A wintry weather system brought light freezing rain to portions of the region, resulting in a light glaze of ice in portions of northern New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania.
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The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
A wintry weather system brought light freezing rain to portions of the region, resulting in a light glaze of ice in 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 28, 2:06 PM EST, 24 minutes earlier.
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4 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Based on CoCoRaHS reports and automated stations, a few hundredths of an inch of ice accretion occurred. The highest liquid precipitation amount was 0.15 near Easton.
Based on CoCoRaHS reports and automated stations, a few hundredths of an inch of ice accretion occurred. The highest liquid precipitation amount was 0.16, with 0.10 of ice reported in Effort.
Based on CoCoRaHS reports and automated stations, a few hundredths of an inch of ice accretion occurred. The highest liquid precipitation amount was 0.12 in Lake Harmony and Palmerton.
Based on CoCoRaHS reports and automated stations, a few hundredths of an inch of ice accretion occurred. The highest liquid precipitation amount was 0.10 2.3 miles SE of Slatington, with 0.02 of ice reported 6 miles WSW of Slatington.
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: 1305588, 1305586, 1305587, 1305589.