South-Central Pennsylvania forecast: Steady rain and the coolest temperatures of the holiday weekend
GOOD MORNING. WE CONTINUE TO SEE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT HERE ON OUR STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK. THE GOLD COLORS INDICATING WHERE THERE’S SOME POCKETS OF MORE MODERATE RAIN COMING DOWN. BUT NOTICE DOWN TOWARDS SOUTHERN ADAMS AND YORK COUNTY, IT LOOKS LIKE THE RAIN IS LETTING UP A LITTLE BIT. THERE STILL WILL BE SOME DRIZZLE AND ONGOING LIGHT SHOWERS. WE STILL HAVE SOME MOISTURE COMING UP FROM THE SOUTHWEST. PLUS WE HAVE THIS EASTERLY ONSHORE FLOW THAT’S JUST CONTINUING TO PULL IN SOME MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA. SO IT’S GOING TO KEEP THINGS WET AND GLOOMY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. TODAY. ESTIMATED RAINFALL SO FAR. YOU CAN SEE THE HIGHER AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTHWEST WITH AMOUNTS DROPPING OFF TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST. LESSER AMOUNTS FALLING HERE, MAYBE A QUARTER OF AN INCH, WHEREAS DOWN ACROSS PORTIONS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, I’VE SEEN AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS AN INCH OR EVEN MORE SO PRECIPITATION CHANCES. YEAH, THERE’S A IT’S GOING TO STAY WET ALL DAY. WE’LL SEE LIGHT RAIN TAPERING AND THEN PICKING BACK UP, ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING BEFORE THE RAIN WILL FINALLY START TO EXIT THE AREA. IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE’VE SEEN ALREADY, WE WILL PICK UP IT LOOKS LIKE BY TOMORROW NIGHT AN INCH, POSSIBLY A LITTLE OVER AN INCH AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES IN SOME PLACES. SO WE NEED THE RAIN. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED, BUT YOU MAY ENCOUNTER SOME PONDING ON AREA ROADWAYS AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY OUT AND ABOUT. SO JUST USE CAUTION. TEMPERATURES AREN’T GOING TO MOVE A WHOLE LOT. I THINK WE ALREADY HIT OUR HIGH FOR THE DAY, WHICH WAS AROUND 54 DEGREES, WHICH TIES THE COOLEST HIGH ON RECORD. YOU CAN SEE TEMPERATURES HOVERING IN THE LOW 50S FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON TO RIGHT AROUND 50 THIS EVENING. RAIN TAPERS TO SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS EVENING AND IT CONTINUES WET AND DREARY OVERNIGHT. TONIGHT, SHOWERS PICK BACK UP TO PERIODS OF RAIN. TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 40S TO NEAR 50 DEGREES, AND TOMORROW MORNING WE’LL SEE SCATTERED MORNING SHOWERS AND THEN DRIER CONDITIONS WORKING IN FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. AN ISOLATED SHOWER MAY BE POSSIBLE, BUT THERE’S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE MORE DRY HOURS IN THE AFTERNOON. SO SOME GOOD NEWS SO YOU CAN GET OUT AND ENJOY THE DAY. TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 60S TOMORROW. NOW MEMORIAL DAY IS TRENDING EVEN DRIER. THERE MAY BE SOME SHOWERS IN THE MORNING, BUT THEN IT SHOULD JUST STAY MOSTLY CLOUDY THE REST OF THE DAY. AN ISOLATED SHOWER COULD POP UP, BUT IT DOES LOOK DRIER AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMER IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. IN YOUR WEATHER AND HEALTH CHECK. WE ARE LOOKING GOOD ACROSS THE BOARD HERE WITH THE RAIN KEEPING TREE POLLEN ON THE LOW SIDE. AIR QUALITY IS GOOD AND OF COURSE WITH THE CLOUD COVER AND THE RAIN, THE UV INDEX IS LOW. TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW 48 IN LEWISTOWN, 50 IN CARLISLE AND HARRISBURG AND LANCASTER. WE HAVE 52 IN GETTYSBURG, AND TEMPERATURES REALLY DON’T MOVE A WHOLE LOT. HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTHEAST, LOW PRESSURE TO THE SOUTHEAST, REALLY REINFORCING THAT EASTERLY FLOW THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. AREA OF LOW