Through Nov. 5, the temperature had failed to reach freezing in Philadelphia in the fall of 1953, but on the 6th a record snowstorm hit the region.
By the time the snow ended on the 7th, 8.8 inches had been measured at the airport, the majority of it reported on the 6th, when the temperature hit 29.
Joel Myers, who went on to found Accu-Weather, recalled measuring more than a foot near his house in Northeast Philadelphia, where he grew up.
Officially, it was the earliest-ever snowfall of 4 inches or more in Philadelphia.
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