Central PA Spring 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread

[canderson]

Just now, anotherman said:

.58 here in York and radar still looks good.

Yea I called that way too early. To my credit last night the line was falling apart rapidly. I’m at .28”. 

[Voyager]

Nasty day so far. Rainy, raw, and of course...windy.

[anotherman]

8 minutes ago, Voyager said:

Nasty day so far. Rainy, raw, and of course...windy.

The rain is needed, so is cooler weather.  This isn't July.

[Blizzard of 93]

The front looks like it stalled out a bit. A few more hours of rain look likely per the current radar.

Good beneficial rain.

[Voyager]

18 minutes ago, anotherman said:

The rain is needed, so is cooler weather.  This isn't July.

Yes, the rain is needed, but not the windy 40's. This isn't early March, either. Upper 50's to low 60's would be plenty comfortable.

[anotherman]

29 minutes ago, Voyager said:

Yes, the rain is needed, but not the windy 40's. This isn't early March, either. Upper 50's to low 60's would be plenty comfortable.

Actually, the cold will slow down some of the rampant warming of local waterways we've had.  The creek at my school is waaaay warmer than it should be because the leaves are not out yet to create shade.  It needs to cool down.

[NepaJames8602]

Rain has changed to snow here in the Poconos. Temp is slowly dropping and down to 34 here this am.

[mahantango#1]

.56 rain from the event.

[Jns2183]

Yes, the rain is needed, but not the windy 40's. This isn't early March, either. Upper 50's to low 60's would be plenty comfortable.

We've had such an above normal april that when comparing to other years like it when stands out is that may tends to be below normal in almost every case. Also the kinda of rain we need, slow soaking, long duration, usually comes with cut of lows, east winds and temperatures in the 60's during June and 50's during May

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[Jns2183]

.42" here. The soil moisture levels needed this

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[Mount Joy Snowman]

Temp down to 44 here. Raw. I kind of love it. 

[ChescoWx]

A much chillier day underway with showers across the area. We have already picked up 0.12" here in East Nantmeal with a little more on the way with shower chances continuing till about noon. Today’s temperatures will run about 20 degrees colder than normal with highs struggling to escape the 40's. Unseasonable cold tomorrow with highs again in the 40's. A freeze watch starts tomorrow night at midnight with lows by Tuesday morning in the low to mid 20's in the colder valley locations. We start a slow warming trend that lasts through the week with temperatures by Thursday near 70 degrees.

[pawatch]

45 degrees with .69” of rain so far.

Fired the coal stove up again for the next couple days. 

[Superstorm]

44F in Lanco. Has to feel pretty nasty out there.


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[WmsptWx]

Snowflakes in Clearfield as we headed to State College for Monster trucks. 43°F in State College.

[Jns2183]

Does anyone have any experience with using QGIS here? Particularly importing LIDAR maps the government made to build a horizon analysis that look at heights of the land and of the vegetation/forest on it? If you have experience with any of the mentioned items above, especially a good tutorial for QGIS I would appreciate it. That software is kicking my ass.

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[Itstrainingtime]

Just got home from 11 days in the Virgin Islands. After all of the tropical humidity of the past week and a half, I am already loving this weather!

[Blizzard of 93]

1 hour ago, Itstrainingtime said:

Just got home from 11 days in the Virgin Islands. After all of the tropical humidity of the past week and a half, I am already loving this weather!

Welcome home, hope you had a great vacation!

[Itstrainingtime]

38 minutes ago, Blizzard of 93 said:

Welcome home, hope you had a great vacation!

Thank you! It was truly amazing. Problem is, every time we go somewhere new we end up loving it and now we have a list of new places and ones we want to return to. 

Did you post your winter grade? I'm curious what your thoughts are.

[Yardstickgozinya]

.51"

[canderson]

1 hour ago, Itstrainingtime said:

Just got home from 11 days in the Virgin Islands. After all of the tropical humidity of the past week and a half, I am already loving this weather!

Which island? Our favorite is St Croix. Glad you had a great trip. 
 

We have to go back to Texas this next weekend. 3rd time in 5 weeks. 

[ChescoWx]

I split our weather database almost down the middle to compare how our climate here in Chester County has changed compared to the first 66 years of climate data (1893-1959) vs. the last 67 years of data (1960-2025).  Of note 7 months have trended cooler - 3 have trended warmer and 2 have remained about the same. Overall, on an annual basis we have trended cooler by 0.2 degrees during the latest period of record.

[Itstrainingtime]

1 hour ago, canderson said:

Which island? Our favorite is St Croix. Glad you had a great trip. 
 

We have to go back to Texas this next weekend. 3rd time in 5 weeks. 

St. John. We visited back in 2012 while we were in St. Thomas and vowed to return. We have cruised to St. Croix and loved it as well. Honestly, St. Thomas is our least favorite of the USVI. Too touristy. The other islands are much more laid back.

[canderson]

33 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

St. John. We visited back in 2012 while we were in St. Thomas and vowed to return. We have cruised to St. Croix and loved it as well. Honestly, St. Thomas is our least favorite of the USVI. Too touristy. The other islands are much more laid back.

Agreed completely. St John has probably the best beach in the entire chain, too. 

[canderson]

It’s windy.  Winds gusting into the low 40s. Not forecast.