NJ_Ken Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 looks like a sunday another coldest day 1/20/85 High 10F Low -10F also a sunday snow on the ground for both those cold days 1/20/84 was another cold, mid-80s weekend day: High of 13 F and low of -3 F at PHL. I don't have hourly records, but, if memory serves, temperatures were predicted to start rising that evening before midnight. Instead, thanks to nice snowcover and good radiational cooling conditions, they kept plummeting until well after midnight eventually getting down to -7 F early on 1/21/84 before the rise started. To this day, I feel bad about something I did that day. I forget the exact details, but I am pretty sure some friends and I were sledding during the day. As soon as dusk approached (and it REALLY started getting cold), most of my friends headed home to get out of the cold, but me and another guy decided to walk to a local pizza place for dinner (we were teenagers and even frostbite was more appealing than being home). My house was a bit closer to the pizza place so we walked back to my place afterwards, and, after a few hours of watching TV (and thawing out), my friend realized it was almost midnight and he had to get home. He asked if I would drive him (while I had no car, I did have my license and could always borrow the family car for something like this.... and my dad would have insisted upon it if he realized my friend would be walking in that weather). The thought of going back out in that cold... even in a car... was just too much to bear so I said I couldn't do it and my friend ended up walking home probably over a mile in -3 F temperatures. I have been apologizing to this friend ever since... and I am pretty sure that he might actually forgive me one of these decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 1/20/84 was another cold, mid-80s weekend day: High of 13 F and low of -3 F at PHL. I don't have hourly records, but, if memory serves, temperatures were predicted to start rising that evening before midnight. Instead, thanks to nice snowcover and good radiational cooling conditions, they kept plummeting until well after midnight eventually getting down to -7 F early on 1/21/84 before the rise started. 1/20/1984 hourly obs http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KPHL/1984/1/20/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA&theprefset=SHOWMETAR&theprefvalue=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 1/20/84 was another cold, mid-80s weekend day: High of 13 F and low of -3 F at PHL. I don't have hourly records, but, if memory serves, temperatures were predicted to start rising that evening before midnight. Instead, thanks to nice snowcover and good radiational cooling conditions, they kept plummeting until well after midnight eventually getting down to -7 F early on 1/21/84 before the rise started. When the high/low there didn't match just now, I double checked... it was 1/21/1984 which was 13/-3, and 1/22/1984 was the day it fell to -7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White_Mtn_Wx Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 7f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 1/20/84 was another cold, mid-80s weekend day: High of 13 F and low of -3 F at PHL. I don't have hourly records, but, if memory serves, temperatures were predicted to start rising that evening before midnight. Instead, thanks to nice snowcover and good radiational cooling conditions, they kept plummeting until well after midnight eventually getting down to -7 F early on 1/21/84 before the rise started. To this day, I feel bad about something I did that day. I forget the exact details, but I am pretty sure some friends and I were sledding during the day. As soon as dusk approached (and it REALLY started getting cold), most of my friends headed home to get out of the cold, but me and another guy decided to walk to a local pizza place for dinner (we were teenagers and even frostbite was more appealing than being home). My house was a bit closer to the pizza place so we walked back to my place afterwards, and, after a few hours of watching TV (and thawing out), my friend realized it was almost midnight and he had to get home. He asked if I would drive him (while I had no car, I did have my license and could always borrow the family car for something like this.... and my dad would have insisted upon it if he realized my friend would be walking in that weather). The thought of going back out in that cold... even in a car... was just too much to bear so I said I couldn't do it and my friend ended up walking home probably over a mile in -3 F temperatures. I have been apologizing to this friend ever since... and I am pretty sure that he might actually forgive me one of these decades. Not all bad he got to take his first vodka cold jebwalk Checking my old logs i kept from 1980 to 1985 that was the longest cold streak of my lifetime. Started in fine style with a 6.5" snow on 1/18/04 then from 1/19 recorded lows of -1, -1, -10 and 0 and the coldest high was 1/21 13F. One of the great periods of winter weather in the decade that did not have many currently 6F Today's High 8F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMolineuxLM1 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Current temp of 7 here in Brookhaven, surprised its currently 7 not much of a drop expected tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolute Humidity Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 7.7 -7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Current temp is one below zero or -1F. Temp hovered around 3F all day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 +3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violentweatherfan Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 +9 degrees in Levittown, Pa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Afternoon highs PHL 13PNE 12VAY 11ILG 13PTW 9DYL 7MQS 12WRI 11TTN 10MIV 13UKT 7ACY 13NEL 11XLL 10MJX 10RDG 10DOV 15ABE 8APG 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wederwarrior Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 0.5 High temp today was 4.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMolineuxLM1 Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 It certainly isn't dropping fast tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastonwx Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 High 8, currently 5.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Made it up to 12F today after a low this morning of +1F. Currently 8F and holding steady (for a while now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolute Humidity Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Up to 8.5 from 7.7 two hours ago. It's getting toasty out there again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChescoWx Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Hi today in NW Chesco was 8.2 am low -1.6 Currently 6.7 Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Parents in Ewing had a high at midnight of 12.6F, low around 8AM of 3.0F. Daytime high was 10.8F. They are currently 9.9F as of just before 11PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 +2.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 low was -2F. Currently -1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wederwarrior Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Overnight low -2.6 Temp at sunrise 1.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastonwx Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 low of 0.6F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman56 Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 6.9 for the low this morning in NW Chesco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Low here was 6F, now up to 10F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCT777 Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Low of 1.2 in Spring Mount, PA this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Lows last night... PHL 10 PNE 10 VAY 10 ILG 9 PTW 6 DYL 5 MQS 9 WRI 9 TTN 8 MIV 4 UKT 5 ACY 8 NEL 6 XLL 7 MJX 0 RDG 5 DOV 10 ABE 4 APG 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 High 16F Current temp 10F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wederwarrior Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 High for the day 19.9 Current temp 19.9 Temps on the rise tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Got down to 19F earlier, now at 20F. Might get close to freezing today? Going to feel practically balmy outside! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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