Northern Centre storm history

SNOW SQUALL. A snow squall moved across Interstate 80 in Northern Centre County on the morning of November 17, 2025. The PennDOT RWIS station at mile marker 146.4 reported a flash freeze as road temperatures fell from 32.7 degrees to 30.9 degrees in 25 minutes. Visibility fell to…

SNOW SQUALL. A snow squall moved across Interstate 80 in Northern Centre County. The PennDOT RWIS station at mile marker 146.4 recorded a visibility drop to a quarter of a mile with heavy snow falling. Webcams showed snow accumulating on the roadway.

Well-above average temperatures, coupled with humid conditions, allowed for multiple days of heat index values between 100 and 105 degrees beginning during the afternoon hours of June 23 and continuing through the late evening hours of June 25, 2025 across northern Centre County.…

SNOW SQUALL. A snow squall occurred on the morning of April 8, 2025 and caused a 30 vehicle crash on Interstate 80. This resulted in the interstate being closed between Kylertown and Snow Shoe for much of the morning. Webcams showed snow rapidly accumulating on the roadway as the…

An extended period of well-below average temperatures across northern Centre County allowed for wind chills to generally range between -15 to -20 degrees. The lowest wind chill of -23 degrees was observed at Bear Knob, north of Fleming, during the early morning hours of January 2…

SNOW SQUALL. A snow squall impacted portions of Interstate 80 as it moved through Northern Centre County during the afternoon of January 3rd, 2025. The RWIS station at mile marker 146 on Interstate 80 reported a visibility drop to below 1/4 mile and the associated camera showed t…

SNOW SQUALL. A snow squall impacted portions of Interstate 80 as it moved through Northern Centre County during the late afternoon of January 3rd, 2025. The RWIS site at mile marker 154 on Interstate 80 reported a visibility drop to less than 1/4 mile. Road surface temperatures a…

SNOW SQUALL. An RWIS sensor at mile marker 146 of Interstate 80 observed a rapid drop to one-quarter mile visibility in a snow squall. Heavy snowfall with this snow squall covered the highway with road temps already below freezing at the time of the snow squall.

SNOW SQUALL. An RWIS site on Interstate 80 near Snowshoe reported a drop to a quarter of a mile with heavy snow in the squall allowing for accumulating snow covering roadways.

SNOW SQUALL. An RWIS site near Snow Shoe recorded a rapid visibility drop with the road surface temperatures dropping to 33.4F at this site, but dropped below freezing at the site just across the Centre/Clearfield county boundary. Roads were slushy at the site across the county l…

A winter weather event produced 2 to 4 inches of snow cross northern Centre County from the evening of February 16 into the early morning hours of February 17, 2024. As a result, a multi-vehicle accident involving 3 tractor-trailers occurred on I-80 eastbound in Boggs Township be…

SNOW SQUALL. Rapid visibility drop due to heavy snowfall observed on webcams with RWIS sensor reporting visibility drops and snow-covered roadways.

SNOW SQUALL. Visibility dropped to a third of a mile at an RWIS sensor on I-80 during a snow squall in the early afternoon of November 28, 2023. A drop in road surface temperature was observed from 35F before the squall to 29F after the squall moved over the area. Road webcams sh…

A wildfire developed during the afternoon of April 20, 2023 in Rush Township near the intersection of Sandy Ridge Trail and Ponderosa Drive. The wildfire occurred during a stretch of unseasonably warm and dry weather, and it quickly expanded in size to around 500 acres by evening…

Post-frontal snow showers and a quick temperature drop led to patchy icy conditions on Centre County roadways on the evening of March 29, 2023. This, combined with winds gusting over 40 mph, led to a tractor trailer rollover on the 5500 block of Port Matilda Highway (US Route 322…

A brief period of light freezing rain caused icy conditions and led to multiple vehicle accidents and the closure of the 1000 block of Route 879 near Pine Glen in Burnside Township, Centre County. No injuries were reported, and the road was reopened after being treated.

Wind chills of -25 to -35 degrees were observed across northern Centre County for nearly 24 hours from December 23, 2022 into December 24, 2022.

