That is snow joke.
A record-breaking snowfall was reported at Philadelphia Worldwide Airport on Sunday as temperatures soared to 94 levels Fahrenheit in a head-scratching contradiction.
The Philadelphia/Mount Holly workplace of the Nationwide Climate Service logged the whole day by day snowfall over the Pennsylvania airport that afternoon — and famous that it broke the previous report for July 14 set in 1870.
The hint quantity of snow recorded within the report was really small hail that poured down throughout a thunderstorm, the company mentioned.
“Since hail is frozen precipitation, this counts as a ‘hint’ of snow in our local weather reviews,” NWS Mount Holly mentioned in a social media submit. “Therefore, the report day by day snowfall report.”
The weird climate phenomenon is uncommon, however not unprecedented.
Hail-producing thunderstorms in the summertime months have accounted for “hint of snow” reviews over the airport 13 different instances between 1911 till this Sunday.
The final summer time “snow” was logged over the airport in August 2011 — and it occurred twice that month, based on the NWS.
However the newest summer time “snow” is much more stunning as a lot of the nation enters right into a second week of hovering temperatures within the 90s with real-feel temps reaching into the triple digits.
Philadelphia and different Northeast cities have been below Extreme Warmth Warnings for a number of days.
Officers within the Metropolis of Brotherly Love declared a Warmth Well being Emergency this week for Monday by Wednesday. It was the second of the season in Philly after town’s well being division issued the primary final month.
