Central PA Spring 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread

[Itstrainingtime]

Finished with .1" of rain overnight.

[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

[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.

[mahantango#1]

57 for the high today. This cool, mostly overcast weather sucks. And tonight another frost is likely.

[canderson]

Spent 5 hours cleaning the gardens. Got sunburnt. 

4 yards of mulch put out and a pickup full of dead stuff/weeds/pruned bushes and plants//winter debris. 

[Itstrainingtime]

Spent hours outside walking and gardening today. An absolutely spectacular spring day! 

[Itstrainingtime]

30 minutes ago, canderson said:

Spent 5 hours cleaning the gardens. Got sunburnt. 

4 yards of mulch put out and a pickup full of dead stuff/weeds/pruned bushes and plants//winter debris. 

No sunburn for us but we were doing the same things. Spring at it's finest.

[WmsptWx]

Froze to death this morning/early afternoon as a wonderful feature of being here in the higher lands is the sun was out at this morning at 9:15 and 38°F felt nice. 

 

By game time at 11:30 (after pictures and a parade) the clouds and wind arrived and 44°F was unbearable.

 

I fucking hate May. 

[boo radley]

I know like 2 of us like basketball but how bout them Sixers, down goes Boston 

[pawatch]

Currently 37 degrees
Definitely some unsettled weather. Picked .15.” Of rain Friday.

Yesterday cool and windy 24 mph wind gust.

I got my coal stove back fired up this weekend. Constant 70 degrees is nice.

Smoked a couple of chuck roasts yesterday. Kind of got away from running the smoker over the winter.

[mahantango#1]

37 for the low. And no frost.. thank you lord. Hopefully it will start warming up.

[Voyager]

Yeah, I was quite surprised this morning. It's 38 now, but was 41 when I first woke a 4am. 

Yes, I'm an early bird and can't sleep in even on my days off.

[canderson]

Low to mid 80s Tuesday coming 

[Voyager]

49 minutes ago, canderson said:

Low to mid 80s Tuesday coming 

Just a random one-off in this decrepit cold spell. I was just outside and needed my winter coat because in addition to the cold, the wind had to ramp up as well.

[Itstrainingtime]

Taking a break from this thread. You all enjoy your complaining. April was a top 10 warmest ever but reading this thread we're in a relentless freezer.

Math ain't mathin folks 

[Itstrainingtime]

Actually in Lanco it was the 6th warmest April in like 115 years. 

Unbelievable.

[ChescoWx]

Another below normal temperature day on tap today before we see a brief warm up with some valley locations touching 80 degrees by Tuesday before we turn much chillier again by the end of the week. Highs by Thursday through Saturday may struggle to escape the upper 50's. Rain chances increase with a cold front by Tuesday night.

[Mount Joy Snowman]

Low of 40. Gardening and golfing today. Had a little shindig at our house last night with an obscene number of kids. Currently surveying the damage ha.