Daily News | A snowless winter and the recent dryness may brew a hot summer for Philly
, when Philly set new standards for heat. But Paul Pastelok, the veteran long-range meteorologist at AccuWeather, said Wednesday that he now isn’t so sure about that forecast, which was issued early last month.The region, he said, may be “playing with fire,” and one factor might be the non-winter of 2022-23.
The Scranton area, for example ended up with just more than 21 inches, less than half of normal, and that raises the ante for summer heat, said AccuWeather’s Pastelok. Still, matching last summer’s 48 days of 90-plus heat would be a challenge. For now, AccuWeather is going with 34 to 39 such days for the entire warm season, which extends into the fall; the 30-year normal is about 30.Despite the lack of rain, which tends to depress temperatures, May readings ended up being below normal, only the third time that’s happened in the last 13 months.
Some showers are possible Saturday, and Pastelok said that he expects a pattern change during the second week of June and that the Philly-area grasses and foliage should be getting at least some watering.government’s Climate Prediction Center and the Commodity Weather Group, which serves energy and agricultural interests, which both favor a warmer-than-average summer here, appear to be on board with Pastelok’s thoughts on the rains.
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