First snow · Pennsylvania
When is the first snow in Philadelphia?
Snow in the next 5 days?
No. There’s no snow in the Philadelphia forecast for the next 5 days.
It’s 44°F in Philadelphia right now.
Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.
Philadelphia’s first measurable snow usually lands around December 18.
Philadelphia’s first snow gets booed, which is how Philadelphia says hello to most things.
Snow’s coming. Heads-up or surprise?
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Philadelphia is number 73 of 76 for the earliest first snow. Is your city earlier?
- Washington, DC, District of Columbia: around December 19
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: around December 16
- Baltimore, Maryland: around December 11
The fastest way back here when the snow gets close.
In 8 winters out of 10 it arrives between November 28 and January 18. A typical Philadelphia winter adds up to about 24 inches of snow.
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How much snow Philadelphia gets in a year
Source: NOAA daily snowfall records for the Philadelphia 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.