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Our record high for today is 100 degrees set in 1955. The record low is 47 degrees from 1959. The daily rainfall record is 2.00" set back in 1950. Only made it to the low 70's yesterday. With now 6 of our last 7 days featuring below normal temps across our county. However, temps will begin to warm to slightly above average both today and tomorrow before we have our next chance at a 90 degree day on Thursday. After that we will see some unsettled weather as we head toward the weekend with temps back down into the 80's. Still no "heat waves" in East Nantmeal this summer.

Some final July climate data from around Chester County - overall a very near normal temperature month with below normal rainfall. Glenmoore finished with an avg. temp of 76.1 this is 0.4 degrees above normal. (29th warmest July out of 66 years of record) and 4.02" of rain (0.72" below normal) East Nantmeal Township finished with an avg temp of 74.5 or 0.5 degrees above normal (62nd warmest July out of 129 years of record)and 3.71" of rain (1.17" below normal) KMQS Airport in Coatesville avg. temp 75.7 or +0.5 degrees above normal (8th warmest July out of only 15 years of record)

Some more needed rain has fallen across the county since last evening. Totals include 0.68" at East Nantmeal, 0.77" in Elverson, 0.62" at Marsh Creek and 0.61" in Downingtown. We finished the month of July at only slightly warmer than normal at +0.5 degrees to average. Contrast this with Philadelphia who finishes July a whopping +3.4 degrees above normal including 19 days over 90 degrees...only 1 such day in East Nantmeal and 4 at the Coatesville Airport.

We should finish the month with out 5th day in the last 6 with below normal temps. The earlier discussed heat wave coming later this week appears to be a bit more muted than earlier thought. The NWS now only has Thursday with a high above 90 degrees with temps back into the mid-80's by Friday and Saturday. Our record high for today is the 102 degrees set back in 1954. The record low was 48 degrees set way back in 1895. Our daily rainfall record is the 2.49" that fell today in 1992.

Today looks to be another slightly below normal temperature day across Chester County. We should finish the month of July as very close to average temps. A great weekend in store before the heat begins to build during the upcoming week. The record high temperature for today is 98 degrees set in 1917. Our record low is 50 degrees set in 1956. The daily rainfall record is the 1.11" that fell today in 1918.

We ended up with a total of 1.56" of rain from the 3 combined events yesterday. Brings us to just above normal for the year! Our record high today is 101 degrees set in 1901. The record low is 47 degrees from 1956. Daily rainfall record is the 2.48" that fell in 1976.

My VP2 is showing 1.00" so far today in the 2 "events"....will get the actual coco bucket reading later....unfortunately some of my FB observers in other parts of the county report absolutely nada for today. The frustration of summer t-storms!!

While the PHL airport with it's UHI contamination will fuel our climate alarmist friends....as through yesterday PHL is currently running as the 4th warmest July on record. Climate analysis for July temp rankings across Western Chester County are unsurprisingly middle of the pack for July warmth through yesterday. With average temperature through yesterday / # of years of records / July 2022 ranking. East Nantmeal (74.6) #60 of 129 years Glenmoore (75.7) #27 of 66 years KMQS (75.2) #8 of 15 years

Here in East Nantmeal Township in Chester County PA we picked up 0.44" of needed rainfall overnight into this morning. Some increasing chances of showers again tomorrow. Our record high temperature today is the 101 degrees set back in 1944. The record low is 50 degrees from 1946. The daily rainfall record is the 3.47" that fell today in 1914.

Some increasing chances for some rain over the next several days as we are now running a little over 2 inches below normal for the month of July. Today's record high is 99 degrees set in 1940. The record low is 48 degrees set back in 1946. The daily rainfall record is 2.23" from 1966.

Unfortunately we could only squeeze out 0.04" of rain yesterday in East Nantmeal. The good news across the County is we have a few more chances of rain this week. With the highest chance being Wednesday night. Of note yesterday's low temperature sets a new low minimum record at 74.3 - this eclipses the old record of 74.0 set back in 2013. The AC has surely been needed these recent nights! Also on the bright side our temperatures will return to near normal for the rest of this week. In fact we should not see any chances of 90 degree weather across much of Chesco over the next week or so. Our record high temperature today is 99 degrees set back in 1940. The record low for today is 48 degrees from 1977. Record daily rainfall is the 1.64" that fell today in 1994.

We could do no better than 89.3 yesterday in East Nantmeal which ended our 90 degree streak at just 1 day. So at least here in East Nantmeal no heat waves this year....and none since July 19-21, 2020. However, the KMQS Airport did report 4 straight days over 90 during this hot streak. Good chance at some much needed t-storms across the County today. Our farmers and gardeners will appreciate any and all rainfall since last Monday the 18th. Our record high for today is 96 degrees set back in 1921. The record low is 47 degrees set back during the Bicentennial celebration in 1976. Record daily rainfall is the 2.00" that fell today back in 2016.

