How Much Snow Actually Fell in Philadelphia?

It was supposed to be a historic storm, but in the end just a tad more than an inch was recorded at Philadelphia International Airport, according to the National Weather Service.

In Philadelphia, the dire forecasts on Monday prompted officials to issue a snow emergency. Residents were advised to move their cars from snow emergency routes and trash collections for Tuesday were cancelled.

But by Tuesday morning it was apparent that the winter storm that was anticipated to dump more than a foot of snow on the region didn’t materialize and Philadelphia was spared from what had been dubbed on social media as #Snowmageddon2015.

Meteorologists took to Twitter to issue apologies and explanations.

“My deepest apologies to many key decision makers and so many members of the general public,” Gary Szatkowski of the National Weather Service in Mount Holly Tweeted early Tuesday. “You made a lot of tough decisions expecting us to get it right, and we didn’t. Once again, I’m sorry.”

Philly.com’s John Bolaris called it a failure on the part of local forecasters.

“From a forecast standpoint, it’s been a failure, or better yet, a bust,” he wrote. “The morning commute will be very slick and tricky in the locations that get the accumulating snow, along with a very cold strong and gusty wind. The last of the snow will be ending with just some leftover flurries — and some egg on the face of us meteorologists.”