- What you should know
- A rare blizzard warning has been canceled after a foot of snow fell overnight across the Philadelphia region. Here are photos from across the area.
- City schools will be virtual on Tuesday; city offices and courts will be open.
- A citywide snow emergency remains in effect in Philadelphia, while both New Jersey and Delaware declared a state of emergency.
- Fourteen inches of snow fell at Philadelphia International Airport. Here are more snow totals from around the region.
- Tens of thousands of homes were without power Monday morning, mostly in South Jersey, while hundreds of flights were canceled at Philadelphia International Airport.
- Trash and recycling collection in Philadelphia will be suspended until Wednesday.
// Timestamp 02/23/26 7:25pm
Philly got its biggest snow in 10 years. This time nature will help with the cleanup.
If it wasn’t an actual blizzard, Philly’s biggest snowfall in a decade sure acted like one, and the weather the rest of this week isn’t expected to be particularly pleasant.
But in terms of disruption — not to mention aesthetics — this was in a wholly different category from the Jan. 25 siege of snow and ice. And the aftermath should not be anywhere near as punitive and burdensome.
Although the 14 inches measured officially at Philadelphia International Airport dwarfed the 9.3 inches of snow and sleet that accumulated in last month’s storm, Zach Schwartz, 33, was among those who found the picturesque snow more palatable than the attack of ice balls and an Arctic freeze.
“The last snowstorm was a tough time for everyone,” said Schwartz, who was at a Point Breeze playground helping a friend build an igloo for their kids, “and I think the city was kind of in shock a little bit.”
// Timestamp 02/23/26 7:14pm
Philly schools will be virtual on Tuesday; city offices and courts will be open
Philadelphia schools will remain on virtual instruction for all students on Tuesday, the city announced Monday evening.
City offices will be open for business on Tuesday and all First Judicial District courts will be open, too.
Parking restrictions will remain in effect for posted emergency routes, the city said.
// Timestamp 02/23/26 6:28pm
Watch: Snowstorm turns Wissahickon into a winter wonderland
// Timestamp 02/23/26 5:59pm
Some city warming centers will remain open through Wednesday morning
Philadelphia’s Office of Homeless Services said the city would maintain several 24-hour warming centers through Wednesday morning to help people stay out of the cold.
The city is already in a Code Blue, which is declared when precipitation is falling and temperatures are 32 degrees or lower, or when temperatures feel close to or below 20 degrees due to the wind chill.
During a Code Blue, the city sends outreach teams out 24 hours a day, looking for people without shelter and taking them inside. The designation also opens up 50 shelter beds, in addition to about 3,400 shelter beds available during the winter. Residents in emergency housing are also allowed to stay inside all day. (Some shelters require residents to leave in the morning and return at night.)
An “enhanced Code Blue” is declared when Code Blue conditions persist for three days, and the city opens up warming centers that offer a place to sit out of the cold, usually in libraries and rec centers. Some people experiencing homelessness who are wary about entering shelters opt for less-restrictive warming centers.
The city has not declared an enhanced Code Blue for this storm, but announced Sunday afternoon that it had planned to open warming centers at least overnight.
On Monday afternoon, OHS’s Instagram account posted an updated list of warming centers that will stay open until 9 a.m. Wednesday. The following centers are already open unless otherwise noted:
- Pelbano Recreation Center, 8101 Bustleton Ave. (opens at 9 p.m. Monday)
- Hub of Hope, 15th Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard (enter at the 15th Street trolley station entrance in Dilworth Park)
- Appletree Family Center, 1430 Cherry St.
- Prevention Point, 2913-15 Kensington Ave.
- Kensington Wellness Support Center, 265 E. Lehigh Ave.
- Samuel Rec Center, 3539 Gaul St.
People who see someone on the streets in need of shelter, or who need shelter themselves, can call the city’s homeless outreach hotline at 215-232-1984.
// Timestamp 02/23/26 3:55pm
Warmer weather is helping Philly’s cleanup, but so are lessons from the last storm
Mother nature’s above freezing temperatures largely aided Philadelphia’s snow removal operations Monday, but the city also adjusted its response after the prior storm cleanup left many residents chockfull of complaints.
