Blizzard in Pennsylvania
Every blizzard event the National Weather Service has filed in Pennsylvania, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
The most significant on the map
The most significant blizzard episodes in Pennsylvania.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 59
- Deaths
- 15
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $20 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Blizzard in Pennsylvania, January 7 to 8, 1996The Blizzard of '96, the second coined "STORM OF THE CENTURY" of this decade brought record breaking snow to most of Southeast Pennsylvania and paralyzed the region for several days, caused most municipalities to exceed their annual snow budgets during this one storm, caused…
- Blizzard in Pennsylvania, January 22 to 24, 2016An impulse from the west coast traversed the midsection of the country, then developed into a low pressure system as it tracked across the Gulf states before intensifying along the Carolina coast into a major nor'easter, producing record snowfall in eastern Pennsylvania from…
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 2, 2018A complex area of low pressure tracked from the Ohio Valley and southeast United States from the afternoon of the 1st and intensified into a major winter storm over Long Island by the morning of the 2nd.
- Blizzard and High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 16 to 17, 2025A strong area of low pressure west of Pennsylvania during the evening hours of February 15, 2025 slowly drifted eastward into central Pennsylvania throughout the day on February 16th.
- Blizzard in Pennsylvania, January 7 to 8, 1996On January 7th, more than 2 feet of snow fell across much of the lower Susquehanna Valley with 12 to 18 inches falling across the central mountains from Johnstown and State College east to Wilkes-Barre. Parts southern York County had in excess of 3 feet of new snow.
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 14 to 15, 2017A major winter storm developed over eastern North Carolina during the early morning hours of March 14th. The winter storm tracked northeast during the day on the 14th reaching the Gulf of Maine by the late evening of the 14th.
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, February 9 to 10, 2010Only 3 days after an historic snow storm hit the region, another major storm blasted portions of western Pennyslvania, northern West Virginia, Garrett county Maryland, and eastern Ohio from the afternoon of February 9th to the early morning of February 11th.
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, March 14, 2017Low pressure systems across the Ohio Valley and Carolinas phased. This led to a rapidly developing storm which tracked just offshore. Wind, coastal flooding, heavy rain and snow all occurred.
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 5 to 7, 2010Deep low pressure sitting over the eastern Great Lakes brought prolonged cold northwest flow across the region producing intense lake effect snow bands into northwest Pennsylvania and the higher ridges of western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, and Garrett county Maryland.
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, December 23 to 24, 2022A long-duration, multi-faceted winter storm hit northwestern Pennsylvania just before Christmas 2022 with extreme cold, strong winds, accumulating snow and extensive blowing and drifting of the snow that fell.
- Blizzard in Pennsylvania, February 16, 2025Surface low pressure transitioned from southwest Pennsylvania into upstate New York over the course of the day. .
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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 2026-09-24.