7:00 AM | **One of the coldest Thanksgiving Days ever**
Paul Dorian
6-Day Philadelphia Forecast
Today
Mainly cloudy, damp and chilly, patchy fog early today, some brightening skies possible this afternoon, highs in the mid-to-upper 40’s
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, cold, chance for a rain shower or two late, lows in the upper 30’s
Tuesday
Mainly cloudy early with a shower possible, becoming breezy with afternoon partial sunshine, cold, near 45 degrees for afternoon highs
Tuesday Night
Mainly clear, cold, upper 20’s for late night lows
Wednesday
Mainly sunny, windy, cold, near 40 degrees
Thursday
Mainly sunny, very cold, mid-to-upper 20’s
Friday
Partly sunny, quite cold, mid 30’s
Saturday
Mainly cloudy, not as cold, chance of rain or a mix of sleet and rain, mid-to-upper 40’s
Discussion
November has been a colder-than-normal month so far in the Philly metro region (-2.8 degrees) and it could feature one of the coldest Thanksgiving Days ever for this area. An Arctic blast will arrive at mid-week and there is the potential that high temperatures on Thursday (Turkey Day) do not even make it out of the 20’s – some 25 degrees or so below-normal for this time of year. The coldest Thanksgiving Day on record in Philly was in 1901 when high temperatures were held to just 27 degrees. The Arctic cold air mass will begin to lift out by the early part of the weekend and we may have to deal with a storm system near the east coast.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com