Lake-Effect Snow — Crawford, Pennsylvania

2025-11-09 to 2025-11-11 · Crawford, Pennsylvania

Event narrative

Low pressure moved across Pennsylvania on November 9th, before shifting east into New England and lingering through the 10th and 11th. Behind this low, a lingering trough and an early season blast of cold air combined with northwest winds to bring accumulating lake effect snow. A peak accumulation of 12.1 inches was reported by a Cooperative Observer in Titusville. Other selected reports from trained spotters includes 11.8 inches in Meadville and 11.6 inches in Venango Township. The heaviest snow occurred the evening of the 10th through the early morning of the 11th, when snow rates within lake effect band exceeded 1 inch per hour at times.

Wider weather episode

Low pressure moved across Pennsylvania on November 9th, before shifting east into New England and lingering through the 10th and 11th. Behind this low, a lingering trough and an early season blast of cold air combined with northwest winds to bring accumulating lake effect snow. The highest snow amounts occurred well-inland across parts of Crawford County. A peak accumulation of 12.1 inches was reported by a Cooperative Observer in Titusville. Trained spotters and CoCoRaHS observers reported accumulations ranging from 6 to 11 inches across much of the rest of Crawford County, with totals over 7 inches also reported in far southern Erie County in Elgin and Corry.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1302638. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.