Director of Clean and Green Initiatives Carlton Williams said the city secured three snow melters instead of just one, with two already on the road Monday, despite the much shorter notice of the storm.
“They’re located throughout the city of Philadelphia, because quite frankly, from the last storm, we are running out of places to place snow,” said Williams in a news conference, referring to the dozens of snow drop off sites, such as the Navy Yard. “We needed to be able to put it in a location where it doesn’t have to sit in somebody’s neighborhood.”
The city also added snow blowers to the mix of machines clearing the area around City Hall, said a city spokesperson.
The softness of the snow, compared to the hardened sleet from the last storm, has made it easier for the smaller snow clearing equipment to double back and tackle ADA ramps and crosswalks after the last bit of snow fell, according to the mayor’s office.
Even so, the city is slated to deploy crews of same-day-pay workers to manually shovel crosswalks, SEPTA stops, and ADA ramps that are hard to reach by machines as early as Tuesday.
The deployment of these reinforcements comes at a much faster clip than the previous storm, where some 300 additional workers helped chip away at persistent ice by hand more than a week after the snow fell.
// Timestamp 02/23/26 3:00pm
A puppy’s first snow
Lee Paul, 36, was not ready to step out of her Wayne Avenue apartment complex in the middle of a blizzard. But her four-month-old puppy had other plans.
“I had to take Chay to go to the bathroom,” said Paul, hands in her pockets and dreading the cold.
She hates winter, but is happy that living in a building meant no shoveling was in her future.
For Chay, this is all a new experience. He was thrilled to jump around in the snow, bury his paws over and over again, and catch tiny flakes with his nose for more than 10 minutes.
// Timestamp 02/23/26 2:54pm
SEPTA resumes most services but Regional Rail remains suspended
SEPTA has reopened its Center City trolley tunnel, and resumed service on more than 20 of its bus routes. However, Regional Rail service remained largely suspended as of Monday afternoon, SEPTA general manager Scott Sauer said.
“We’re hoping to have some Regional Rail service restored later this afternoon,” Sauer said Monday. “But I will caution: We will not be on a regular schedule.”
Just before 3 p.m., the agency restored operations on its Manayunk/Norristown line, a representative said.
The transit agency had inspectors and inspection trains working along Regional Rail lines evaluating them for any hazards, but their resumption was not immediately clear Monday afternoon. Sauer encouraged riders to follow SEPTA’s app and website for service updates as storm cleanup progresses.
“SEPTA has nearly 300 Regional Rail and metro stations, most with a variety of platforms and infrastructure, so we are working to clear those in the best effort possible,” Sauer said.
About 30 track inspectors were working to inspect SEPTA infrastructure, and roughly 700 in-house employees were working to clear the authority’s property of snow and other hazards, including downed trees. Sauer added that SEPTA has utilized “many, many tons” of rock salt to combat ice, and employed the use of all of its available heavy equipment to aid in cleanup.
“We’ve made service adjustments, and now it’s back to restoration,” Sauer said. “But all while keeping an eye on safety for both our customers and our employees.”
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// Timestamp 02/23/26 1:10pm
Light snow is possible Tuesday night. More next week?
It won’t be a big deal, but a round of light snow is possible late Tuesday night and/or early Wednesday as a weak “clipper” system approaches from the west.
While temperatures on Tuesday will struggle to reach freezing and fall into the 20s at night and, thus, cold enough for snow, it shouldn’t accumulate more than an inch in the Philly region, forecasters say.
It will warm into the 40s on Wednesday, and given the strength of the February sun it should be a decent melting day.
More light precipitation, perhaps a mix of rain and snow, is possible Thursday, but that should be followed three consecutive dry days ,with high temperatures in the 40s to low 50s.
Another batch of chiller air could arrive in time for a storm to produce more snow early next week, said Tom Kines, senior meteorologist with AccuWeather Inc. But, yes, it’s way, way early.
