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A Look Back on Our Top Weather Events of a Wild 2021 Of course I would have put the blizzard first!

Got just a trace at ABE on Xmas eve. and look at this ugly forecast -- it looks like April!! Extended Forecast for Emmaus PA This Afternoon Chance Rain High: 37 °F Tonight Rain Likely then Chance Rain Low: 33 °F Tuesday Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain High: 48 °F Tuesday Night Rain Low: 37 °F Wednesday Chance Rain High: 46 °F Wednesday Night Chance Rain then Rain Likely Low: 39 °F Thursday Mostly Cloudy High: 50 °F Thursday Night Mostly Cloudy then Chance Rain Low: 37 °F Friday Mostly Sunny High: 50 °F Detailed Forecast This Afternoon A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 37. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Tonight Rain likely, mainly before 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 33. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Tuesday A slight chance of rain after 4pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 48. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Tuesday Night Rain, mainly after 7pm. Low around 37. North wind around 5 mph becoming east after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Wednesday A chance of rain, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 46. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Wednesday Night Rain likely, mainly after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 39. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Thursday Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. Thursday Night A chance of rain after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Friday Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. Friday Night A chance of rain after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New Year's Day Rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 51. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Saturday Night Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Sunday A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 53. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Sunday Night A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Monday Sunny, with a high near 35.

Yeah, probably as effective as picking up a weather history book and reading about old storms!!

Oh my bad I thought it said 1893!!

We should probably be suspect of Gordon's temp. records too, no?! Lol!!

January 94 Allentown school district had the whole week off for snow AND cold -- the ultimate "snow week"!!

Makes since, just didn't think Red Sky was that old -- that was my first winter on Earth!

Why did you choose this month? And JAN 77 was coldest JAN ever -- 18.6 mean

Ok, just asking, no offense intended!

Thank you, your expert analysis is always appreciated ... wait, are you an expert?

And this Derecho, storm aftermath: With 850,000 outages, tens of thousands in the Philly area had a long, hot wait for power (inquirer.com) is #3: 563,000

Oh here they are: It's official: Ice storm breaks Peco record for winter outages (inquirer.com) Officially, here are the 12 highest outage totals in the history of Peco, which goes back more than 100 years. 1. 850,000 lost power, Superstorm Sandy, Oct. 29, 2012 2. 715,000 and rising, ice storm, Feb. 4, 2014 3. 549,100, ice storm, Jan. 7, 1994 4. 517,343, Hurricane Isabel, Sept. 18, 2003 5. 508,048, Hurricane Irene, Aug. 27, 2011 6. 483,131, wind, lightning, July 18, 2006 7. 408,822, Hurricane Floyd, Sept. 16,1999 8. 400,000-plus, winter storm, March 20, 1958 9. 369,511, Hurricane Hazel, Oct. 15, 1954 10. 334,987, tornado, May 31, 1998 11. 326,019, summer storm, June 24, 2010 12. 320,215, wind, lightning, July 16, 1980

Yeah, I remember reading about that record January record ice storm in Storm Data, in terms of PECO outages. Not sure if it's been surpassed -- maybe Irene in 2011? That winter LV had 75" and Phila only 23" -- biggest difference ever by a wide margin

That's exactly what happened in 93-94, virtually nothing through December, coating on Xmas, then WHAM 75"!! At least here in the LV, not so great in Phila. PS thanks so much for fixing your tagline, though I liked JAn 2016 data. And I was confused by your new one till I looked it up, lol!

I hate to say it, but this is just pathetic -- people staying up late to catch a snow squall at the end of December in eastern Pennsylvania when we should be getting buried by a real storm!!!

I'll take it. Just like 2016 and 1983 -- diamonds in the rough!!

Uhh yah I'm still bothered, why the AND? , why not just "epic day 10 storm"??? Doesn't that cover everything important?!

No just vodka -- bottom shelf, lol! It's just always bothered me, that "AND"!

"January 2016 - month of the epic day 10 storm AND the epic storm" sounds like you're talking about 2 different storms!

Sure, just hop in a time machine back to the 70s or even some years in the early 80s!

IMHO, I think you're right on both points!

Don't tell that to 1978-79: Trace in DEC then 40" Or 1977-78: 0.2" in DEC then 55"

2 storms?

Sorry I wasn't clear (and neither were you). I was saying that in 2009, people must have been like "man this is our first snow of the season and it's 2 feet!!" I wasn't referring to your comment about beating the record. And when I said are you sure about beating the record, I was wondering how you can see so far into the future when just 0.1 inches is involved!

I understand perfectly sir, I'm saying that's a helluva first snow!!! What don't YOU understand?