Heavy Snow, Inland Sussex
- When
- December 19, 9:00 PM EST to December 20, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Inland Sussex forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.683, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Delaware, December 19 to 20, 2000
A secondary low pressure system that developed along the Middle Atlantic coast the evening of the 19th and a primary low pressure system that moved through the Great Lakes brought the first widespread measurable snow of the winter season to most of Delaware. Accumulations were generally around one inch.
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
- 3
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.
A secondary low pressure system that developed along the Middle Atlantic coast the evening of the 19th and a primary low pressure system that moved through the Great Lakes brought the first widespread measurable snow of the winter season to most of Delaware. Accumulations were generally around one inch. Temperatures were near the freezing mark when the snow began to fall during the evening of the 19th, but fell well into the 20s by the time it ended the morning of the 20th. Untreated roads were hazardous. Accumulations included 1.2 inches in Bear (New Castle County), 1 inch at the New Castle County Airport and Milford (Kent County) and 0.5 inches in Greenwood (Sussex County).
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Kent
- When
- December 19, 10:00 PM EST to December 20, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Kent forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.096, -75.505 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, New Castle
- When
- December 19, 11:00 PM EST to December 20, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- New Castle forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.578, -75.639 (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
- Extreme Cold in Iowa, December 19, 2000
- Cold in North Carolina, December 19 to 20, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, December 19 to 20, 2000
- Winter Storm in Georgia, December 19, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, December 19 to 20, 2000
- Winter Weather in New York, December 19 to 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, December 19 to 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 19 to 20, 2000
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, December 19, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, December 19 to 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 19, 2000
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, December 19, 2000
More
Every storm in Delaware in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Delaware, December 2000
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: 5169430, 5169431, 5169432.