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    When is the first snow in Harrisburg?

    Snow in the next 5 days?

    No. There’s no snow in the Harrisburg forecast for the next 5 days.

    It’s 44°F in Harrisburg right now.

    Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.

    Harrisburg’s first measurable snow usually lands around December 5.

    Harrisburg’s first snow arrives in December, about the time everyone stopped expecting it.

    Snow’s coming. Heads-up or surprise?

    Tomorrow’s roast for HarrisburgFree, no account, and you pick how rude I get.

    Cities on the same snow schedule

    Harrisburg is number 67 of 76 for the earliest first snow. Is your city earlier?

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    First snow across Pennsylvania, city by city

    The fastest way back here when the snow gets close.

    In 8 winters out of 10 it arrives between November 15 and January 12. A typical Harrisburg winter adds up to about 30 inches of snow.

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    How much snow Harrisburg gets in a year

    Source: NOAA daily snowfall records for the Harrisburg area, winters 1991 to 2020 (30 with complete records), via the Applied Climate Information System. First snow here means the first day with at least a tenth of an inch.