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Up here on the peaks of The Welsh Mountain Anticline we have recorded our 1st sub-freezing morning here in East Nantmeal Township. Today's low was 30.2 - this is our 1st freezing temperature since April 22nd when we touched 31.3 and the coldest since the 26.3 AM low back on April 3rd. With this low the growing season has ended in the Township at 196 days. Our normal growing season is 185 days between freezes. The earliest 1st freeze was on September 20, 1956 and the latest was November 23, 2015.

Of course no such luck reaching freezing across the peaks of Chester County! We could do no better than 34.5 - some spots below 550 ft are near 30. Growing season continues!!

Temps have been slowly falling with some mist from time to time

There has been some scattered frost in valleys across Chester County - however freeze wise we are still not to close to latest 1st freeze. Below are the top 10 latest freezes in Chester County history since 1894 - average date of 1st freeze is October 24th. Of note 8 of the top 10 latest have all occurred since 2000! 1) 11/23/2015 / 2) 11/12/2016 / 3) 11/12/2005 / 4) 11/10/2017 / 5) 11/10/2018 / 6) 11/9/2004 / 7) 11/8/2007 / 8)11/8/2014 / 9) 11/7/1931 and 10) 11/6/1946

Top 10 warm October rankings across NWS Climate sites in Chester County PA

I recorded the 2nd strongest wind gust at 51 mph down in Sea Isle City NJ in the past hour. Top gust so far back here in East Nantmeal has been 25mph Rainfall so far 0.16"

Storm total up to 2.07" with 1.32" since midnight. Looks like some additional showers working down from NE to SW

Sun breaking through as temps struggle to escape the 50's - normal high today is 61.4

While a bit behind starting to see some nice color out here....

Lows this morning ranged from the upper 40's in valley locations to the low 50's on the higher ridges. Today and tomorrow should both reach the low 70's across Chester County before a turn to cooler again starting Friday. Temps look to stay in the 50's for high temps starting on Saturday through next Wednesday. Dry weather until shower chances start to increase on Sunday night.

Chilliest morning of the season so far here across Chester County with low temperatures ranging from the mid-30's in lower spots of the county below 500ft above sea level (ASL) to the lower 40's in most spots over 600 ft ASL. Here in East Nantmeal Township our low so far this AM has been 42.6 - chilliest since the 41.7 on May 13th. Today we warm to near normal in the mid 60's to temps rising into the low 70's both tomorrow and Thursday. We then start another sharp cooling trend for the weekend and the start of the new work week by next Monday with highs at that time struggling to make the low to mid 50's across much of the county.

Today's Low temperature of 44.3 was our coldest reading since the 41.7 on May 13th

Highs today across Chester County ranged from 74 in Glenmoore; 77.1 in East Nantmeal to 79 at Pottstown to 80.6 in West Chester to 80.7 at GO Carlson Chester County Airport...tomorrow will be our last well above normal day for a while

With the sun finally returning both today thru Saturday will be well above normal but nowhere near the record highs for today which is 85 back in 1985 & 1920 and 89 tomorrow from way back in 1897. With the strong cold frontal passage on Saturday night it looks like our high temperatures both Sunday and Monday will for the most part stay in the 50's across most of the higher terrain across Western Chester County while low 60's in the lower spots across parts of Eastern Chester County.

11th straight day of above normal temps - should make it to at least 16 before the well advertised FROPA on Saturday night gets us back closer to normal temps with a reinforcing shot of cooler air by about this time next week.

.08" overnight. Leaves are starting to pop a bit despite the continuing warmth.

The Phillies are the winningest team in town as the only team with 2 Championships that anyone younger than 50 years old can remember....being a Philadelphia sports fan means dedication and loyalty with very little reward....we are great fans!! https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2021/05/27/76ers-flyers-tv-ratings-bely-their-performances.html?fbclid=IwAR2NpaCRWpTjjil9_VMlwGTyPT6DZFpKIo-cBHV3AL3mWAcv2IevwM8356c

Through yesterday we appear well on our way to one of the warmest October's in Chester County history with an average temp so far this month running over 6 degrees above normal. So does a warm October mean a "warmer" winter here in the County? Well below are 6 long term National Weather Service observer sites (Coatesville/Glenmoore/Phoenixville/Octoraro Lake, West Chester and Devault). I have ranked the top 10 warmest Octobers and compared them to the subsequent winter. Overall across all of the sites there is a 65% chance of a warmer than normal winter. But that said it is only slightly above normal at just 0.7 degrees across all 6 sites. Snowfall wise 2 seasons were above normal 3 near normal and 5 below normal snow seasons.

Phil just to clarify the amount of games has nothing to do with it - it is average viewers per game....if anything because there are more baseball games by far than any sport you would think average viewers per game would be less. Imagine if the Phillies only played 17 games like the Birds??

Our 6th straight above normal day....now does a warm October = a warm winter?? what will the data show....

I saw some interesting stats about sports viewership in the Philly area in 2021. The Phillies are far and away the most watched team in this area (excluding of course a 1x a week Eagles game) averaging more than 70% more viewers than the Flyers and 50% more than the Sixers - both the Flyers and Phillies increased viewership while the Sixers actually declined slightly vs. 2020 - that seems strange as they were by far the most competitive team.