A wintry system brought widespread moderate rainfall to the region, and the first accumulating snowfall, sleet, and ice of the season to portions of northern New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania.
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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 widespread moderate rainfall to the region, and the first accumulating snowfall, sleet, and ice of the season to portions of northern New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania.
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 Dec 2, 4:18 AM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
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8 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Light snowfall, sleet, and a light glaze of ice occurred. Snowfall totals ranged from 1-3 from along and northwest of US Route 222, with less than 1 southeast of there. The highest snowfall report was 4.0 from Strausstown. 0.05 of ice was reported at the Reading Regional Airport.
Light snow, sleet, and a light glaze of ice occurred. A light coating of snow and sleet occurred, including a report of 0.3 from East Nantmeal Township. No ice measurement reports were received, but surrounding reports and analysis indicate that at least a trace of ice occurred.
Light to moderate snowfall, sleet, and a light glaze of ice occurred. Snowfall totals ranged from 3-5. The highest snowfall report was 5.4 from Canadensis. 0.03 of ice was reported at the Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport.
Light to moderate snowfall, sleet, and a light glaze of ice occurred. Snowfall totals ranged from 3-5. The highest snowfall report was 5.1 from Lake Harmony. No ice measurement reports were received, but surrounding reports indicate that at least trace amounts of ice likely occurred.
Light snowfall, sleet, and a light glaze of ice occurred. Snowfall totals ranged from 1-3. The highest snowfall report was 4.0 from Washington Township. 0.01 of ice was reported at the Lehigh Valley Int'l Airport.
Light snowfall, sleet, and a light glaze of ice occurred. Snowfall totals ranged from 1-3. The highest snowfall report was 3.1 from Bushkill Township. No ice measurement reports were received, but surrounding reports indicate that at least trace amounts of ice likely occurred.
Light snow, sleet, and a light glaze of ice occurred. Trace amounts of snow and sleet occurred, including a report from Pottstown. 0.08 of ice was reported at the Pottstown Airport.
Light snow, sleet, and a light glaze of ice occurred. Trace amounts of snow and sleet occurred based on surrounding reports. 0.06 of ice was reported at the Doylestown Airport.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, December 2025
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: 1305276, 1305279, 1305272, 1305273, 1305275, 1305274, 1305278, 1305277.