Chilly & Brisk Weekend Before January Thaw Next Week In South Central Pennsylvania
Feels like temperatures will be in the 20s for our Friday. A calmer weekend is in store, then an unsettled pattern is expected for next week.
WGAL NEWS EIGHT. GOOD EVENING. WE’RE TRACKING SOME SCATTERED FLURRIES AS WE GO THROUGH THE NIGHT. TONIGHT WILL BE LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION FOR THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. THEN IT’S GOING TO BE BRISK AND COLD FOR YOUR FRIDAY AND REALLY THROUGH THE WEEKEND, BEFORE WE SEE THINGS WARM UP AS WE GO INTO NEXT WEEK. AND WE COULD EVEN GET NEAR 50 DEGREES IN SOME CASES AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND. BUT HERE’S A LOOK AT 2025 IN REVIEW. OUR AVERAGE TEMPERATURE, 54.3, IS ACTUALLY WHERE WE SHOULD BE TO THE DOT. IT’S RIGHT AT AVERAGE THERE. SO WE’RE RIGHT ON AVERAGE FOR THE TEMPERATURE. OUR HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 98 DEGREES OVER THE SUMMER AND THEN MINUS SEVEN BACK LAST JANUARY WE HAD THAT BIG COLD SNAP. AND HOPEFULLY WE WON’T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT THIS YEAR. TOTAL RAINFALL WAS JUST UNDER 40IN. THAT IS 4.5IN BELOW AVERAGE FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR. SO WE WERE DRY FOR 2025 AND SNOWFALL. WE DID SEE AN OVER 11 INCH DEFICIT FOR THAT 18.8IN. KEEP IN MIND THAT’S FROM JANUARY 1ST THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST HERE FOR THE SNOWFALL. AND AT THAT POINT WE SHOULD BE AROUND 29IN WHEN YOU ADD IT ALL UP. SO WE DID SEE SNOWFALL DEFICIT AS WELL THROUGH 2025. WE ARE DEALING WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION, ALTHOUGH IT DOES LOOK LIKE SOME OF THESE FLURRIES ARE NOT REALLY REACHING THE GROUND HERE AT THE MOMENT. AND WE ARE WATCHING SOME MORE SNOW SHOWERS OFF TO THE WEST NEAR PITTSBURGH AND ALTOONA. THAT MOISTURE WILL COME OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND MAY OFFER SOME FLURRIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT HERE IN LANCASTER. RIGHT NOW THOUGH, IT’S JUST CLOUDY, BUT MAY SEE A FEW FLURRIES AS WE GO THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. CURRENT TEMPERATURE IS 21 DEGREES IN LANCASTER AND LEBANON. HARRISBURG IS AT 23. 22 IN CARLISLE AND YORK AND 18 UP IN LEWISTOWN. BUT THE WIND MAKING IT FEEL A LITTLE BIT COOLER THAN THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE NIGHT TONIGHT. SO IT’S GOING TO BE CHILLY WITH A CLOUDY SKY AND A FEW FLURRIES WITH TEMPERATURES RIGHT AROUND 20 DEGREES FOR TOMORROW MORNING. 26 AND DECREASING CLOUDS. IT WILL FEEL LIKE THE TEENS OVER FOR A LITTLE BIT IN THE MORNING, THEN BECOME A BIT WARMER IN THE AFTERNOON. WE’LL STILL BE BREEZY WITH THOSE. FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S, BUT UNDER A PARTLY SUNNY SKY, SO HOPEFULLY THE SUN WILL HELP WARM THINGS UP HERE AS THIS A LITTLE BIT OF MOISTURE MOVES AWAY. WE GET A LITTLE BIT OF THAT CLEARING TOMORROW MORNING FOR YOUR FRIDAY, AND AGAIN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, BUT IT’S DRY AND AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY NIGHT LOOKING DRY AS WELL. SAME THING FOR SATURDAY, ALTHOUGH IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE CLOUDS COME BACK INTO THE AREA AS WE HEAD INTO YOUR SATURDAY. SO A LITTLE MORE CLOUD COVER COMPARED TO FRIDAY, BUT OVERALL LOOKING PRETTY GOOD HERE ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. IT’S JUST GOING TO BE CHILLY. AND LIKE I SAID, TOMORROW IS NO EXCEPTION. YOU’RE GOING TO BE SEEING THOSE WIND CHILL VALUES RIGHT AROUND 20 DEGREES FOR MOST OF THE DAY TOMORROW. SO IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE OUT, JUST MAKE SURE YOU BUNDLE UP HERE BECAUSE IT WILL BE COLD SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AIR TEMPERATURE WISE VERY SIMILAR. BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT WIND. IT’S GOING TO BE BREEZY TOMORROW, BUT NOT SO MUCH AS OVER THE WEEKEND, SO IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE HERE. IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE OUTSIDE OVER THE WEEKEND HERE. AND THEN TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY 34 DEGREES. BUT THEN THEY WARM UP TO THE 40S BY TUESDAY, AND ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK, WELL ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. SO THERE’S GOING TO BE OUR JANUARY THAW REALLY KIND OF STARTS HERE ON TUESDAY AND RAMPS UP AS WE HEAD TOWARDS NEXT WEEK AND THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND HERE WITH TEMPERATURES. CHECK THAT OUT FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND. GETTING CLOSE TO 50 DEGREES. IT DOES COME WITH A CHANCE OF SOME SHOWERS, BUT HEY, WE WILL TAKE IT, ESPECIALLY AFTER BEING BELOW AVERAGE FOR 2025 GUYS. BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON’T LIKE THE COLD WEATHER, JUST HOLD ON. WE’RE ALMOST
Chilly & Brisk Weekend Before January Thaw Next Week In South Central Pennsylvania
Feels like temperatures will be in the 20s for our Friday. A calmer weekend is in store, then an unsettled pattern is expected for next week.
Updated: 11:32 PM EST Jan 1, 2026
Good evening!Tonight, winds will diminish, and temperatures are expected to fall to the low 20s under cloudy skies. Scattered flurries are possible as a weak upper-level disturbance passes.Temperatures will rebound to the low 30s on Friday. We’ll see brief morning clouds, then partly sunny skies. A 5-15 mph breeze will make it feel like the 20s.The first weekend of 2026 looks partly sunny to mostly cloudy and chilly. Average highs are near 40, but temperatures will hover in the low-to-mid 30s both days. Winds will be calmer.A few flurries are possible Monday, then a chance of scattered rain showers returns midweek, as temperatures warm to the low-to-mid 40s. Another chance of rain showers is in the forecast Friday into Saturday, as temperatures hover in the upper 40s. What a change from this past week!
Good evening!
Tonight, winds will diminish, and temperatures are expected to fall to the low 20s under cloudy skies. Scattered flurries are possible as a weak upper-level disturbance passes.
Temperatures will rebound to the low 30s on Friday. We’ll see brief morning clouds, then partly sunny skies. A 5-15 mph breeze will make it feel like the 20s.
The first weekend of 2026 looks partly sunny to mostly cloudy and chilly. Average highs are near 40, but temperatures will hover in the low-to-mid 30s both days. Winds will be calmer.
A few flurries are possible Monday, then a chance of scattered rain showers returns midweek, as temperatures warm to the low-to-mid 40s. Another chance of rain showers is in the forecast Friday into Saturday, as temperatures hover in the upper 40s. What a change from this past week!