Sunny, mild Tuesday expected in Philadelphia area as cool temps bring a taste of fall. Here's the forecast.
Here we go! Whether it's the last unofficial week of summer for you or your kids have headed back to school, the week will be prime for this time of year in the Philadelphia area.
We'll have a high temperature around 80 degrees in the city, about 5 to 7 degrees cooler than normal. There will be plenty of sunshine and low humidity for most of the day.
Another positive for those down the shore: the threat for dangerous rip currents is down to a moderate risk after multiple days with a high risk last week.
A weak cold front will approach the region later this afternoon from the northwest and produce a very small chance for an isolated sprinkle across the Lehigh Valley between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.
As this cold front pushes southeast through the region tonight, another push of cooler air will settle into the region for Wednesday. The morning lows will be in the low 50s to near 60 degrees, which will be the coolest for many of us since mid-June. Wednesday will then peak in the mid to upper 70s.
Later this week
Then, a second reinforcing shot of cool air arrives Friday, bringing our temperatures down for Labor Day weekend.
A front on Thursday evening and Friday may bring a stray shower or two, but no significantly impactful weather is expected, which is both good and bad. It's good that the conditions will be great for anything you want to do outside, but we are getting to the point where we need to start talking about getting some rain.
So far we've only had 1.73 inches of rain in August, and 1.43 inches of that occurred on Aug. 17 alone. It was around this time last year that our extreme drought began. We had .78 of an inch on Aug. 18, 2024, and then only had 1.08 inches for the next two months. It took until earlier this summer to pull out of the drought, and the current Drought Monitor now has areas of "abnormally dry" dotting the landscape.
It's hard to believe Labor Day weekend is next Saturday and Sunday. Labor Day itself is on Monday, Sept. 1, which is the start of meteorological fall. If you are not ready for summer to end, don't worry, because the official start of fall is still four weeks away on Sept. 22.
Here's your 7-day forecast:
Tuesday: Sunny skies. High 80, Low 61.
Wednesday: Mild day. High 77, Low 60.
Thursday: Mostly sunny. High 79, Low 58.
Friday: Partly cloudy. High 77, Low 63.
Saturday: Sunny and mild. High 76, Low 57.
Sunday: Partly cloudy. High 78, Low 57.
Monday: Partly cloudy. High 79, Low 59.
