The highest amounts were found over Bradford county and also across the ridge tops in Pike and northern Wayne counties. Some specific amounts included Sylvania in Bradford county - 14 inches, Troy and Canton in Bradford county - 12 inches, Equinunk in Wayne county - 11 inches, and Bushkill in Pike county - 11 inches.
Heavy Snow, Susquehanna
- When
- December 29, 5:00 PM EST to December 30, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Susquehanna forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.821, -75.801 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Wayne
- When
- December 29, 5:00 PM EST to December 30, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.649, -75.303 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Wyoming
- When
- December 29, 5:00 PM EST to December 30, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wyoming forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.518, -76.016 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Lackawanna
- When
- December 29, 5:00 PM EST to December 30, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lackawanna forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.437, -75.609 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Luzerne
- When
- December 29, 5:00 PM EST to December 30, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Luzerne forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.177, -75.989 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Pike
- When
- December 29, 5:00 PM EST to December 30, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pike forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.332, -75.034 (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
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 29 to 30, 199723 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
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: 5625827, 5625828, 5625994, 5625995, 5625996, 5625997, 5625998.