Philadelphia snow totals: How much snow fell across Delaware Valley this weekend?
PHILADELPHIA - An overnight winter storm brought measurable snow across the Delaware Valley, including up to a foot of snow in places north and west of Philadelphia.
The National Weather Service measured 3.5 inches in Philadelphia by early Saturday morning, with slightly higher accumulations in surrounding counties like Chester and Delaware.
The snowfall totals grow the farther north you go, like in Montgomery County where 5 inches was measured in Pennsburg and Bucks County, where over a foot piled up in Kintersville.
Areas in the far north and west of the Delaware Valley bore the brunt of the overnight storm with over a foot of snow having fallen in Berks County and Lehigh counties. The weather service noted that snow bands in these areas produced up to 4 inches per hour at one point overnight.
Snow accumulations in parts of central and southern New Jersey were on par with neighboring places in Pennsylvania.
Parts of Camden and Burlington counties saw more than 4 inches of snow by sunrise Saturday. While areas in Gloucester and Atlantic counties were around 3 inches. Mercer County, meanwhile, measured between 4-6 inches.
Snowfall totals were similar in Delaware, where 3.5 inches was measured by sunrise in New Castle County, and nearly 2 inches in parts of Kent County.