Philadelphia Gets Meager Snow Accumulation After Ominous Forecast

With tons of snow predicted for Thursday, the city enacted a snow emergency and prompted nearby municipalities to do the same.

But lat Thursday morning, the public quickly realized the 6 to 10 inches of snow predicted to slam the region was not in the cards.

According to the National Weather Service office in Mount Holly, New Jersey, Philadelphia saw just 2.8 inches of snow as of 10:09 a.m. Thursday, a far cry from the forecasted totals.

Check out some totals from the surrounding area courtesy of the NWS.

DELAWARE COUNTY

WAYNE 4.0 inches, 938 AM
CHADDS FORD 3.5 inches, 915 AM
LANSDOWNE 2.6 inches, 944 AM

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

MAPLE GLEN 4.5 inches, 948 AM
GRATERFORD 3.6 inches, 938 AM
3 SW LANSDALE 3.5 inches, 845 AM
COLLEGEVILLE 3.5 inches, 941 AM
2 WSW SCHWENKSVILLE 3.4 inches, 800 AM
GILBERTSVILLE 3.3 inches, 1002 AM
EAGLEVILLE 3.3 inches, 907 AM
1 W AMBLER 3.0 inches, 858 AM
ROYERSFORD 3.0 inches, 943 AM
WYNWOOD ESTATES 3.0 inches, 935 AM

CHESTER COUNTY

VALLEY FORGE 4.5 inches, 914 AM
CHESTERBROOK 4.5 inches, 939 AM
EXTON 3.6 inches, 949 AM
EAST NANTMEAL 3.5 inches, 751 AM
PHOENIXVILLE 3.0 inches, 956 AM
WEST CALN TWP 3.0 inches, 951 AM
1 WNW BERWYN 3.0 inches, 800 AM
LANDENBERG 3.0 inches, 804 AM
2 SSE WEST CHESTER 2.6 inches, 800 AM
2 NE UNIONVILLE 2.1 inches, 830 AM
NEW LONDON 1.4 inches, 750 AM
NW WICKERTON 1.0 inches, 800 AM

BUCKS COUNTY

DOYLESTOWN 4 inches, 1006 AM
WEST ROCKHILL TWP 4.5 inches, 1002 AM
BEDMINSTER 5 inches, 948 AM
LOWER MAKEFIELD TWP 3.7 inches, 932 AM
SELLERSVILLE 4.5 inches, 752 AM
WEST ROCKHILL TWP 3.5 inches, 749 AM

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