First snow 2026-27 ยท Philadelphia, PA

When does Philadelphia get its first snow?

None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Dec 16.

This winter
None yet
Normal date
Dec 16 (1991-2020 median)
Earliest on record
Oct 10, 1979
Latest on record
Feb 3, 1995
Record since
1884 (142 winters)
Station
Philadelphia International Airport
Snow so far
0 in

Common questions

When does Philadelphia get its first snow?

Around Dec 16. That is the median date of the first measurable snow (at least 0.1 inch of snow (a trace does not count)) at Philadelphia International Airport over the 1991-2020 winters, our calculation from NOAA's record.

Has Philadelphia had its first snow this winter?

None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Dec 16.

What is the earliest first snow on record in Philadelphia?

Oct 10, 1979, in a record that goes back to 1884.

What is the latest first snow on record in Philadelphia?

Feb 3, 1995.

Every winter on record

First snow in Philadelphia by season
SeasonDateSnow
2025-26Dec 144.2 in
2024-25Dec 200.1 in
2023-24Jan 60.1 in
2022-23Feb 10.3 in
2021-22Jan 31 in
2020-21Dec 166.3 in
2019-20Dec 110.1 in
2018-19Nov 153.6 in
2017-18Dec 94.1 in
2016-17Dec 150.2 in
2015-16Jan 170.5 in
2014-15Dec 110.1 in
2013-14Dec 88.6 in
2012-13Dec 240.2 in
2011-12Oct 290.3 in
2010-11Dec 160.3 in
2009-10Dec 1922.5 in
2008-09Nov 211 in
2007-08Dec 51.6 in
2006-07Jan 180.1 in
2005-06Dec 40.6 in
2004-05Dec 190.1 in
2003-04Dec 54.1 in
2002-03Dec 57 in
2001-02Jan 193.9 in
2000-01Dec 190.1 in
1999-00Jan 203 in
1998-99Dec 231.5 in
1997-98Dec 270.2 in
1996-97Jan 90.7 in
1995-96Nov 291.9 in
1994-95Feb 31.2 in
1993-94Dec 250.2 in
1992-93Jan 90.4 in
1991-92Jan 160.2 in
1990-91Dec 273.4 in
1989-90Nov 221.8 in
1988-89Dec 90.3 in
1987-88Nov 111.3 in
1986-87Dec 110.4 in
1985-86Dec 50.2 in
1984-85Dec 50.2 in
1983-84Nov 250.8 in
1982-83Dec 126.8 in
1981-82Dec 140.4 in
1980-81Nov 170.2 in
1979-80Oct 102.1 in
1978-79Nov 272.5 in
1977-78Nov 270.2 in
1976-77Dec 210.1 in
1975-76Dec 80.2 in
1974-75Dec 310.8 in
1973-74Dec 163.5 in
1972-73None
1971-72Dec 180.1 in
1970-71Dec 210.5 in
1969-70Nov 300.2 in
1968-69Nov 120.4 in
1967-68Nov 304.9 in
1966-67Dec 131.9 in
1965-66Jan 220.1 in
1964-65Dec 180.2 in
1963-64Dec 121.8 in
1962-63Dec 70.4 in
1961-62Nov 203.2 in
1960-61Dec 113.7 in
1959-60Dec 72.8 in
1958-59Dec 140.3 in
1957-58Dec 31.5 in
1956-57Dec 270.2 in
1955-56Nov 192.9 in
1954-55Jan 130.8 in
1953-54Nov 65.4 in
1952-53Nov 300.6 in
1951-52Dec 145.3 in
1950-51Nov 270.2 in
1949-50Jan 190.5 in
1948-49Dec 150.2 in
1947-48Dec 100.2 in
1946-47Jan 12 in
1945-46Nov 290.1 in
1944-45Dec 180.6 in
1943-44Jan 30.8 in
1942-43Dec 60.5 in
1941-42Jan 41.5 in
1940-41Oct 190.5 in
1939-40Nov 210.3 in
1938-39Nov 240.2 in
1937-38Jan 112.2 in
1936-37Dec 20.4 in
1935-36Nov 170.3 in
1934-35Jan 12 in
1933-34Nov 150.2 in
1932-33Dec 101.2 in
1931-32Nov 271.2 in
1930-31Dec 232.1 in
1929-30Dec 20.2 in
1928-29Dec 81.8 in
1927-28Nov 80.3 in
1926-27Dec 54.5 in
1925-26Oct 300.7 in
1924-25Dec 10.2 in
1923-24Dec 141.7 in
1922-23Dec 100.7 in
1921-22Dec 45.8 in
1920-21Dec 270.8 in
1919-20Dec 60.3 in
1918-19Jan 60.2 in
1917-18Nov 282 in
1916-17Dec 130.3 in
1915-16Dec 20.4 in
1914-15Dec 241 in
1913-14Jan 52 in
1912-13Nov 280.3 in
1911-12Dec 40.3 in
1910-11Dec 53 in
1909-10Nov 240.8 in
1908-09Nov 140.7 in
1907-08Nov 240.5 in
1906-07Nov 160.1 in
1905-06Dec 152.6 in
1904-05Nov 130.2 in
1903-04Dec 22 in
1902-03Dec 52.3 in
1901-02Nov 291.2 in
1900-01Dec 110.2 in
1899-00Dec 280.5 in
1898-99Nov 243.2 in
1897-98Nov 231 in
1896-97Nov 302.8 in
1895-96Dec 90.5 in
1894-95Dec 261.7 in
1893-94Dec 30.5 in
1892-93Nov 80.8 in
1891-92Jan 40.2 in
1890-91Dec 10.8 in
1889-90Jan 230.1 in
1888-89Nov 260.5 in
1887-88Dec 171 in
1886-87Dec 54.5 in
1885-86Dec 70.2 in
1884-85Dec 181.5 in

Sources

https://ryanhallyall.com/trackers/first-snow/philadelphia