Heavy Snow, Pike
- When
- December 30, 4:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pike forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.332, -75.034 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 30 to 31, 2000
A major winter storm developed off the DelMarVa Peninsula early on Saturday, December 30th. The storm rapidly spread moderate to heavy snow north and west into extreme eastern Pennsylvania by 8 AM.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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 BGM wrote it up.
A major winter storm developed off the DelMarVa Peninsula early on Saturday, December 30th. The storm rapidly spread moderate to heavy snow north and west into extreme eastern Pennsylvania by 8 AM. As the storm center moved north and intensified further off the New Jersey coast during the day on Saturday, the snow continued across northeast Pennsylvania. The snow tapered to snow showers from south to north during the late evening and early morning hours on Sunday December 31st. The heavy snow remained confined to locations east of interstate 81 and north of Scranton. Snowfall totals generally ranged from 6 to 12 inches. To the west of interstate 81 snowfall totals dropped off quickly.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Wayne
- When
- December 30, 5:00 AM EST to December 31, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Wayne forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.649, -75.303 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Lackawanna
- When
- December 30, 6:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lackawanna forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.437, -75.609 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Susquehanna
- When
- December 30, 7:00 AM EST to December 31, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Susquehanna forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.821, -75.801 (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
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, December 30 to 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in New York, December 30 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, December 30, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Maine, December 30 to 31, 2000
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New York, December 30, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, December 30 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, December 30, 2000
- Winter Storm in Maine, December 30 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 30 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, December 30 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 30, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, December 30, 2000
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5168410, 5168413, 5168411, 5168412.