Winter Weather — Delaware, Pennsylvania

2025-12-26 to 2025-12-27 · Delaware, Pennsylvania

Event narrative

Snow and sleet totals ranged from a trace to near 0.5. The highest report was 0.4 from Swarthmore. A light glaze of freezing rain/freezing drizzle also occurred across the city. As much as 0.10 of ice was reported from Chads Ford Township.

Wider weather episode

A winter storm accompanied by strong warm advection aloft brought a widespread wintry mix of precipitation to portions of the region. A coating of snow and sleet, as well as a coating of freezing rain was reported across much of eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and northern Delmarva. The heaviest totals were reported across the Lehigh Valley and southern Poconos, where 1-2 of snow and sleet fell. Ice amounts were slightly greater farther south toward the Philadelphia metro area.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1305576. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.