National Weather Service Forecast Office - Philadelphia Snowfall at Christmas

CHRISTMAS SNOW

The following tables include snowfall and snow depth data from 1951 to the present. Snowfall is listed for the 24th and 25th. Morning snow depth is included for the 25th. If a year does not appear in the table, no snow fell on either the 24th or 25th and there was no snow on the ground on the 25th.

Read more from the National Climatic Data Center at
"Probability of a White Christmas"

PHILADELPHIA, PA

YEAR	Snowfall on the 24th MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT	Snowfall on the 25th MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT	Snow depth at 7AM December 25th
1958	Trace	0	0
1959	Trace	Trace	1 inch
1960	0.3 inch	0	1 inch
1961	0.3 inch	0	2 inches
1962	0	1.5 inches	Trace
1963	Trace	Trace	5 inches
1966	12.4 inches	0.3 inch	12 inches
1967	0	Trace	Trace
1968	Trace	0	0
1969	0.1 inch	4.1 inches	Trace
1970	Trace	0	0
1976	Trace	0.2 inch	0
1980	Trace	0	Trace
1983	Trace	0	0
1985	0	Trace	0
1989	0	Trace	0
1992	0	Trace	0
1993	Trace	0.2 inch	0
1995	Trace	Trace	0
1998	0.5 inch	0	1 inch
2002	0.3 inch	1.1 inches	Trace
2003	0	Trace	0
2008	Trace	0	0
2009	0	0	8 inches
2010	0	Trace	0

In 1998, a total of two inches of snow fell from the evening of the 23rd into the early hours of the 24th. One inch of snow was left on the ground on the morning of the 25th.
In 2002, 0.7 inches of snow fell during the hours around midnight on the 24th/25th, then the snow changed to rain. The rain changed back to snow on the afternoon of the 25th leaving another 0.7 inches.
In 2003, there was a brief snow flurry during the early afternoon of the 25th.
In 2008, a little sleet and freezing rain fell during the first hour of the 24th.

ALLENTOWN, PA

YEAR	Snowfall on the 24th MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT	Snowfall on the 25th MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT	Snow depth at 7AM December 25th
1951	0	0.2 inch	4 inches
1954	Trace	0	0
1955	0	0	Trace
1957	0	Trace	0
1958	Trace	0	Trace
1959	0	0	3 inches
1960	0.1 inch	Trace	2 inches
1961	3 inches	Trace	5 inches
1962	0	2 inches	2 inches
1963	0.7 inch	Trace	6 inches
1966	13.1 inches	0.2 inch	17 inches
1967	0	0.6 inch	0
1968	Trace	0	0
1969	0.3 inch	4 inches	2 inches
1970	0	0.1 inch	1 inch
1974	0	Trace	0
1975	0	1.2 inches	Trace
1976	0	1.4 inches	0
1978	0.4 inch	Trace	Trace
1980	0.8 inch	Trace	1 inch
1981	0	0	1 inch
1983	1.5 inches	0	Trace
1985	0	0.4 inch	Trace
1989	0	0	1 inch
1990	Trace	0	0
1992	Trace	Trace	0
1993	Trace	0.1 inch	0
1995	Trace	0	6 inches
1998	0.2 inch	0	0
1999	Trace	Trace	Trace
2000	0	0	3 inches
2002	0.6 inch	6.6 inches	1 inch
2003	0	Trace	0
2008	Trace	0	1 inch
2009	0	0	2 inches
2010	0	Trace	0

In 2008, freezing rain changed to rain during the mid morning of the 24th, then the rain continued into the evening hours. A bit of sleet also fell during the morning of the 24th. The inch of snow on the ground on the 25th was left from the 2.8 inches that fell on the 19th and the 0.6 inches that fell on the 21st.