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The Euro with it's 2 snow events for this week. Total model snow we don't need to shovel by Saturday morning.

Below is the January 2026 Climate Summary for the Philly burbs of Chester County PA Area. This January finished as the 29th coldest with 134 years of climate records. This December/January is the 21st coldest start to a winter season on record. Additionally, we have received well above normal snowfall to date with almost double normal snow to date. East Nantmeal recorded the 15th greatest January snow total and the most since 2016.

Below is the January 2026 Climate Summary for the Philly burbs of Chester County PA Area. This January finished as the 29th coldest with 134 years of climate records. This December/January is the 21st coldest start to a winter season on record. Additionally, we have received well above normal snowfall to date with almost double normal snow to date. East Nantmeal recorded the 15th greatest January snow total and the most since 2016.

We start February as we ended January with well below normal temperatures. I am working on completing the overall Chester County summary for January but at least here in East Nantmeal this January was the 4th coldest and 3rd snowiest across the 23 years I have been recording weather observations at this location. This well below normal stretch of temperatures looks to continue for at least the first 10 days of February. Today will be our 9th straight day with below freezing high temperatures. We do moderate through Tuesday with our best shot at getting above freezing being Tuesday. The current NWS forecast has a high here in EN of 30 degrees. There could be a few light snow chances over the next week with the first potential on Tuesday night a more likely shot by Friday and another chance possibly by next Sunday. For those on Team Snow the good news is February is on average our snowiest month of the year with East Nantmeal averaging 13.3" of snow in a typical 2nd month of the year.

We start February as we ended January with well below normal temperatures. I am working on completing the overall Chester County summary for January but at least here in East Nantmeal this January was the 4th coldest and 3rd snowiest across the 23 years I have been recording weather observations at this location. This well below normal stretch of temperatures looks to continue for at least the first 10 days of February. Today will be our 9th straight day with below freezing high temperatures. We do moderate through Tuesday with our best shot at getting above freezing being Tuesday. The current NWS forecast has a high here in EN of 30 degrees. There could be a few light snow chances over the next week with the first potential on Tuesday night a more likely shot by Friday and another chance possibly by next Sunday. For those on Team Snow the good news is February is on average our snowiest month of the year with East Nantmeal averaging 13.3" of snow in a typical 2nd month of the year.

Agreed! I had 0 or below last 3 nights but last night was lowest at 2.8 above....that said valley spots were well below zero

A weenie view of a classic it's coming north radar hallucination. Who else is feeling January 2000? coming north.mp4

ICON with a little snow across the area on Wednesday

A few places touched zero this morning including the icebox of Chester County the Warwick DEOS station that set an all-time record low with records back to 2012 of 10.7 degrees below zero. The old record was 9.1 below zero on January 22, 2025. Our impressive cold stretch continues through the weekend with today being our 8th straight day of sub 32 highs. This is tied for 8th longest streak since 1893. Our best chance to end the streak and get above freezing looks to be on Tuesday with the NWS forecasting a high of 30 degrees. January will end as our 4th consecutive below normal temperature month and our 9th below average month in the last 12 months dating back to December 2024. Could we be entering our next climate cooling cycle here in Chester County?? While cold most of the next week looks dry but there could be a couple chances of some snow toward midweek and again next weekend.

Don!

A few places touched zero this morning including the icebox of Chester County the Warwick DEOS station that set an all-time record low with records back to 2012 of 10.7 degrees below zero. The old record was 9.1 below zero on January 22, 2025. Our impressive cold stretch continues through the weekend with today being our 8th straight day of sub 32 highs. This is tied for 8th longest streak since 1893. Our best chance to end the streak and get above freezing looks to be on Tuesday with the NWS forecasting a high of 30 degrees. January will end as our 4th consecutive below normal temperature month and our 9th below average month in the last 12 months dating back to December 2024. Could we be entering our next climate cooling cycle here in Chester County?? While cold most of the next week looks dry but there could be a couple chances of some snow toward midweek and again next weekend.

Agreed great guy!! like you enjoyed his info since the early days of the forums!!

Assuming you were joking above Birds? We all make mistakes even Don LOL!! Take it easy on him!! Even I have made a mistake on Chester County weather!! LOL!!

Hey Don think you have your dates wrong nothing unusually cold at PHL in that timeframe. The most days below freezing in a row during Dec 09 - Jan 10 was only 3 days

But in our current warm cycle it is quite amazing IMHO!