Pennsylvania, 2025

Lake-Effect Snow in Pennsylvania, December 10 to 11, 2025

December 10 to 11, 2025 · NWS CTP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Low pressure stationed across the North Country of New York and Vermont allowed for enhanced northwesterly flow across Lake Erie during the evening hours of December 10th and continuing through the evening hours of December 11, 2025. This enhanced northwesterly flow, coupled with moisture off of Lake Erie, allowed for multiple rounds of heavy lake effect snow bands across Warren County, where…

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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What happened

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Low pressure stationed across the North Country of New York and Vermont allowed for enhanced northwesterly flow across Lake Erie during the evening hours of December 10th and continuing through the evening hours of December 11, 2025. This enhanced northwesterly flow, coupled with moisture off of Lake Erie, allowed for multiple rounds of heavy lake effect snow bands across Warren County, where amounts exceeding six inches were observed. No accidents or injuries from snowfall was reported.

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1 lake-effect snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Lake-Effect Snow, Warren

When
December 10, 6:00 PM EST to December 11, 11:30 PM EST
Where
Warren forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
41.815, -79.274 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Multiple lake effect snow bands moved across Warren County from the evening of December 10 through the evening of December 11. Much of the county saw 3 to 6 inches of snow. The highest reported snowfall total was 6.5 inches approximately 5 miles west of Russell.

What these are

Lake-Effect Snow
Heavy snow in bands downwind of a large lake as cold air crosses warmer water.

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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: 1300914.