A broken band of snow showers produced a quick inch of snow across portions of Centre County during the early morning hours of December 17, 2022. This short-lived snowfall produced slick conditions on area roads, and PA Route 350 was closed in both directions in Rush Township for…

A winter storm produced around 2 inches of snow, an inch of sleet, and 0.10 to 0.20 of freezing rain across northern Centre County on December 15, 2022. As a result, there was a jack knifed tractor trailer on I-80 westbound, closing the westbound lanes between the Snow Shoe exit …

SNOW SQUALL. A broken line of snow squalls accompanied by gusty winds produced brief whiteout conditions as it crossed northern Centre County during the afternoon of November 18, 2022.

A wildfire was reported in Rush Township, Centre County, during the afternoon of November 9, 2022. The fire was located southeast of the Sandy Ridge Fire Tower, west of PA Route 350 and north of Big Fill Run, in the area of State Game Lands 33 and 60. The cause is suspected to be…

A winter storm produced 6 to 9 inches of snow across northern Centre County in less than 12 hours during the morning of March 12, 2022. This snow was accompanied and followed by winds gusting over 40 mph, which caused continued blowing and drifting snow through the day.

A winter storm produced around 6 to 8 inches of snow across northern Centre County from the afternoon of January 16 through the early afternoon of January 17, 2022.

A burst of moderate snow produced a quick 1 to 2 inches of snow that quickly slickened roads, and I-80 westbound was closed at mile marker 140 in Rush Township, Centre County due to multiple accidents. The westbound lanes were closed for nearly three and a half hours.

A winter storm produced a quarter of an inch of ice accumulation, plus half an inch of sleet and an inch of snow across northern Centre County from February 15-16, 2021.

A winter storm produced 9 to 11 inches of snow across northern Centre County from January 31 to February 2, 2021.

A winter storm produced 9 to 11 inches of snow across northern Centre County from January 31 to February 2, 2021.

A winter storm produced 15 to 20 inches of snow across northern Centre County from December 16-17, 2020.

Portions of the county were experiencing severe drought conditions as noted on the United States Drought Monitor. Haines Aaronsburg Municipal Authority, Madisonburg Water Works, and Mountain Top Reg Water Authority reported mandatory non-essential water restrictions at months end…

Much of northern Centre County experienced severe drought conditions as noted on the United States Drought Monitor.

Portions of Centre County were experiencing severe drought conditions as noted on the United States Drought Monitor. The Madisonburg Waterworks and Haines-Aaronsburg Municipal Water Authority were under a mandatory water use restriction.

Non-thunderstorm wind gusts near 60 mph were observed across northern Centre County from February 24-25, 2019.

A Winter Storm produced 3 to 6 inches of snow and sleet followed by greater than 0.25 of freezing rain across northern Centre County on February 20-21, 2019.

Minimum wind chills of -25F to -30F were observed.

A winter storm produced 8 to 11 inches of snow and sleet across northern Centre County on November 15-16, 2018.

Non-thunderstorm wind gusts estimated near 60 mph knocked down trees and wires across Northern Centre County.

A winter storm produced 6-10 inches of snow across Northern Centre County.

A winter storm produced 6 to 8 inches of snow across Northern Centre County.

Light snow developed the afternoon of February 15th before quickly changing over to freezing rain. A quarter of an inch or more of ice accumulation was observed across the county.

Extreme cold combined with gusty winds resulted in wind chill or apparent temperature values in the -25 to -35 range.

Extreme cold combined with gusty winds resulted in wind chill or apparent temperature values in the -25 to -35 range.

Light freezing rain caused traffic accidents and road closures throughout the county, including portions of Interstates 80 and 99. There were no serious injuries.

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 6 to 8 inches.

Snow and sleet accumulations ranged between 5 and 10 inches.

Temperatures generally varied between -0 and -20F with wind chills around -30F.

Temperatures generally varied between -10 and -20F with wind chills around -40F.

Light snow started in the morning and became heavy at times through the afternoon and evening. Snow changed to sleet and then freezing rain/drizzle with a glaze of ice topping storm total snow accumulations between 4 and 8 inches.

Snow changed to freezing rain during the afternoon on the 26th and resulted in significant winter weather impacts during the pre-Thanksgiving holiday travel. These included multiple vehicle accidents, road closures, downed trees/wires and power outages. A prolonged period of free…

Widespread snow accumulations between 6 and 8 inches were observed across the county. The snow mixed with sleet at times during the afternoon before ending as a period of light freezing drizzle.

Heavy snow amounts ranged between 6 and 10 inches at elevations above 1500ft MSL.