Science

Snow covers the 2500 block of North 17th Street just above Cumberland in December 2020. No measurable snow has fallen in Philly officially in December in the last four years.

Philly may get its first (barely) measurable snowfall of the season Thursday

Some flakes crept across the region Wednesday evening. Philly hasn't had measurable snow in December since 2020, but we're not about to become Erie of the East.

A trackway of footprints hypothesized to have been created by a Paranthropus boisei individual.

Science

Ancient footprints show two different human ancestors coexisted at the same spot 1.5M years ago

Angela Vaughn, 68 of Milford Township, Bucks County, takes in the view Nov. 7, 2024 of the 814-acre Green Lane Reservoir in Montgomery County where water levels dropped so low that people could walk on the dried and cracked bottom.

Pennsylvania

Dried waterways stun residents, leave fish stranded, and hurt outdoor tourism

Snow falls on an office complex in Cherry Hill on Feb. 13, 2024.

Weather

Philly’s winter should be light on snow, forecasters say

Pedestrian with an umbrella on a rainy day along Market Street in Philadelphia, Nov. 21, 2024. Rains Wednesday night and early Thursday were the most since August.

Weather

Philly may get its first (barely) measurable snowfall of the season Thursday

Ancient footprints show two different human ancestors coexisted at the same spot 1.5M years ago

Dried waterways stun residents, leave fish stranded, and hurt outdoor tourism

Philly’s winter should be light on snow, forecasters say

How much rain Philly got overnight; snowflakes are possible Friday