At least by then, most of what fell Sunday and Monday should be liquefied.
Kines warned that in the meantime temperatures the next few nights are going to fall below freezing, turning some of that daytime melt into ice.
// Timestamp 02/23/26 2:36pm
Tens of thousands still without power in N.J.
More than 130,000 households across the Philadelphia region lost power last night due to the snowstorm.
Philadelphia households have mostly recovered from power outages on Monday, according to Peco, with only 213 active outages this afternoon.
South Jersey still has around 75,000 households currently without power, according to Jersey Central Power and Light, but that number has slowly decreased since this morning.
Outages in Atlantic City are still higher than they were this morning with 2,804 active outages, up from 1,892 around 7 a.m., according to Atlantic City Electric. Last night, more than 50,000 residents in Atlantic City lost power.
// Timestamp 02/23/26 2:31pm
Dozens of Philly trees downed in the storm
At least 87 tress across the city were downed as a result of the storm as of Monday afternoon, and the city is working to determine which ones to prioritize clearing first, Parks and Recreation commissioner Susan Slawson said.
“We have four certified arborists that are actively inspecting reports of fallen trees to determine priority for clearance,” Slawson said Monday. “Everything is not a priority.”
Slawson asked for patience from city residents as the department works to clean up downed trees, and noted that some situations involving live wires require additional caution and coordination. Fallen trees blocking roadways, or those that have fallen on houses or cars, should be reported to 911, while those impacting power lines should be reported to Peco.
While the number of downed trees may rise in the immediate aftermath of the storm, Slawson said she expects officials will continue to monitor the situation in the coming weeks and months. Longer-term implications, she cautioned, are possible.
“This moisture, this snow, is going to continue to [have an] affect,” Slawson said. “Early on in the spring, we may continue to see trees come down, and it’s a direct result of all the storms that we’ve had.”
// Timestamp 02/23/26 2:14pm
An easier time shoveling this snow in Germantown
Ronald Barnard has been shoveling outside his Coulter Street home for two hours. At 69, snow clean up requires twice the effort, he said.
“It’s just a lot,” Barnard said pointing to the surrounding unplowed sidewalks and ice covered road. “This snow is easier to push than the snow in January, but it’s more than I expected for sure.”
He likes doing the clean up himself. But when neighbors offer to help, he takes the chance to reminiscent about a better time, when “the city used to give us salt and even plow the two way street, but times have change.”
A block down Germantown Avenue, El Zahur, 42, is having an easier time. City plow trucks have been driving by all morning, making the street clean.
“The administration dropped the ball last time, but she made out for it this time,” Zahur said, referring to Mayor Charelle L. Parker. “Before, the trucks were driving around with their plows up, but now they are doing a good job actually removing the snow.”
Regardless, he is still responsible for his corner property sidewalks, which proved to be a bit of a hazard.
“I have managed to stay out of the way from falling things,” Zahur said, as some snow rapidly fell off the roof into the sidewalk. “I don’t want nothing falling on me from three stories above.”
// Timestamp 02/23/26 1:56pm
Weather Service cancels blizzard warnings for Philly and across the region
The National Weather Service has taken down the blizzard warnings for the region.
While strong winds and blowing snow are likely to persist, the threat of blizzard conditions has diminished, said Nick Guzzo, meteorologist at the National Weather Service Office in Mount Holly.
The warning had been scheduled to expire at 6 p.m., but snow has moved out of the area, and overall visibilities and conditions have improved
// Timestamp 02/23/26 1:54pm
Philly snow emergency remains in effect, no word yet if schools will reopen Tuesday
Mayor Cherelle L. Parker said at a Monday afternoon news conference it remained too early to determine when the city’s snow emergency could be lifted, but officials hoped to have an update on the resumption of city operations later in the day.
In the meantime, Parker added, city residents should avoid unnecessary travel until further notice to allow crews to continue to clear the more than 2,500 miles of roadways in Philadelphia. Roughly 65% of streets had been treated in some way as of Monday afternoon — plowed, salted, or lifted, or some combination of the three — director of Clean and Green Initiatives Carlton Williams said.
