Lehigh Valley storm totals: Snowfall record shattered at the airport

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — A powerful winter storm blasted the Lehigh Valley on Sunday, blanketing roads, closing the airport and covering the region with more than a foot of snow.

The heavy snowfall ended Sunday night, though a cold weather advisory remains.

The storm dropped a record-setting 11.8 inches of snow on Lehigh Valley International Airport, breaking the old record of 10.4 inches for the date set in 1988.

Some areas saw 12 to 17 inches of snow across the Valley.

Here are the latest snow totals from the National Weather Service reported as of early Monday morning:

1 of 7  — Winter storm on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2026

Residents clear snow from a driveway along Grandview Avenue in Palmer Township as a winter storm sweeps across the region on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026.

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2 of 7  — Winter storm on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026

A resident uses a snowblower to clear a walkway along Forest Line Road in Palmer Township, shortly after noon on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026.

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3 of 7  — Winter storm on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026

A snowblower operator at Grandview Avenue and Forest Line Road in Palmer Township clears a path during the winter storm on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026.

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4 of 7  — Sunday Winter Storm

Heavy snow blankets the area around the Sonia Sotomayor Dual Language Immersion Academy in Allentown's Midway Manor community on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026.

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5 of 7  — Sunday winter storm

A man uses a snowblower on N Troxell Street in Allentown's Midway Manor community on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026.

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6 of 7  — Sunday storm

A plow clears the runway at Lehigh Valley International Airport on Sunday during record-setting snowfall.

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7 of 7  — Sunday storm

A mix of sleet and snow falls in Allentown on Sunday night.

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Lehigh County

Germansville — 14.2 inches

SSW Ancient Oaks — 14.1 inches

Emmaus — 13.3 inches

New Tripoli — 12.5 inches

Lehigh Valley International — 11.8 inches

SSE Weisenberg Twp. — 10.8 inches

Salisbury Twp. — 10.6 inches

Emmaus — 10.0 inches

Coplay 9.7 — inches

Northampton County

SSE Bushkill Twp. — 16.8 inches

Danielsville — 16.1 inches

1 ENE Washington Twp. — 16.0 inches

North Catasauqua — 15.4 inches

E. Tatamy — 15.0 inches

Nazareth — 14.1 inches

Forks Twp — 13.3 inches

Easton — 11.8 inches

Martins Creek — 11.8 inches

Bath — 11.5 inches

Williams Twp. — 11.0 inches

NNE Bethlehem Twp. — 10.0 inches

Hellertown — 9.9 inches

Cold weather advisory

A cold weather advisory will be in effect from 7 p.m. Monday to 10 a.m. Wednesday, with wind chills of 5 to 10 degrees below zero expected.

The advisory covers parts of east central and southeast Pennsylvania, along with parts of central, northern and northwest New Jersey.

Extensions to the advisory are expected, according to the weather service, and could be upgraded to an extreme cold warning for Wednesday night and/or Thursday night.

Wind chills below zero and even 10 below zero are likely to continue into the weekend, the weather service said.