Heavy Snow, Delaware Beaches
- When
- December 22, 1:00 AM EST to 7:30 AM EST
- Where
- Delaware Beaches 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 22, 2000
An upper air disturbance helped produce a band of snow, which fell heavy at times, across the southern half of Delaware during the predawn hours on the 22nd. 0 inches.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 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.
An upper air disturbance helped produce a band of snow, which fell heavy at times, across the southern half of Delaware during the predawn hours on the 22nd. Accumulations by daybreak averaged 1.5 to 3.0 inches. A cold frontal passage during the afternoon of the 22nd was preceded by additional light snow, but brought little additional accumulation. The heaviest snow fell in the southeastern part of the Eastern Shore. Accumulations included 3 inches in Milford (Kent County) and Greenwood (Sussex County), 2 inches in Dover and Magnolia (Kent County) and 1.5 inches in Georgetown (Sussex County). A jet streak at higher levels of the atmosphere combined with sufficient moisture to produce about a 50 mile wide band of accumulating snow during the predawn hours on the 22nd. Untreated roads were treacherous.
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, Inland Sussex
- When
- December 22, 1:00 AM EST to 7:30 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, Kent
- When
- December 22, 1:00 AM EST to 7:00 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)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
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The same day elsewhere
- Extreme Cold in Illinois, December 22, 2000
- Cold in South Carolina, December 22 to 23, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 22 to 23, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 22 to 23, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Virginia, December 22 to 23, 2000
- High Surf in California, December 22 to 25, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, December 22 to 23, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Maryland, December 22 to 23, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, December 22, 2000
- Extreme Cold in West Virginia, December 22 to 23, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 22 to 23, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Maryland, December 22, 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: 5169438, 5169439, 5169440.