Snowy peaks

Philadelphia is bracing for what may be its second-biggest snowfall of the season.

All it would take would be for 0.4 inches landing atop the official measuring site in National Park, N.J.; that would eclipse the 0.3 of Halloween weekend.

If enough snow falls to measure, it would be the 26th time that it happened on a Feb. 8 in the period of record dating to the winter of 1884-85.

This date is one of only seven on which measureable snow was recorded 25 or more times, and all of those fall between Jan. 20 and Feb. 8. Jan. 30 is king at 28.

Not that the region hasn't had some collosal storms later in late February, March, and early April, it's just that the drop-off in snow frequency after this date has been slow but steady.

So far this season, Philadelphia officially has measured 2.8 inches, or just about 10 inches below the 12.7 normal through yesterday.

It is certainly not going to make up that deficit today, but the seasonal total could crack 3 before it's over.

It appears it will get cold this weekend into the first part of the week, but right now it appears that the snow scarcity will persist.

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