“When there are fewer cars on the street, we give our crews more flexibility to do the job that we are asking them to do,” Parker said.
At the height of the storm, the city employed more than 800 pieces of equipment and about 1,000 workers to aid in snow removal, and that number “is still continuously growing,” Williams said. Workers will assist with the clearing of curb cuts, ADA ramps, and areas around schools, among other spaces, as cleanup efforts continue, he added.
“We will continue to focus on those areas so that all pedestrians and motorists will have safe and accessible walkways,” Williams said.
Officials expect to release additional information about Tuesday’s city services and school operations around 6 p.m., Parker said.
// Timestamp 02/23/26 1:49pm
New Jersey travel ban lifted
The New Jersey Office of Emergency Management has announced that the mandatory travel restriction, which began at 9:00 p.m. on Sunday and was extended until noon Monday, has been lifted.
Officials nonetheless “strongly encouraged” motorists to avoid unnecessary travel as hazardous conditions remain in parts of New Jersey, according to a release from the state police.
“Some roadways remain snow-covered, visibility is limited in some areas, and crews continue working to clear roads and restore safe travel,” the release said.
// Timestamp 02/23/26 1:28pm
Was this a blizzard?
Philadelphia hasn’t experienced a verified blizzard in 33 years, and it remains unclear whether this Sunday-Monday snow fest qualified for the honor.
According to NOAA guidelines, a blizzard requires “frequent winds of 35 mph or higher with considerable falling and/or blowing snow that frequently reduces visibility to 1/4 of a mile or less. These conditions are expected to prevail for a minimum of 3 hours.”
That’s a lot to ask for a snowstorm, and it is going to take considerable forensic work of poring through observations to determine whether those conditions were met in Philadelphia or elsewhere in the region, said Nick Guzzo, a meteorologist at the National Weahter Service Office in Mount Holly. (Incidentally, 20 inches of snow were measured on the office’s property.)
The last certifiable blizzard in Philly occurred on March 13, 1993. That one closed down the Philadelphia Flower Show.
Meteorologists were confident that the conditions were met during the record 30.7-inch snowfall of Jan. 7-8, 1996, however they weren’t officially verified in the city.
With or without a label, this was one impressive storm.
// Timestamp 02/23/26 1:02pm
Watch: Philly Mayor Parker offers snow updates
// Timestamp 02/23/26 9:53am
Accumulating snow is over in the Philly area
Light snow is lingering in the Philly region and could continue into the afternoon, but no additional accumulation is expected.
“What’s done is pretty much almost done,” said Amanda Lee, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, where 18 inches was measured Monday morning.
The potent coastal nor’easter that clocked South Jersey and areas along I-95 and generously layered several inches of snow throughout Philly’s neighboring counties in Pennsylvania is pulling away.
Officially, 13.7 inches fell at Philadelphia International Airport as of 7 a.m. Here are more snowfall totals.
Some stronger snow bands continue to pester the Shore, but for areas to the west, that should be it.
At least until Tuesday night, when another inch is possible.
// Timestamp 02/23/26 1:00pm
SEPTA service beginning to be restored
Almost all SEPTA services, besides some subway services, were temporarily suspended Monday due to the storm. But some are beginning to come back online.
Bus service is in the process of being restored as streets are cleared, the agency said.
The Center City Trolley Tunnel has reopened. The D and M lines are running on a modified service schedule, while Route G remains suspended.
Regional Rail remains suspended until safety inspections are complete. If Regional Rail service returns, it will follow a Saturday schedule.
The Broad Street Line (B), Market-Frankford Line (L), and Media-Sharon Hill Line (D) are operating as normal with some delays and cancellations.
The Norristown High Speed Line (M) is running but only operating between the 69th Street Transit Center and Radnor Station.
// Timestamp 02/23/26 12:48pm
South Philadelphia is loving the winter wonderland
Fresh powdery snow, perfect for snowballs, blanketed Wharton Square Park in South Philadelphia after Sunday night’s snowstorm. Laughter from the playground, shovels scraping concrete, and snowmen slowly rolling into form took over the park on Monday morning.
