The first snow in Philadelphia might be closer than you think.
It’s hard to believe it’s that time of year already — when we’ve passed the frost advisories and freeze warnings and look ahead to when the first flakes will fly across the Philadelphia area.
With several systems moving through, bringing colder air, it’s truly only a matter of time before we see some snow in Philly.
While we don’t have anything solid in the forecast, as of late November, meteorologists can look at trends and historical dates.
When is the earliest the Philadelphia region got snow?
Let’s start with the earliest snow on record for the city: Oct. 10, 1979. That was an interesting day, with highs in the low 40s and 2.1 inches of snow. With temperatures that “warm,” it was a heavy, wet event that didn’t last very long…