Central PA Spring 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread

[Mount Joy Snowman]

Low of 49. Nice one today. My wife wanted me to turn on the heat the last two mornings. I’ve never scoffed at her so hard ha. 

[mahantango#1]

This seems a little off as  in my local where I picked up .88 of rain on Wednesday evening. The colors on the map show I only got .25-.50

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The latest drought monitor was released this morning and it's not good news for the areas already in drought. Although the extent has not changed, the severity of the existing drought increased. Over the past 24 hours, up to an inch of rain fell, but the heaviest amounts were mostly in areas unaffected by drought. The next 72 hours will not bring any relief as less than 0.25 inches, and increasing temperatures, are expected

 

[Jns2183]

another week we had a good amount of rain but still this map hasnt changed
 
 

Haha, it might be because people are still below the 40th percentile for ytd rainfall. Honestly unless we get area wide coverage of 25" from now till end of August I'd expect this map will be there the entire summer. Add in the fact that many have not had an above normal season in 3-4 years I'd be more worried if the map showed nothing.

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[Superstorm]

1 minute ago, Jns2183 said:

Haha, it might be because people are still below the 40th percentile for ytd rainfall. Honestly unless we get area wide coverage of 25" from now till end of August I'd expect this map will be there the entire summer. Add in the fact that many have not had an above normal season in 3-4 years I'd be more worried if the map showed nothing.

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Depending on thunderstorms in the summer to make up the drought is a crap shoot.  I fear this gets much worse.