PRESSURE, VERY SLOW TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. SO WE GET STUCK IN THIS PATTERN WITH ONGOING LIGHT RAIN CONTINUING FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. TODAY, WE GET THAT EASTERLY WIND TO HELP FEED THESE SHOWERS, WHICH START TO TAPER, BUT I STILL THINK WE’LL SEE POCKETS OF DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SHOWERS EVEN THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. AND THEN WE GET ANOTHER BATCH OF RAIN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING. THIS IS 8:00. MOST OF THAT PUSHING OFF TO THE EAST WHILE WE’RE DRYING OUT A BIT TO THE WEST, AND THEN THE REST OF THE DAY NOT LOOKING TOO BAD. SO SOME GOOD NEWS THERE. IF YOU HAVE PLANS TO GET OUTDOORS TOMORROW, THEN ANOTHER AREA OF DISTURBANCE WILL COME THROUGH, BRINGING US SOME RAIN SHOWERS TOMORROW NIGHT INTO EARLY ON MONDAY. BUT LOOK AT THE REST OF THE DAY ON MONDAY. IT IS TRENDING DRIER. SOME GOOD NEWS THERE. IF YOU HAVE PLANS TO HEAD TO ONE OF THE LOCAL MEMORIALS, SO RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE TO DROP OFF TODAY. THERE’S A GOOD CHANCE 100% CHANCE TOMORROW ABOUT A 50% CHANCE, BUT MOST OF THAT’S IN THE MORNING AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE THOSE RAIN CHANCES DROP AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK, WHILE RAIN CHANCES ARE DROPPING, TEMPERATURES ARE CLIMBING. SO WE HAVE LOW TO MID 70S ON MONDAY, UPPER 70S ON TUESDAY, LOW 80S ON WEDNESDAY. NOW TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. JUST AN ISOLATED SHOWER CHANCE. MOST OF THOSE MOST OF THE DAY IS DRY BOTH DAYS, AND THEN THE REST OF THE WEEK WE SEE TEMPERATURES BACK TRENDING BACK CLOSER T
South-Central Pennsylvania forecast: Steady rain and the coolest temperatures of the holiday weekend
Updated: 7:46 AM EDT May 23, 2026
The Memorial Day weekend is starting with steady rain across South-Central Pennsylvania. Saturday looks like a total washout.The WGAL News 8 Storm Team has designated Saturday as an Impact Day, meaning the weather could disrupt your normal daily routine. Today’s weatherExpect light to moderate rain for much of the day.Highs will reach near 54 degrees, the coolest high of the holiday weekend.An easterly breeze of 10 to 15 mph will add to the chill.Timing of the rainRain should begin to break up by evening.However, more rain is still expected after today.Rainfall totalsFrom today through Sunday, rainfall totals are expected to range from 1.00 to 2.25 inches.Weather noteThe forecast high of 54 degrees matches the coldest high on record for the date, set in 1982.SOUTH-CENTRAL PA WEATHER RESOURCES: INTERACTIVE RADAR | ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS | CURRENT CONDITIONS | HOURLY FORECAST | 10-DAY FORECAST | WEEKEND FORECAST | MAP ROOM | DOWNLOAD THE APP | WEATHER EMAILS
The Memorial Day weekend is starting with steady rain across South-Central Pennsylvania. Saturday looks like a total washout.
The WGAL News 8 Storm Team has designated Saturday as an Impact Day, meaning the weather could disrupt your normal daily routine.
Today’s weatherExpect light to moderate rain for much of the day.Highs will reach near 54 degrees, the coolest high of the holiday weekend.An easterly breeze of 10 to 15 mph will add to the chill.Timing of the rain
Rain should begin to break up by evening.However, more rain is still expected after today.
Rainfall totalsFrom today through Sunday, rainfall totals are expected to range from 1.00 to 2.25 inches.
Weather noteThe forecast high of 54 degrees matches the coldest high on record for the date, set in 1982.
SOUTH-CENTRAL PA WEATHER RESOURCES: INTERACTIVE RADAR | ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS | CURRENT CONDITIONS | HOURLY FORECAST | 10-DAY FORECAST | WEEKEND FORECAST | MAP ROOM | DOWNLOAD THE APP | WEATHER EMAILS