E PA/NJ/DE Spring 2026 Obs/Discussion

[Birds~69]

As long as it doesn't affect beer, whiskey or vodka prices, I'm in pretty good shape.... 

61F

6 hours ago, RedSky said:

ECM has snow showers in Scranton next Friday and likely a frost threat next weekend

 

Big fan of the EMC. Big fan! I ain't kidding! Big fan! 

The Moon is kicking ass tonight...

[Albedoman]

I am really concerned with this COLD weather.  In tonights 18z,  I counted at least 8 days in the next 15 days with lows in the mid to upper 30's and many days not breaking out of the low 50's.  This is by far the coldest spring I can remember in 40 + years. Snow flurries and graupel a real good possibility at these temps if moisture shows its face at the right time.  Cloudy days will force me to run the heater. I have never run the heater in May before. The sycamore leaves are now gone and wilted from the freeze. The other PA forum indicates strawberry damage in Lancaster and York and complete fruit  tree bud destruction.  This maybe the year with "no summer" again at this juncture.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer

[PhiEaglesfan712]

26 minutes ago, Albedoman said:

I am really concerned with this COLD weather.  In tonights 18z,  I counted at least 8 days in the next 15 days with lows in the mid to upper 30's and many days not breaking out of the low 50's.  This is by far the coldest spring I can remember in 40 + years. Snow flurries and graupel a real good possibility at these temps if moisture shows its face at the right time.  Cloudy days will force me to run the heater. I have never run the heater in May before. The sycamore leaves are now gone and wilted from the freeze. The other PA forum indicates strawberry damage in Lancaster and York and complete fruit  tree bud destruction.  This maybe the year with "no summer" again at this juncture.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer

Stop exaggerating. This is nowhere near the coldest spring in 40+ years. March and April were well above average. Top 10 warmest, in fact. Almost half of the springs since 1980 were colder than this year's March and April.

And you're lying if you say you've never run the heater in May before. (Does May 9, 2020 ring a bell?) 

Also, we're not getting a year with "no summer". Keep in mind, the last significantly cold summer in this area was 2009. The most recent cool summers, like 2014 and 2023, are very near the 1981-2010 averages.