E PA/NJ/DE Winter 2025-26 Obs/Discussion

[ChescoWx]

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.

[JTA66]

35 minutes ago, Ralph Wiggum said:

ICON. And Nam both have light accumulating snow Wednesday. Rgem has snow showers. Decent start to 12z.

GFS onboard as well (for now).

We’re a snow town!

[Ralph Wiggum]

53 minutes ago, JTA66 said:

GFS onboard as well (for now).

We’re a snow town!

Im ready for a slow thaw. First time since ive lived in my home the pipes in the cellar froze yesterday. Nothing a blow dryer couldn't handle but damn its cold

[Chadzachadam]

Crazy how used to the cold I’ve gotten. Wind chill of 0 this morning felt totally fine. At this rate I’ll be in shorts when we hit 40

[Birds~69]

We need a refresher….only fell once.

20f

 

 

[Hurricane Agnes]

19 hours ago, PhiEaglesfan712 said:

Tinicum Twp is where the Airport is, and PHL had a low of 10 this morning. -12 (or 22 degrees colder) seems impossible, and it would be lower than PHL's lowest ever temperature, which was set in February 1934.

I'd be willing to bet the low is somewhere in between both. 10 seems too high, -12 seems too low.

I had 7F for a low yesterday morning and a 10 this morning.  The reason?  The winds never decoupled here.  Literally had gentle breezes going all Friday night into Saturday morning, from ~1-2 mph with "gusts" of 4 mph.  Kept it from radiating.  Had the same (with higher winds) overnight this past night.

Am currently up to 20 with dp 9.  I noticed that some of snowpack on the southwest side of my house is eroding, am guessing from insolation because it certainly isn't from melting!