Pennsylvania, 2024

Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, November 21 to 22, 2024

November 21 to 22, 2024 · NWS PHI · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A winter storm brought heavy snowfall to portions of eastern Pennsylvania and adjacent areas of northwest New Jersey.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 winter storm brought heavy snowfall to portions of eastern Pennsylvania and adjacent areas of northwest New Jersey.

What forecasters said that day

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 Nov 21, 3:46 PM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 21, 3:46 PM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Carbon

When
November 21, 5:30 PM EST to November 22, 6:30 PM EST
Where
Carbon forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
40.918, -75.709 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Snowfall ranged from as low as a dusting to an inch in lower elevations to to as much as 15.3 inches across the Pocono Plateau, as reported near Lake Harmony. Snowfall totals were 6 or greater across the northern half of the county.

Winter Storm, Monroe

When
November 21, 5:30 PM EST to November 22, 6:30 PM EST
Where
Monroe forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
41.058, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Snowfall ranged from as low as a dusting to an inch in lower elevations to to as much as 13.4 inches across the Pocono Plateau, as reported near Mount Pocono. Snowfall totals were 6 or greater across the northern half of the county.

What these are

Winter Storm
A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, November 2024

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1224103, 1224104.