At long last the temperature did reach 32 at Philadelphia International Airport this morning, its first visit of the season to the freezing mark.
While we usually associated that first freeze with Halloween, waiting until the second week of November for that momentous occasion is in keeping with recent trends.
Below (see Almanac, Nov. 8) we made note of the record set on Election Day 1960.
We would add that during the 1960s, one of the coldest decades in the period of record, on average the first freeze was arriving on Oct. 25.
Comments (1)
Must have been 32°F for all of a minute or two just before the 06:37 sunrise based on the METAR.
METAR KPHL 081154Z 36003KT 10SM FEW250 01/M03 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP241 T00061033 10022 20000 53007
The 'T' group carries 0.6°C...temp at time of ob.
The '2' group carries 0.00°C...the six-hr min.
Posted by TQ | November 8, 2007 8:15 PM
Posted on November 8, 2007 20:15