Central PA Summer 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread

[canderson]

MDT’s low was 81. I’d think that is very close to record high low. 
 

It’s 92 at 9:40. Today may be hotter than yesterday. 

[Eskimo Joe]

2 minutes ago, canderson said:

MDT’s low was 81. I’d think that is very close to record high low. 
 

It’s 92 at 9:40. Today may be hotter than yesterday. 

If storms don't fire up today, a lot of record low minimums are in jeopardy all along the Acela corridor.

[Superstorm]

Managed to get to 77F for a low.

Already up to 89F.


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[canderson]

11 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

If storms don't fire up today, a lot of record low minimums are in jeopardy all along the Acela corridor.

Yea there won’t be any storms aside tiny popup miracle ones. 
 

Even Sunday’s rain is looking grim. 

[ChescoWx]

The low here in East Nantmeal was only 77.2 degrees. This is the 3rd highest minimum temperature since 2004. Another hot day today with temperatures close to what they were yesterday - mid 90's to near 100 degrees. Small chances of some showers tonight and we begin to slowly trim the heat with highs tomorrow closer to the mid-90's. Shower at T-storm chances ramp up later tomorrow and at night. We then fall back closer to normal temperatures on Sunday before we trend to below normal temperatures by both Monday and Tuesday.

[Voyager]

1 hour ago, Eskimo Joe said:

 

Literal once in a lifetime event. This thing will likely never come east again.

Exactly. That's why I went. Of course it wasn't as bad at 11am in Tamaqua as it was in the afternoon farther south toward Reading and beyond.

[Itstrainingtime]

Yesterday I reached 93 at 9:35am. Today it was 10:45. Running a good 2-3 degrees lower than yesterday. 

[CarlislePaWx]

Yesterday afternoon around 2:30 I was driving up 81 to 83 to Union Deposit for a doctor appointment.  On the way up my car thermo was fluctuating between 103 and 104.  As if that weren't stunning enough, about an hour later heading back to Carlisle via the same route, the thermo had reached 106 degrees!  It read that when I got in the car to leave and then fluctuated between 105 and 106 until just before the MIddlesex exit when it read 104 for almost the remainder of my trip home  When I arrived back home around 4:00pm my backyard temp read 100.6 and then proceeded to peak at 102.0 degrees.  This reading is the highest reading I've recorded in the Carlisle area since moving here in 2000 (almost 26 years ago next month). 

My high on Thursday was 100.4 degrees.  Currently, at 10:51am the temperature is 94.5 degrees with a dew point of 79.0 and a heat index of 112.0.  This is a higher dew point than recorded yesterday.  I'm wondering if I'll break 102 and or a heat index of 120?  Peak heat index Wednesday was 119.5.  My low this morning was 76.1 while yesterday morning's low was 73.6 degrees.

[canderson]

95 at 10:50 a.m. My humidity sensor is broken but it feels dangerous out. 

[Blizzard of 93]

There is a slight occasional breeze, which is helping a small bit in partially shaded areas.