Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 6 to 7, 2002

Name: Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 6 to 7, 2002
Start: 2002-01-06T12:00
End: 2002-01-07T04:00
Location: Pennsylvania

January 6 to 7, 2002 · NWS CTP · 34 events in 34 counties and zones

34 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 34 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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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 34

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.

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Event by event

34 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, McKean

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: McKean forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 41.808, -78.569 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Low pressure developed rapidly across the lower Mississippi Valley and intensified as it moved northeast through the mid-Atlantic region. The low pressure system moved across the Delmarva Peninsula before continuing northeast into the Atlantic. Snow from the system began across the southern tier counties of central Pennsylvania around noon on Sunday, January 6th, spreading into the middle part of the Commonwealth by 2 to 3 p.m. Another axis of heavier snow pivoted into the area from the south during the mid-afternoon hours of the 6th. This band of heavier snow became stationary across the central portions of Pennsylvania. Six (6) inches of snow was noted in most areas by 6 to 8 p.m. Northwestern areas reached the 6-inch mark by around midnight. Storm totals ranged from 1 to 3 inches in the far southeast, where rain mixed with the snow, to 10 to 12 inches across the central mountains and portions of the middle and upper Susquehanna Valley. Maximum snowfall reported in the WFO State College area of responsibility with the storm was 14 inches record in Zion, Centre County.

Heavy Snow, Adams

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Adams forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 39.872, -77.218 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Bedford

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Bedford forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.007, -78.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Blair

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Blair forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.481, -78.349 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Cambria

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Cambria forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.495, -78.714 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Cameron

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Cameron forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 41.437, -78.204 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Clearfield

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Clearfield forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 41.000, -78.474 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Columbia

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Columbia forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 41.049, -76.405 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Cumberland

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Cumberland forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.164, -77.266 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Dauphin

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Dauphin forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.415, -76.779 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Elk

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Elk forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 41.425, -78.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Franklin

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Franklin forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 39.927, -77.721 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Fulton

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Fulton forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 39.925, -78.113 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Huntingdon

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Huntingdon forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.417, -77.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Juniata

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Juniata forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.531, -77.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Lebanon

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Lebanon forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.367, -76.458 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Mifflin

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Mifflin forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.610, -77.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Montour

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Montour forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 41.028, -76.659 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Northern Centre

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Northern Centre forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.919, -77.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Northern Clinton

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Northern Clinton forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 41.234, -77.638 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Northern Lycoming

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Northern Lycoming forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 41.343, -77.064 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Northumberland

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Northumberland forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.852, -76.709 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Perry

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Perry forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.398, -77.262 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Potter

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Potter forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 41.745, -77.896 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Schuylkill

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Schuylkill forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.706, -76.216 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Snyder

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Snyder forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.770, -77.070 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Somerset

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Somerset forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 39.972, -79.028 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Southern Centre

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Southern Centre forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.919, -77.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Southern Clinton

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Southern Clinton forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 41.234, -77.638 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Southern Lycoming

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Southern Lycoming forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 41.343, -77.064 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Sullivan

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Sullivan forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 41.446, -76.512 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Tioga

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Tioga forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 41.772, -77.254 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Union

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Union forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.963, -77.062 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, York

When: January 6, 12:00 PM EST to January 7, 4:00 AM EST
Where: York forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 39.920, -76.726 (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

Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Pennsylvania, January 2002

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: 5278116, 5278117, 5278118, 5278119, 5278120, 5278121, 5278122, 5278253, 5278254, 5278255, 5278256, 5278257, 5278258, 5278259, 5278260, 5278261, 5278262, 5278263, 5278264, 5278265, 5278266, 5278267, 5278268, 5278269, 5278270, 5278271, 5278272, 5278273, 5278274, 5278275, 5278276, 5278277, 5278278, 5278279.