Two men in particular came with a mission: to build an igloo for their kids. Zach Schwartz, 33, and Josh Feist, 33, of Point Breeze shoveled a path to the playground, piling up a more than five-foot snow pile. Feist, who is a mason, helped stabilize the frame while Schwartz carved out the inside.
“We have a really close crew of families in the neighborhood, so we’re here at the park like every day, no matter what. With the snow, we just have more fun things to do,” Schwartz said, who has lived in Philly since 2016. In recent memory, this storm had some of the most snowfall, Schwartz said, but that it doesn’t compare to the frozen snow of last month.
“The last snowstorm was a tough time for everyone, and I think the city was kind of in shock a little bit,” Schwartz said.
Samantha Schranck and John Gabel were out walking their dog enjoying the warmer temperatures compared to last snow storm. “I already had a day off, so I’m going to be a kid again and treat it like a snow day,” Schrank.
While snow removal is a much easier task this time around with snow that Gabel said is less frozen and easier to pick-up, the couple is hoping city streets and trash service are up to par this week.
“I’m very curious to see how the city clears the streets this time because it was a mess and took a long time in our neighborhood to clear snow from streets and take care of the trash build up,” Schranck said.
On the other side of Wharton Square, Sonia Odenthal was having a snowball fight with her husband, Eric, and son, Finn. Despite trekking through the snow with a broken foot wrapped in a boot and water-proof bags, Odenthal couldn’t get enough of the snow.
“I’m Russian so this feels like home,” she said. “Even with a broken foot, I don’t care, I’m still out here. I love the snow.”
Philly’s snow accumulation is very reminiscent of her homeland, Sonia said, however, the temperature is much more reasonable. “A couple weeks ago when it got cold was very similar to home,” she said.
The trio will usually come to the park on snowy days for snowball fights or rolling snow into gigantic three-foot-high balls. The only thing missing in South Philadelphia is a good sledding hill, the Odenthal’s said.
// Timestamp 02/23/26 11:55am
Museums across the Philly region close due to snow
Several major Philadelphia arts institutions have announced closures due to emergency weather.
Early Monday, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, and Calder Gardens announced closures on their social media accounts.
The PMA said it’ll reopen on Tuesday.
The Mütter Museum, Rodin Museum, the Museum of the American Revolution, Independence National Historical Park, Otherworld Philadelphia, National Liberty Museum, the Independence Seaport Museum, have also announced closures.
Per their usual hours of operation, the National Constitution Center, Eastern State Penitentiary, Penn Museum, the Fireman’s Hall Museum and others are closed on Monday.
// Timestamp 02/23/26 11:30am
Multiple sections of the New Jersey Turnpike closed due to numerous accidents
Multiple sections of the New Jersey Turnpike are experiencing major delays and closures after a series of accidents Monday morning amid whiteout conditions.
Gov. Mikie Sherrill extended a travel ban through noon, citing visibility issues, though those restrictions exclude the Turnpike and essential workers.
In an interview with Fox 5 New York early Monday, Sherrill said plowers were “down to pavement” on the Turnpike.
Still, throughout the early morning, reports of disabled vehicles, cars spinning out of control, and crashes have lit up the state’s 511 map, which provides real-time traffic updates.
Around 8:20 a.m. a southbound tractor trailer jack-knifed along entrance ramp interchange 8A-NJ32 in South Brunswick, leading to an all-lane blockage.
Shortly after 9 a.m. two crashes, minutes apart, played out in inner turnpike roadways in Carteret. First a northbound vehicle crashed north of Interchange 12, leaving one of three lanes blocked. Shortly after, a southbound vehicle crashed along Interchange 12. As of 11:15 a.m., all lanes were blocked.
At around 10 a.m. a southbound vehicle spun out south of Interchange 8A-NJ32 blocking one of three lanes.
A statewide 35 mile per hour speed limit remains in effect.
