Central PA Summer 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread

[Jns2183]

Whenever I see 1988 and 1999 pop up as the two most likely analogs it is not going to be a good time

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[mahantango#1]

6 hours ago, canderson said:

Has anyone else had issues accessing this site the last day or so? 

yes, somethings wrong.

[mahantango#1]

 Good rain last night wasn't expecting that much. .86 rain last night. 1.37 for the week and 2.39 for the month.

[Voyager]

17 minutes ago, mahantango#1 said:

 Good rain last night wasn't expecting that much. .86 rain last night. 1.37 for the week and 2.39 for the month.

We did well here, too. 0.83" overnight. The "storm" after midnight must have had a pretty good wind component to it, because I registered an 18.6mph gust at 12:35am, which, for my station and it's protected location, is quite impressive. Even on the windiest of days, I rarely record a gust over 15mph.

[pawatch]

63 degrees for the low this morning.

.35” for rain yesterday. Missing the bulk but getting some rain at least.

[Itstrainingtime]

.05" of rain overnight/this morning. 

Meh. 

[Mount Joy Snowman]

Low of 67 with .06” of rain. Might have to start checking some records for next week. 

[canderson]

I got .01” overnight. 

[TheDreamTraveler]

14 hours ago, canderson said:

Has anyone else had issues accessing this site the last day or so? 

It's been extremely slow. Even right now it takes forever to load in anything.

[TheDreamTraveler]

20 hours ago, ChescoWx said:

A really interesting statistic for the entire USA which exactly mirrors the data I share here from the philly burbs of Chester County. This below analysis measures not the typical metric of 90+ days but unusual hot periods of at least 4 days on average across the entire country where the average temperature reaches a level based on historical records that would be expected to only occur once every 10 years. Look how much hotter the entire nation was back in 1930's and 1940's compared to today! No matter how much we hear about how hot it is today we have still not reached that peak heating from the 1930 through 1942 period which matches the hottest period here in Chester County PA.

The heat waves in the 1930's are very interesting. I read about them a year or so ago more in depth. Basically our poor farming methods out in the midwest were completely destroying the soil leaving it unable to retain moisture combined with a very dry and hot decade that was only made hotter because we weren't doing the methods we started using after the dust bowl era. It's also interesting too that there were some downstream effects from there constantly being so much heat over the US from this that effected Asia which is neat. But yeah the soil was basically unable to retain moisture which allowed it to get superheated compared to how it normally is. Then after that we started practicing more efficient farming which allowed it to not get as hot. Remember too the 1930's dust bowl era is mostly a US phenomenon besides the downstream effect in Asia I mentioned.

[canderson]

Was hoping we’d get beneficial rain this weekend up here. 
 

I bet most see less than .10”.

[Yardstickgozinya]

This is the first time that i've been able to access the forum in over 24 hours. I'm not even sure if I'll be able to post this without another error. Has anyone reported the bad gateway  to admin ?

[mahantango#1]

I guess Summer will be here in full force.

 

Tuesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 91.

Tuesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 71.

Wednesday Sunny and hot, with a high near 98.

Wednesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 74.

Thursday Sunny and hot, with a high near 101.

Thursday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 75.

Friday A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 98.

[Yardstickgozinya]

On 6/25/2026 at 5:33 AM, mahantango#1 said:

Well, at this point it's getting a little out of hand. We really need to get some rain, leading up to this, or it's going to be problematic for plants, animals and humans alike. The herbaceous and ground layer is already exhibiting some edaphic stress in my area. , especially along road and highway verges. 

[mahantango#1]

21 minutes ago, Yardstickgozinya said:

Well, at this point it's getting a little out of hand. We really need to get some rain, leading up to this, or it's going to be problematic for plants, animals and humans alike. The herbaceous and ground layer is already exhibiting some edaphic stress in my area. , especially along road and highway verges. 

Yes I agree while some of us had good rains this week (i had 1.37 this week) others missed out and are very dry, I started irrigating, pumping water out of the creek last Friday for our garden on a sprinkler system (more like a truck patch). Now that I got 1.37 rain this week and irrigating, my garden is actually too wet now at places.  

[Yardstickgozinya]

15 minutes ago, mahantango#1 said:

Yes I agree while some of us had good rains this week (i had 1.37 this week) others missed out and are very dry, I started irrigating, pumping water out of the creek last Friday for our garden on a sprinkler system (more like a truck patch). Now that I got 1.37 rain this week and irrigating, my garden is actually too wet now at places.  

Hopefully not your tomatoes. The radar is actually starting to fill in and develop some taller echoes at the moment.  Hopefully we can get some of those into our area today. 

[mahantango#1]

5 minutes ago, Yardstickgozinya said:

Hopefully not your tomatoes. The radar is actually starting to fill in and develop some taller echoes at the moment.  Hopefully we can get some of those into our area today. 

The tomato plants are on the edge of being too wet. I didn't give them too much water when I was irrigating.

[mahantango#1]

Note: With the expected heat coming next week. Everyone should try to take it easy and be aware of these warning signs for your health. This is not for this weekend. But maybe our area might have similar conditions later next week.