US National Weather Service State College PA

08/26/2026

Low temperatures tonight will range from the upper 40s to around 60 under partly cloudy skies. Dry weather is expected tomorrow, but showers and thunderstorms return for Thursday.

08/25/2026

🔚Recent taste of Fall ending into midweek
↗️Pattern reverts to Late Summer (temperatures & dewpoints rising)
⛈️Level 1/5 severe T-storm risk Thursday PM

08/25/2026

Sweater weather in August?! 🍂🧥

Today’s temperatures dipped several degrees below normal, giving us an early taste of fall.

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08/24/2026

Sorry for the confusing waffle on number of PA tornadoes so far this year. The total is now up to 42. Here's a list:

08/24/2026

It's never a bad time to review weather safety information. The state of PA has already had 42 **corrected from 40 posted earlier** (and still counting) tornadoes occur this year (thru Aug 24th, 2026)! Find Tornado Safety information, including how to prepare, what to do when a tornado warning is issued, and some historical tornado stats HERE:

It is important to have a plan of action in the event a tornado threatens your family, and to rehearse that plan frequently. Such a plan should include what you and your family should do when at home, work, school, or outdoors. The time spent planning now could determine whether or not you survive a...

08/24/2026

755 AM Monday August 24th, 2026: A few showers over York and Lancaster Counties ending this morning. Main chance of showers the rest of the day will be across the northern mountains of PA.

08/24/2026

Monday - August 24, 2026 @ 545 AM EDT: An upper level low over Toronto this A.M. will spin another embedded disturbance southeast around its base, which will create some showers across the Northern Mountains of PA today. Highs today will
range from only around 60 across the Northern
Mtns to near 80 in Southeastern PA.

08/24/2026

A large low pressure system, shown with 925 mb wind and height fields, situated over Canada will continue to create isolated showers and thunderstorms across Pennsylvania tonight. Tomorrow the risk for storms and showers will remain in the northern tier of the state.

08/23/2026

955 AM Sunday August 23rd, 2026: Low pressure over southwestern Ontario will swing several troughs (wind shift lines) across central PA today and Monday, which will result in showers and isolated storms at times. Most of the activity will be across the north and west.. Some storms may contain brief heavy downpours and even small hail. Overall much of the time over the next several days will feature some sun and time without rain, for those planning in outside activities.

08/23/2026

Sunday - Aug 23, 2026 @615 AM EDT: Here is a 36-hour loop (from 8 AM today through 8 PM Monday) with images every 4 hours. Upper level (500 mb) height contours are in Brown and individual disturbances (Dark Blue and Green) rotating around it will spark scattered showers and thunderstorms (that are shown in the separate 36-hour loop of precipitation as depicted by the 3 KM NAM Model).