Winter Weather — Kent, Delaware

2024-02-17 · Kent, Delaware

Event narrative

Snowfall totals ranged largely from around 1 to 3 across the county. The highest snowfall report was from Clayton with 3.0.

Wider weather episode

A winter storm brought widespread light snowfall accumulations across the region, with a narrow mesoscale band of heavy snowfall occurring across eastern Pennsylvania and central New Jersey. A coating of snow also occurred well north and south of the band with amounts around 1 to 3 across the upper half of the Delmarva peninsula, even a dusting less than 1 down into southern Delaware. The snow generally fell within about 3-4 hours, however impacts were limited as roadway temperatures hovered near freezing and the snowfall occurred late on a Friday night and early Saturday morning.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1164761. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.