Central PA Autumn 2026

[ChescoWx]

October Climate Summary - Chester County Area. See details and overall rankings since 1890 below. We were slightly warmer than normal +0.8 and about average regarding precipitation. Through the 1st 10 months of the year we are running at 0.5 degrees below normal temperatures.

[Yardstickgozinya]

6 hours ago, mahantango#1 said:

Some pics from last week of the beautiful foilage.

I agree with you and Blizz, this was one of the most beautiful foliage seasons that I can ever remember. One of the other neat little touches was the perfect colorful donut rings of leaves that formed under the trees until the wind blew them away the other day.

[mahantango#1]

15 hours ago, Yardstickgozinya said:

I agree with you and Blizz, this was one of the most beautiful foliage seasons that I can ever remember. One of the other neat little touches was the perfect colorful donut rings of leaves that formed under the trees until the wind blew them away the other day.

 

US National Weather Service State College PA

 

 

 

Did you know that October 2026 was one of the LEAST WINDY Octobers on record in Central PA?

With high pressure nearby for most of the month, there was little to no wind most days!

A wet summer followed by a dry, warm, & calm October made for IDEAL fall colors

[mahantango#1]

[mahantango#1]

The color of the sky this morning had a profound effect on the color of the leaves.

[canderson]

Gorgeous 

[ChescoWx]

Today we should see highs from low 60's in ridge locations to the mid 60's in valley spots with lows tonight in the upper 30's to mid 40's. Highs will peak on Wednesday with highs in the low 70's which is around 10-12 degrees above normal before we return to near normal over the weekend. We should see a pronounced pattern change during the upcoming weekend with temperatures by Sunday falling to below normal levels for November with temperatures later next week getting no higher than the lower 50's. It has been a while since our last rain but our best chance of rain is Friday with around 0.68" according to the ChescoWx model. Of note 165 years ago today back in 1861 the Chester County Area was at the start of a storm that left as much as 2.04" of rain at Pocopson. This was an unnamed tropical storm which tracked within about 140 miles of the county.