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Regional Weather Summary

National Weather Service State College PA

544 PM EST Tue Dec 30 2025



Multiple periods of snow showers are expected over the western 

and central counties into New Year's Day. A couple of fast- 

moving weather systems will pass through the state, but lake

effect and upslope snow showers will fill in between the more-

constant periods of snow. The southeastern third of the state will

see less than an inch of snow over this period, mainly on 

Wednesday night.



The heaviest snowfall is expected to occur across the 

northwestern portion of the Commonwealth, immediately downwind of 

Lake Erie. More than a foot of additional snow is expected 

through New Year's Day in the normal lake effect snow belt near 

Erie. Portions of the northwest Alleghenies and Laurel Highlands 

will also pick up notable accumulations, with another 6 to 12 

inches of snowfall expected by Thursday morning.



Lows between 15 and 25 degrees are expected tonight. Afternoon

highs will be mainly 25 to 35 degrees on Wednesday. 



An arctic cold front will blast through the state during the 

evening and first half of the night during New Year's Eve 

activities. The front will generate snow showers and squalls as it

crosses the entire state from northwest to southeast. The front 

will probably reach Erie just after sunset, Pittsburgh in the late

evening, and getting close to Scranton, Harrisburg, and 

Chambersburg right around midnight. Midnight temperatures will 

range from the mid teens in the northwest to around the freezing 

mark in Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Chambersburg. The wind chills

will be down in the single digits over the northwest at that 

time, and teens and 20s elsewhere. Plan ahead for the blustery 

weather if you plan to be on the roads, even for a short time, as 

we turn the page to 2026.



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