Heavy Snow, New Castle
- When
- February 3, 3:00 PM EST to 7:00 PM 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)
Heavy Snow in Delaware, February 3, 2000
A cold front that moved through the Middle Atlantic States during the night of the 3rd was preceded by a period of snow across northern sections of the state of Delaware. Snow began falling during the mid afternoon hours and lingered into the early evening, coinciding with the evening commute home.
Where it happened
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- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
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- 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
- 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 PHI wrote it up.
A cold front that moved through the Middle Atlantic States during the night of the 3rd was preceded by a period of snow across northern sections of the state of Delaware. Snow began falling during the mid afternoon hours and lingered into the early evening, coinciding with the evening commute home. Accumulations in New Castle County averaged around one inch. Little, if any, snow fell farther south in Kent and Sussex Counties. While accumulations were considerably lighter than what fell during the two largest snow storms during the second half of January, it coincided with the afternoon drive from school and the evening commute home. Untreated roads were slippery. The accumulation at the New Castle County Airport was 0.8 inches.
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
- High Wind in California, February 3, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, February 3 to 4, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, February 3 to 4, 2000
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, February 3 to 5, 2000
- Waterspouts in Florida, February 3, 2000
- High Wind in Washington, February 3, 2000
- High Wind in Washington, February 3, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Maryland, February 3, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, February 3 to 4, 2000
- High Wind in California, February 3, 2000
More
Every storm in Delaware in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Delaware, February 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: 5133446.