LVwxHistorian Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Big first half of December storms in the great LV, strung together in the 2000s like pretty Xmas lights! Dec. 11-12, 1960: 10.3" Dec. 13-14, 1966: 7.6" Dec. 8, 2002: 8" -- and another 7.2" on X-mas day Dec. 5, 2003: 9" Dec. 9, 2005: 9.1" and 14/-2 on the 14th (2nd earliest sub-zero ever). And last year we had 11.5" on the 16-17th. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dream Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 4 hours ago, LVwxHistorian said: Big first half of December storms in the great LV, strung together in the 2000s like pretty Xmas lights! Dec. 11-12, 1960: 10.3" Dec. 13-14, 1966: 7.6" Dec. 8, 2002: 8" -- and another 7.2" on X-mas day Dec. 5, 2003: 9" Dec. 9, 2005: 9.1" and 14/-2 on the 14th (2nd earliest sub-zero ever). And last year we had 11.5" on the 16-17th. Did they really get nothing from the big one in 2009? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 5 hours ago, LVwxHistorian said: Big first half of December storms in the great LV, strung together in the 2000s like pretty Xmas lights! Dec. 11-12, 1960: 10.3" Dec. 13-14, 1966: 7.6" Dec. 8, 2002: 8" -- and another 7.2" on X-mas day Dec. 5, 2003: 9" Dec. 9, 2005: 9.1" and 14/-2 on the 14th (2nd earliest sub-zero ever). And last year we had 11.5" on the 16-17th. Might want to check your 2006 bulb, none of the lights after that are working. However I'd include Dec. 8th 2013 in that list for down here anyway, and while it wasn't huge total wise (6-8") it came down at 2" an hour for 2 or 3 hours (see Eagles game, lol). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newman Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 I'd throw in the early December 2017 storm as well. Ended up with 6-8" in Berks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChescoWx Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Here in Western Chester County PA - top 5 early December Snowstorms 12/14/1917 - 14.5" 12/6/2003 - 12.5" 12/4/1957 - 12.0" 12/7/1910 - 10.9" 12/5/2002 - 9.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVwxHistorian Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 12 hours ago, KamuSnow said: Might want to check your 2006 bulb, none of the lights after that are working. However I'd include Dec. 8th 2013 in that list for down here anyway, and while it wasn't huge total wise (6-8") it came down at 2" an hour for 2 or 3 hours (see Eagles game, lol). Lol! Dec. 14, 2013 -- 6.8" (13.7 for the month), 11" at Pen Argyl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVwxHistorian Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 12 hours ago, Newman said: I'd throw in the early December 2017 storm as well. Ended up with 6-8" in Berks Airport only got 4.9 on Dec. 9, 2017 but as much as 7.5" at Schnecksville, Neffs and Wind Gap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVwxHistorian Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 18 hours ago, LVwxHistorian said: Big first half of December storms in the great LV, strung together in the 2000s like pretty Xmas lights! Dec. 11-12, 1960: 10.3" Dec. 13-14, 1966: 7.6" Dec. 8, 2002: 8" -- and another 7.2" on X-mas day Dec. 5, 2003: 9" Dec. 9, 2005: 9.1" and 14/-2 on the 14th (2nd earliest sub-zero ever). And last year we had 11.5" on the 16-17th. Opps forgot Dec. 14, 1917 - 12" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVwxHistorian Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 13 hours ago, Blue Dream said: Did they really get nothing from the big one in 2009? We got 5.6" Dec 19, 2009, so sad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVwxHistorian Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 13 hours ago, KamuSnow said: Might want to check your 2006 bulb, none of the lights after that are working. However I'd include Dec. 8th 2013 in that list for down here anyway, and while it wasn't huge total wise (6-8") it came down at 2" an hour for 2 or 3 hours (see Eagles game, lol). Phila AP did good: PHILADELPHIA INTL AI 8.6 703 PM 12/08 ASOS PHILADELPHIA CENTER 5.5 354 PM 12/08 PUBLIC PHILADELPHIA 4.3 333 PM 12/08 PUBLIC PHILADELPHIA OEM 4.2 305 PM 12/08 EMERGENCY MNGR PHILADELPHIA FIRE 53 4.0 128 PM 12/08 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenCtyWx Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 December 1966 was a dream month in the Lehigh Valley and NW NJ. How can you top three 6"+ events and a KU on Christmas Eve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 14 minutes ago, WarrenCtyWx said: December 1966 was a dream month in the Lehigh Valley and NW NJ. How can you top three 6"+ events and a KU on Christmas Eve? Parents moved into their new house in the north Philly burbs in 66 and my mom use to talk about that first bad winter. I was recently looking at the snow events that winter for Allentown from November through March and my thoughts were it was very much like 95-96, but worse because it was a much colder winter. Not born yet I really missed a good one, no doubt winter of yore material and much deserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 1 hour ago, RedSky said: Parents moved into their new house in the north Philly burbs in 66 and my mom use to talk about that first bad winter. I was recently looking at the snow events that winter for Allentown from November through March and my thoughts were it was very much like 95-96, but worse because it was a much colder winter. Not born yet I really missed a good one, no doubt winter of yore material and much deserved. I still have some slides somewhere of me and my younger sister standing in front of the garage door holding shovels and sporting our new Yogi Bear snow boots surrounded in snow! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVwxHistorian Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 1 hour ago, RedSky said: Parents moved into their new house in the north Philly burbs in 66 and my mom use to talk about that first bad winter. I was recently looking at the snow events that winter for Allentown from November through March and my thoughts were it was very much like 95-96, but worse because it was a much colder winter. Not born yet I really missed a good one, no doubt winter of yore material and much deserved. Actually 95-96 was 1.4* colder than 66-67: 28.6 vs 27.2 (ABE) -- You probably posted just to get me to respond, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVwxHistorian Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 1 hour ago, WarrenCtyWx said: December 1966 was a dream month in the Lehigh Valley and NW NJ. How can you top three 6"+ events and a KU on Christmas Eve? It was pretty good though the first storm melted quick -- record 17" depth Xmas day. Dec. 1872 is the only comparable December in terms of snow (and cold) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 3 hours ago, WarrenCtyWx said: December 1966 was a dream month in the Lehigh Valley and NW NJ. How can you top three 6"+ events and a KU on Christmas Eve? It was pretty nice in NW Delco as well. Christmas Eve was a Saturday, it started snowing around 7 am, was heavy by late morning, with thundersnow in the early to mid afternoon! Wound up with 20" and Christmas morning looked like a Christmas card! One of my favorites for a lot of reasons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 2 hours ago, LVwxHistorian said: Actually 95-96 was 1.4* colder than 66-67: 28.6 vs 27.2 (ABE) -- You probably posted just to get me to respond, So January's +1 in 67 killed it on closer examination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVwxHistorian Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 17 hours ago, RedSky said: So January's +1 in 67 killed it on closer examination. Yup even though Feb. 67 was 8th coldest ever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChescoWx Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 On 12/12/2021 at 10:34 AM, LVwxHistorian said: Opps forgot Dec. 14, 1917 - 12" Sounds close to Coatesville....just always seems to snow a little more in Western Chesco than the Lehigh Valley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVwxHistorian Posted December 15, 2021 Author Share Posted December 15, 2021 On 12/13/2021 at 4:35 PM, ChescoWx said: Sounds close to Coatesville....just always seems to snow a little more in Western Chesco than the Lehigh Valley I really may have to visit some time. BTW here's a typical clipping I found from your town: CoatesvilleIdiot.pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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