The calendar says mid-fall, but the summer-like weather will continue for another two days in the Philadelphia region, with temperatures climbing into the 80s through Wednesday.
The change in temps will occur on Thursday as a cold front passes through and knocks the temperatures back to the low and mid-60s through Saturday. That’s nearly a 20-degree drop from Wednesday’s high in the low 80s. The cold front will be dry, however, offering no end to the rainless streak of 23 days (so far).
And we desperately need the rain. Measurable rain is 0.01 inch or more, and we haven’t had any since Sept. 28.
There is another weak front that will cross the area Saturday, bringing even cooler air for Sunday. If that front produces measurable rain at Philadelphia International Airport, our dry streak will end. Otherwise, next Sunday we will tie the longest dry streak in Philadelphia history, and on Oct. 28, we’d break that record. The current streak is 29 days set 150 years ago in the fall of 1874. The odds are good that it will be broken