The fact that a short moment of flurries this week triggered multiple news stories demonstrates just how long it’s been since Philadelphia saw any snow.

The Philadelphia region and New York have now gone 22 months or 671 days without seeing an inch of snow or more in a single calendar day, writes Steven Yabionski for FOX Weather, appearing in The New York Post.

That’s a new snowfall record, experts say, breaking a previous record of 661 days set back in 1973.

It’s a unique phenomenon for cities along Interstate 95 in the Northeast, but in other places, like western and central New York state, there are significant snow storms.

“The cold air is also the big question mark of when could the I-95 corridor see snow,” FOX Weather Meteorologist Amy Freeze said. “We get it in Watertown (New York). That’s a given. But when do we get it in places like Boston, Baltimore, (Philadelphia)? It’s been such a long time.”

And forecasters don’t expect snow in our region anytime soon.

A lot of Northeast cities see their first measurable snowfall in November.

Philadelphia typically gets its first measurable snow action in December.

Find out more about Phhiladelphia’s snowfall record in The New York Post.

Reacting to Philadelphia’s snow drought from 10 months ago.