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.

[RedSky]

The big warm spikes raised the average for March and April above normal but strangely the northeast trough still persisted. If you know anything about growing late April through May is the key growth period for crops everything is being stunted by this cold.

 

[ChescoWx]

April finished as the 12th warmest (POR 133 years) first month of spring here in Chester County PA below are the Top 20 warm years. Our average of 55.0 was +2.8 degrees above our 1991-2020 climate normal of 52.2 degrees. January thru April 2026 is the 57th warmest first 4 months of a yea

[RedSky]

Farmers have had a double whammy this spring as the drought persisted through the first three weeks of April adversely affecting early spring plantings and high fertilizer cost

 

 

[ChescoWx]

Below for the Philly burbs of Chester County PA are the all-time May climate records and below that the climate trends for the month. Based on the actual historical data (blue) our average May temperatures show a slight cooling trend since 1893 while the adjusted NCEI (red) temperatures indicate a very slight warming trendline.

[RedSky]

Frost advisories up

[Birds~69]

46f,  12AM...windows open, I think I heard the ice cream truck guy? 

[Birds~69]

Drought guy may be on to something...although this seems normal to me.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-weather/polar-vortex-aftermath-to-bring-more-chilly-may-days-to-midwest-northeast/1886949