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Latest sub-Freezing Day in history on Monday??


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IF (and a big if) the latest 18z NAM is to be believed Monday's currently forecast of a sub-freezing high temperature would mark the latest day in recorded weather history for almost all Chester County NWS COOP locations going all the way back to 1894....that the thermometer failed to reach 32 degrees in a calendar year! The latest sub-freezing day in Western Chester County was the 32 degrees back on March 26, 2014.

I am not sure of what the record latest sub freezing low max is at PHL or other locations but....something unusual especially in our current warming cycle at least out here in Chester County!

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3 hours ago, chescowx said:

IF (and a big if) the latest 18z NAM is to be believed Monday's currently forecast of a sub-freezing high temperature here in Chester County would mark the latest day in recorded weather history going all the way back to 1894....that the thermometer failed to reach 32 degrees in a calendar year! The latest sub-freezing day in Chester County was the 32 degrees back on March 26, 2014.

I am not sure of what the record latest sub freezing low max is at PHL or other locations but....something unusual especially in our current warming cycle at least out here in Chester County!

Philly is 30 / 18 on 3/24/1940

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Below are a list of the latest sub-freezing days for multiple locations in Chester and nearby Berks/Lehigh County - ALL locations with the exception of West Chester and ABE Airport (both would be 2nd latest ever) would (IF we fail to reach 32 degrees tomorrow) record their latest sub-freezing day in recorded weather history - mighty impressive historic late season cold for sure!

Western Chesco (Coatesville/ENANT) - March 26, 2014

Phoenixville - March 24, 1896

West Chester - April 1, 1923 (2nd latest ever would be tomorrow - previous 2nd latest was 3/25/40)

Chadds Ford - March 19, 1956

Glenmoore - March 22, 2018

Octoraro Lake - March 21, 2018

KMQS Airport - March 17, 2014

Morgantown - March 27, 1955

ABE Airport - tomorrow would be 2nd latest - record is 4/7/82

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Here are the minimum high temperature records for Monday, March 28 from the National Weather Service in Mount Holly.

In Western Chester County the record minimum high temperature is 35 in 1996

Allentown 37 in 1996, 1966, 1959

Atlantic City Airport 39 in 1996, 1959, 1956

Atlantic City Marina 37 in 1956

Georgetown 40 in 2015

1982 Mount Pocono 24 in 1937

Philadelphia 35 in 1877

Reading 35 in 1937

Trenton 35 in 1919

Wilmington 37 in 1996

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7 hours ago, chescowx said:

Below are a list of the latest sub-freezing days for multiple locations in Chester and nearby Berks/Lehigh County - ALL locations with the exception of West Chester and ABE Airport (both would be 2nd latest ever) would (IF we fail to reach 32 degrees tomorrow) record their latest sub-freezing day in recorded weather history - mighty impressive historic late season cold for sure!

Western Chesco (Coatesville/ENANT) - March 26, 2014

Phoenixville - March 24, 1896

West Chester - April 1, 1923 (2nd latest ever would be tomorrow - previous 2nd latest was 3/25/40)

Chadds Ford - March 19, 1956

Glenmoore - March 22, 2018

Octoraro Lake - March 21, 2018

KMQS Airport - March 17, 2014

Morgantown - March 27, 1955

ABE Airport - tomorrow would be 2nd latest - record is 4/7/82

Apr 1982 gets all the press & rightfully so because of the multi day region wide record snow & cold. Locally Apr 2003 was also very impressive particularly for the 4/8 max temps. With 3-6" of fresh snow on the ground from the prior day & overcast skies temps did not get out of the low-mid 30's for a large part of Bucks & adjacent Lehigh Valley, CNJ.

At Trenton (TTN) the high temp on 4/8/2003 was only 32 degrees.

 

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We did indeed set the record for latest sub-freezing day in history across almost all long term NWS COOP reporting sites across Chester County today!

KMQS  and KOQN reached 32 degrees while KPTW could do no better than 30 degrees. Along with the record late cold... some snow squalls...including the below clip of a sun squall from late today in East Nantmeal

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