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Snowfall in July? Here's what really happened | FOX Weather Philly
Lots of buzz was surrounding weather this week after the National Weather Service reported snowfall at Philadelphia International Airport in the middle of July. Sarah Johnson, NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist explains what really happened.
PHILADELPHIA - It appears Philadelphia took "Christmas in July" a little too seriously this year!
As temperatures hit a high of 94 degrees on Sunday, a record daily snowfall was reported at the Philadelphia International Airport.
The National Weather Service says thunderstorms produced small hail, which counts as a trace of snow!
This snowfall breaks the old record set in 1870.
"While rare, it is not unusual," the National Weather Service said, citing over a dozen other times a trace of snow was recorded at PHL during the summer due to thunderstorm hail.
Snow in summer:
- July 14, 2024
- August 18, 2011
- August 1, 2011
- July 23, 2008
- July 18, 2006
- June 26, 1998
- June 9, 1993
- June 27, 1951
- August 17, 1939
- August 19, 1919
- July 13, 1919
- August 3, 1914
- July 24, 1913
- June 20, 1911