Central PA Summer 2025

[Yardstickgozinya]

1 minute ago, Jns2183 said:

I still remember during Lee when the entire ground just waved the the white flag and quit absorbing water. Took minutes for all lawns to start forming massive lakes

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Yeah, the training thunderstorms from Lee, right up the east side of the river is another benchmark within the benchmark.

[Yardstickgozinya]

3 minutes ago, Jns2183 said:

Those dudes are living their best lives all around south central Pennsylvania right now.

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The Gray tree frog is absolutely my favorite frog with some really amazing traits. It's great to see that they've made such a good comeback after Chytridiomycosis almost completely wipe them and other amphibians species completely out in the 80's and 90's .  It's unfortunately, still wreaking havoc to amphibians in other parts of the world. 

[Jns2183]

Yeah, the training thunderstorms from Lee, right up the east side of the river is another benchmark within the benchmark.

I remember praying for cold due to how insane the mosquitos were by the end of September. Couldn't go outside in normal clothes close to sunset. The swarms reminded me of Canada boreal forests

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[Jns2183]

The Gray tree frog is absolutely my favorite frog with some really amazing traits. It's great to see that they've made such a good comeback after Chytridiomycosis almost completely wipe them and other amphibians species completely out in the 80's and 90's .  It's unfortunately, still wreaking havoc to amphibians in other parts of the world. 

I've seen more fireflies this year than any time in easily the past decade

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[pawatch]

My retirement league fishing was this morning. River pure mud with debris, I’m not doing that.

We picked up a 1/2 inch of rain but other places got dumped on,

Crazy Weather!!

I See Mount Joy got 7.40”

[Voyager]

8 hours ago, Yardstickgozinya said:

Yeah, the training thunderstorms from Lee, right up the east side of the river is another benchmark within the benchmark.

As bad as Lee was, the placement of that line of training storms couldn't have been better. 

The Susquehanna is the largest river basin in PA, with the widest river channel. Had that event taken place 50-75 miles east, the Delaware would have had to handle the brunt of the water drainage, to which the disaster, I believe anyway, would have been much worse 

I don't know as much about western PA river basins, but I suppose that might have been worse, too.

 

[Mount Joy Snowman]

Low of 72 with 4.04” of rainfall. Pleasantly surprised to see the trains running smoothly this morning. I agree with @Jns2183 about the lightning bugs being plentiful this year. The kids were catching loads of ‘em out at Codorus this past weekend. 

[Voyager]

I ended up with 1.04" yesterday.

[mahantango#1]

84 for the high yesterday and .75 rain.

[mahantango#1]

[pasnownut]

14 hours ago, Itstrainingtime said:

I'm approaching 25" since May 1st.

its just crazy.  What a difference a year makes.

[pasnownut]

10 hours ago, Jns2183 said:

Here we go

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hoping it keeps heading west a bit more, before making the turn north.  Should wring out much of the "extratropicalness" by the time it gets back to the east.  

(my cool new word for the day)

[canderson]

55 minutes ago, mahantango#1 said:

Was coming to post this. 
 

I think the recent rains have hid that tmrw could produce some wind and hail producing storms. 

[ChescoWx]

Some rainfall amounts from yesterday Glenmoore 1.63" / East Nantmeal 1.83" / Atglen 0.20" / Chester Springs 0.75" / Devault 0.42" / Kennett Square 1.52" / Longwood Gardens 0.84" / West Bradford 0.75" / Nottingham 0.16" / Warwick Twp. 1.50" / West Chester 0.43'/ West Grove 0.09" / Avondale 2N 0.35" / KOQN Airport 0.36" / KMQS Airport 0.38". Some spots like here in East Nantmeal are up to almost 6" of rain so far this month. But that is nowhere near the record rains for the month of July across Chester and SE Berks Counties - see the top 10 rainy months below. Of course we still have time and more rain looks likely this week....so stay tuned!

[Mount Joy Snowman]

15 hours ago, Itstrainingtime said:

I'm approaching 25" since May 1st.

I'm officially at 26.5" since May 1st and 35.07" YTD.

[mahantango#1]

38 minutes ago, canderson said:

Was coming to post this. 
 

I think the recent rains have hid that tmrw could produce some wind and hail producing storms. 

I guess we'll see later today or tomorrow morning if it will be mentioned by NWS  and SPC.

[mahantango#1]

With the recent rains and  just the thought of a moisture laden tropical system visiting Pennsylvania in the next few months gives me the quivers. 

[Jns2183]

I'm officially at 26.5" since May 1st and 35.07" YTD.

It's nuts you have 13" more

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[Jns2183]

With the recent rains and  just the thought of a moisture laden tropical system visiting Pennsylvania in the next few months gives me the quivers. 

2011 Kmdt had 18.42" in September. Without September they had 55" the other 11 months.

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[Itstrainingtime]

10 minutes ago, Mount Joy Snowman said:

I'm officially at 26.5" since May 1st and 35.07" YTD.

I had a chance to go through everything this morning:

• 4.11" of rain yesterday
• 7.07" since July 1st
• 27.88" since May 1st
• 36.18" for 2025

[Itstrainingtime]

15 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

I had a chance to go through everything this morning:

• 4.11" of rain yesterday
• 7.07" since July 1st
• 27.88" since May 1st
• 36.18" for 2025

27.88" of rain over the past 2.5 months (May, June and 1st half of July) in 2025.

6.17" of rain fell in all of May, June and July in 2024. 

 

[pasnownut]

30 minutes ago, Mount Joy Snowman said:

I'm officially at 26.5" since May 1st and 35.07" YTD.

holy shnikeys....

 

now watch, it'll take you the rest of the year to get to normalish climbo.....

mo nature has ears and listens to us as big totals are boasted.  

[Jns2183]

holy shnikeys....
 
now watch, it'll take you the rest of the year to get to normalish climbo.....
mo nature has ears and listens to us as big totals are boasted.  

I'm still paying for my 9" I had during the tropical event last year

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[Itstrainingtime]

7 minutes ago, pasnownut said:

holy shnikeys....

 

now watch, it'll take you the rest of the year to get to normalish climbo.....

mo nature has ears and listens to us as big totals are boasted.  

I've been thinking for some time now that things will revert back to dry in a hurry. But it just keeps raining and it sure seems like we're not done yet this week...

[canderson]

34 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

I've been thinking for some time now that things will revert back to dry in a hurry. But it just keeps raining and it sure seems like we're not done yet this week...

It will. But when it’s cold. 

[mahantango#1]

7 hours ago, canderson said:

Was coming to post this. 
 

I think the recent rains have hid that tmrw could produce some wind and hail producing storms. 

SPC now has us in a marginal risk tomorrow and Thursday.

[Jns2183]

It's still so swampy out. Mosquitoes are growing exponentially. Good luck outdoor events the rest of the year. Haha, can't wait to see West Nile ticker this August.

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