Today should be the warmest day of the current heat spell. Temps across the entire county should get close to the middle 90's in the higher terrain to even upper 90's in some of the lower spots. This could approach some records. Rain chances will also increase by tomorrow night with what would be some welcome rainfall! After that the rest of the week looks to be much closer to normal temps with highs no higher than the low to mid-80's. The record high today is 95 degrees (which could be in danger) set back in 1918. The record low was 48 degrees back in 1985. Daily record rainfall was 1.23" in 1911.

A big day here in the hills in the NW Philly burbs as you ascend the Welsh Mountain Anticline here in NW Chester County PA!! We were able to....with the help of rounding record an "official" first 90 degree day of the year today here in East Nantmeal Township with a high temperature of 89.7 on my Vantage Pro 2 station!!! While my Ambient station could do no better than 88.7. But for our climate reporting purposes this will go down as our 1st 90 degree day of the year and our first 90 degree day since June 30, 2021!!! Lot's of excitement here across the NW Chesco hills with this rare climate event!!!! Of note...this is also our 1st 90 degree day in July in over 2 long years since our last 90 degree day back on July 21, 2020. The only spot in Eastern PA beside MPO to fail to touch 90 was EW3190 in Reading PA at 1,115 feet. Maybe they see their first 90 degree temp tomorrow.

Our record Western Chester County high for the day is 100 degrees set back in 1899. The record low is 51 degrees from 1983. Record daily rainfall is the 2.72" that fell today back in 1916. Suspect we see many spots who have still to record a 90+ day to get there if not today then certainly over the weekend.

KMQS and KPTW both reached 90 today for the 1st and 2nd time this month, this was both stations 4th time this year. Here in East Nantmeal Twp. still no 90+ days as my VP2 only made it to 88.3 / Ambient hit 88.5./ only my poorly sited roof top mounted tempest unit was able to reach the 90's at 90.3. All observing locales in Eastern Chesco hit the 90's today...however, a couple spots in addition to EN in Western Chesco including Downingtown West and Oxford also fell short of 90. Tomorrow again should be close here in EN but thinking Saturday and Sunday we should finally see the rarity of a 90 degree reading.

While many relative lower locales across Chester County reached the 90 degree mark yesterday. Many observation spots across our county failed to reach the elusive temperature. This included East Nantmeal (88.6), KMQS (87.0), Oxford (88.0), East and West Downingtown (88.0) and Cochranville (89.0). With today's higher starting low temperature we should have a good shot at many spots hitting 90 for the first time this month. By contrast PHL Airport is on quite the run of 90's...with it likely they reach 7 straight days by Sunday! Of note PHL has now recorded 19 days over 90 while here in East Nantmeal we have still had none. KMQS airport in Coatesville has had 3 days that rounded up to 90 and KPTW has also only recorded 3 such days!

The NWS has us reaching the 90 degree mark for the first time in more than 1 year today here in some of the higher spots of Chester County. The last such day here in East Nantmeal was June 30, 2021 when we hit 91.2. Our record high for today is 99 degrees set back in 1930. The record low is the 48 degrees back in 1966. Our daily rainfall record is 4.78" set in 1979. Stay cool!

Most folks across Chester County today over 500 ft ASL failed to escape the mid to upper 80's.. We did make it to 85.6 in East Nantmeal. The NWS has us again not reaching 90 tomorrow....but then 4 straight days they forecast reaching that elusive 90 degree mark! Of note the PHL Airport recorded their 10th day at 90 or above over the 1st 19 days of the month. KMQS Airport (Coatesville) and KPTW (Pottstown) have both failed to yet reach 90 so far here in July

We picked up another 0.34" of rain yesterday here in Chester County. We have recorded rain during 9 of the 18 days this month...but are still averaging about 75% of our normal rain through yesterday. Unfortunately, dry weather looks likely and indeed very hot. In fact if the current NWS forecast is correct... much of the relatively higher spots in the county could experience their 1st "heat wave" (3 consecutive days over 90 degrees) since July 19-21, 2020. Of note we have only experienced a total of 5 "heat waves" in the last 13 years dating back to 2010!!

We picked up 0.56" of rain since last evening in East Nantmeal with .05" falling since midnight. Our record high for today is 100.5 set in 1900. The record low is 46 degrees set in 1976. The daily record rainfall is 1.81" set in 2018.

That is incredible! you have the same number of 90+ days as the PHL Airport heat island!! Even the warm KRDG obs has only had only 12 days over 90 all summer - of course a little to your south across Chester County still not even 1 day in East Nantmeal that has touched 90 degrees and still no 90+ days yet at KMQS Airport in Coatesville (though 3 times at 89.6) and only 3 times a 90+ reading at KPTW in Pottstown. By contrast I have had 15 days over 90 degrees.....combined over the last 6 summers since 2017!!

The record high for today is 100 degrees set back in 1988. Our record low is 46 degrees from 1929. Record daily rainfall is the 2.02" from 1912.

So far this year to date we are running cooler than normal....I suspect we are beginning the next natural cooling cycle