// Timestamp 02/23/26 11:17am
Cape May mayor: ‘It’s like a snow globe’
Cape May Mayor Zack Mullock said his coastal city of Victorian homes “looks beautiful” covered in the foot of snow that had fallen by Monday morning.
“It looks like a snow globe,” he said.
“We had a good amount,” Mullock said, speaking by phone, from atop a tractor, which he said he was using to help plow out some neighbors. “There’s a few individual homes where a tree took a power line. The tides were ok. We were a little nervous about that. Overall, I would say things are pretty good.”
He cautioned his residents about shoveling themselves. “We have a lot of elderly in Cape May who shouldn’t be shoveling.”
// Timestamp 02/23/26 10:36am
Updated snowfall totals from across the Philadelphia region
More than a foot of snow fell overnight across the Philadelphia region, though the Jersey Shore was hit hardest by a powerful winter storm that was still dropping heavy snow Monday morning.
Due to heavy snow bands, the totals varied widely. Ten inches of snow were recorded in Boothwyn Monday morning, while 15 inches dropped overnight in Mount Ephraim, Camden County.
Officially, 13.7 inches fell at Philadelphia International Airport as of 7 a.m.
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Here are the latest snowfall totals from the National Weather Service, measured by trained spotters or observed by the service itself:
Philadelphia
- Philadelphia International Airport: 13.7 in (7 a.m.)
- Fox Chase: 13.8 in (7 a.m.)
- Rockledge: 13.8 (7 a.m.)
Delaware County
- Boothwyn: 10.0 in (5:15 a.m.)
- Chadds Ford Twp: 9.8 in (2 a.m.)
- Lima: 8.8 in (5:35 a.m.)
- Clifton Heights: 8.5 in (2:15 a.m.)
- Garnet Valley: 6.0 in (10:07 p.m. Sunday)
- Middletown Twp.: 5.2 in (9:38 p.m. Sunday)
- Media: 5.0 in (10:15 p.m. Sunday)
Chester County
- East Nantmeal Twp: 9.0 in (5 a.m.)
- SE Exton: 7.0 in (12:39 a.m.)
- West Chester: 6.2 in (12:11 a.m.)
- Oxford: 5.5 in (9:30 p.m. Sunday)
- East Coventry Twp: 4.0 in (9:36 p.m. Sunday)
Bucks County
- Morrisville: 21 in (8 a.m.)
- Langhorne: 20.5 in (6:30 a.m.)
- Levittown: 15.0 in (3:53 a.m.)
- Warminster: 13.5 in (5:40 a.m.)
- Fricks: 10.3 in (6:58 a.m.)
- Souderton: 9.2 in (7 a.m.)
- East Rockhill Twp: 8.5 in (6:30 a.m.)
- Northampton Twp: 7.8 in (12:04 a.m.)
- Chalfont: 7.3 in (6:50 a.m.)
// Timestamp 02/23/26 10:24am
Cape May County hospital lost power briefly overnight
Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional in Cape May Court House lost power overnight in the storm “for a very short period of time” and reverted to its back up generators, said Cooper Health spokesperson Nancy Marano.
“It was fully on back-up emergency power so no services were lost,” she said.
// Timestamp 02/23/26 10:11am
Some Camden residents must boil water due to water main break
A water main break may pose a threat to the water quality in Camden Monday morning, American Water Contract Services said. As a precaution, some areas of Camden are under a “boil water” advisory while crews assess the water supply.
The water main break occurred at Ninth and Jefferson Streets on Sunday night. In response, American Water was advising all residents living between Ferry Avenue and Collings Road in Camden, which includes the Fairview, Morgan-Village, and Centerville neighborhoods, to not drink or use tap water until further notice.
The advisory will remain in effect until repairs are complete and water quality is tested to be safe.
Instead, residents should use bottled water or bring tap water to a rolling boil for at least one minute and let it cool before using, according to American Water. Boiling water kills bacteria that could be found in the water.
