A wintry system brought a coating of snow to portions of eastern Pennsylvania from the late evening of the 6th through the morning of the 7th.
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.
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.
The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
A wintry system brought a coating of snow to portions of eastern Pennsylvania from the late evening of the 6th through the morning of the 7th.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 6, 9:53 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
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3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
A coating of snow fell with event totals ranging from around 2 to 3 inches, however locally higher amounts as high as 7 inches fell in the higher elevations. The highest reported snowfall total was 7.0 inches in Lake Harmony.
A coating of snow fell with event totals ranging from around 2 to4 inches, however higher amounts ranging from 5 to 6 inches fell across the Pocono Plateau. The highest reported snowfall total was 6.5 inches in Blakeslee.
A coating of snow fell with event totals ranging from around 1 to 3 inches, however higher amounts near 4 inches occurred in the northern most portion of the county. The highest reported snowfall total was 4.5 inches in Portland.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, March 2023
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1086586, 1086587, 1086588.