{"id":197565,"date":"2026-05-20T07:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/197565\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T07:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:38:09","slug":"record-high-temperatures-storms-expected-wednesday-as-heat-wave-continues-in-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/197565\/","title":{"rendered":"Record-high temperatures, storms expected Wednesday as heat wave continues in Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the hottest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/weather-philadelphia-heat-wave-may-19-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">May day ever recorded in Philadelphia history<\/a>, Wednesday may be a repeat with record highs in the mid-to-upper 90s in spots.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wed-8pm.png#.png\" alt=\"wed-8pm.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News Philadelphia<\/p>\n<p>  The NEXT big change brings storms, cooler temps<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be looking at both extreme temps and the potential for strong to severe storms as the cold front moves through the area. 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. will likely be the greatest threat time, with damaging winds being the most probable severe impact. Be sure you have your devices fully charged by Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the heat, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/philadelphia-schools-closed-wednesday-heat\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">nearly 60 School District of Philadelphia schools are virtual Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779262688_206_z-next-5-days-normal-tom.png#.png\" alt=\"z-next-5-days-normal-tom.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News Philadelphia<\/p>\n<p>The cold front later Wednesday will bring incredible changes in temps, with a 30\u00b0+ drop from Wednesday to Thursday, and those below-normal temps will likely hold into the Memorial Day Holiday weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Memorial Day Weekend forecast looks cloudy, chill and wet<\/p>\n<p>Forecast models are falling more in line with what may occur over the weekend, and to be honest, it&#8217;s not looking good.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779262689_748_z-7-day-pm.png#.png\" alt=\"z-7-day-pm.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News Philadelphia<\/p>\n<p>Saturday will likely be cloudy, chilly, and wet.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday will be a bit warmer, a bit less wet, but still way below normal for this time of year.<\/p>\n<p>While Monday doesn&#8217;t look ideal, it does appear nicer and warmer than the weekend days, but we are not going to be rain-free. Make your backup plans now if you had something set for outside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After the hottest May day ever recorded in Philadelphia history, Wednesday may be a repeat with record highs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[916,16510,915,28,69,71,70,914,913],"class_list":["post-197565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-delaware","tag-jersey-shore","tag-new-jersey","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-weather-blogs","tag-weather-forecast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}