Boiled or bottled water should be used for:
- Drinking
- Preparing Foods/Cooking
- Mixing baby formula
- Washing vegetables/fruits
- Making Ice
- Brushing teeth
- Washing dishes
Affected residents should throw away uncooked food, beverages, or ice cubes made with tap water on Sunday night or today. American Water also cautioned residents to not swallow water when showering or bathing.
The following measures are also recommended:
- Rinse hand-washed dishes with a diluted bleach solution (one tablespoon of household bleach per gallon of tap water) or clean your dishes in a dishwasher using the hot wash cycle and dry cycle.
- Do not use home filtering devices in place of boiling or using bottled water; most home water filters will not provide adequate protection from microorganisms.
- Use only boiled water to treat minor injuries.
- Provide pets with drinking water that has been boiled (and cooled).
// Timestamp 02/23/26 9:28am
Photos: Snow falls across the Philadelphia region
// Timestamp 02/23/26 9:18am
Winter now ranks among the snowier ones in Philly
With an official snowfall of 13.7 inches measured at Philadelphia International Airport, the city’s seasonal total bumped to 29.8 inches.
Among the 142 winters in the period of record, this one now is tied for 27th place, and also is the snowiest since 2018.
You may have noticed snow has been scarce in recent winters, and this also will be the first one since 2021 with snowfall above the normal, which is 23.1 inches.
Historically, totals have ranged radically from 78.7 inches in the historic winter of 2009-10 to nothing in the winter of 1972-73.
// Timestamp 02/23/26 9:12am
Photos: Heavy snow and wind bring down trees in Rittenhouse Square
// Timestamp 02/23/26 9:08am
Amtrak cancels more than 30 trains, Keystone Service to resume at noon
Amtrak canceled more than 30 trains on its Northeast Regional and Acela train lines on Monday morning due to the snowstorm. Keystone Service has been suspended until at least noon.
Alerts went out at 4 a.m. announcing a slew of cancellations and advising riders to book the next available train. Amtrak will notify impacted customers directly. Customers whose trains are cancelled can rebook or request refunds, without penalties, on Amtrak.com, through the Amtrak mobile app, or by calling the Amtrak Care Center at 1-800-USA-RAIL.
Amtrak will operate 55% of planned service Monday on the Northeast Regional rail service, 33% of planned Acela trains, and half of the planned trains on the Keystone Service trains, when it returns at noon.
Northeast Regional carries thousands of passengers every day with Philadelphia and New York among some of the leading destinations, and the William H. Gray III 30th Street station among Amtrak’s busiest in the country.
// Timestamp 02/23/26 8:57am
‘Storm of a generation’: N.J. travel ban continues until noon, tree cutters ‘out in force’
Gov. Mikie Sherrill said Monday morning that New Jersey’s travel ban would continue until noon as white out conditions were making it difficult to see, especially on major roads like the Garden State Parkway.
“It was an early morning call,” she said, in an online interview with South Jersey weather forecaster Nick “NorEaster Nick” Pittman. “It was difficult to see the edge of the road where the guardrails were. We still have snow falling in a lot of parts of our state.”
She said more than 200,000 people had lost power across New Jersey, but that more than half of them had already had power restored. “which is pretty shocking given how horrible the conditions are.”
“They’re hiking in to some pretty clobbered areas of the state,” she said of the utility workers, 5,000 of whom had been “predeployed,” she said.
With heavy snow bringing down tbranches and trees, she said, “We have the tree cutters out in force.”
She said the magnitude and reach of the storm across New Jersey, with overnight blizzard conditions and the dumping of a foot or more of snow, was “generational.”
“I don’t think we’ve seen anything like this since 1996,” she said.
// Timestamp 02/23/26 8:16am
Coastal flooding in Atlantic City ‘underperformed in a good way’
Scott Evans, Atlantic City’s Fire Chief and head of Emergency Management, said flooding in the coastal city was not as bad as feared. “The flooding definitely underperformed in a good way,” he said. “We’ll take it any day.”
He described it as “the low end of moderate” level of flooding, something Atlantic City is used to dealing with. The city had about a foot of snow by daylight, he said, with persistent high winds over night prompting numerous calls for “arcing wires.”
At the 11 p.m. Sunday high tide through around 2:30 a.m., there was about 8 to 10 inches of water in “some of our lowest lying areas,” he said, including Massachusetts Avenue, Bungalow Park and Lower Chelsea.
“We were expecting to get more,” he said in a phone interview Monday morning. “No significant problems.”
The city was still seeing the “residual ice” in the streets from the flooding, he said. Crews were out plowing streets, he said, and had mostly tamed the city’s famous Boardwalk. “They always have a team assigned to the Boardwalk,” he said.
He said he was not expecting any issues from the next high tide around 12:15 p.m. in the back bays.
// Timestamp 02/23/26 8:10am
Hundreds of flights canceled at Philadelphia International Airport
At Philadelphia International Airport, 604 flights had been canceled as of Monday morning, as snow blanketed the city. Another 42 flights were canceled for Tuesday, according to FlightAware, which tracks flights.
“Passengers should check on the status of their flights with their airlines—the airlines will also provide guidance on what passengers should do in the event their flights are cancelled,” said airport spokesperson Heather Redfern.
The airport also announced ticketing at Terminal A-West, B, and C and TSA checkpoints would be closed Monday.
Some 40 million square feet need to be cleared at the airport when snow falls, including on airplane runways and taxiways. The airport also has an additional 11.9 million square feet of space on roadways, ramps and parking lots.
While airplanes are deiced by the airlines, the department of aviation is required to ensure runways and taxiways are clear.
More than two inches of dry snow or half an inch or wet snow trigger closing a runway, according to regulations by the Federal Aviation Administration, noted Redfern. Even if flights are canceled by airlines or in the event that the FAA issues a ground stop, the airport does not close, Redfern noted in January ahead of another snowfall.
— Ariana Perez-Castells, Rob Tornoe
// Timestamp 02/23/26 7:20am
Snow will continue across the Philly area through the morning
As much as a foot of snow fell overnight across the Philadelphia region as heavy snowfall from a massive winter storm continues across the Delaware Valley.
Due to heavy snow bands, the totals varied widely. Ten inches of snow were recorded in Boothwyn Monday morning, while 11 inches dropped overnight in Mount Ephraim, Camden County.
Officially, 13.7 inches fell at Philadelphia International Airport as of 7 a.m. Here are more snowfall totals.
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Snow will continue throughout the morning, with another 3 to 5 inches expected to fall in Philadelphia, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Sarah Johnson.
The highest totals are expected along the northern and central Jersey Shore, with the heaviest bands dropping as much as 2 inches of snow per hour or greater. Another 4 to 6 inches of snow is possible for Southern New Jersey and parts of Central and Southern Delaware.
At the National Weather Service’s Mt. Holly observatory, 18.5 inches of snow had fallen as of 5:15 a.m. Monday morning.
Snow is expected to taper off by noon, forecasters said, but strong winds and blowing snow will continue through at least 5 p.m., creating dangerous driving conditions. Wind gusts in Philadelphia could reach upwards of 40 miles per hour during the day.
One bit of good news: Tidal flooding isn’t expected along the Delaware River due to the direction of the wind, so it won’t be a concern for Philly or the immediate area.
// Timestamp 02/22/26 7:10am
Why have these storms been happening on the weekend?
If you perceive the atmosphere for whatever reason has a grudge against weekends, that’s understandable.
Precipitation has fallen on six of the last seven weekends, with snowflakes making appearances in all of them, most emphatically on Jan. 25, when 9.3 inches of snow and sleet balls accumulated, and then refused to leave.
The storm rhythm actually is a quite common one, meteorologists say.
It has to do with the spacing between weather systems. Sometimes they show up in roughly 3½-day cycles, taking that long to traverse the country, and often it’s the second one in the cycle that is the stronger storm.
Like so many things in the atmosphere — droughts, wet periods — they keep happening, until they don’t.
We’re probably about due for a don’t, but not this weekend.
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