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Your forecast, explained.

Philadelphia, PA

Friday, October 9

72° — Mostly Sunny

Changed since yesterday

Sunday rain 62%→95% Tuesday 72°→75° Wednesday 62°→69°

Next five days

FriSatSunMonTue
High73°73°67°73°76°
Low53°57°61°61°59°
Precip0%21%95%56%18%

Highs tinted vs today's normal (70°): 8° below 8° above

The receipt

What Wednesday's 82 runs said for Thursday · what the gauge read
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HIGH (°F)gauge 80°67.375.283RAIN TOTAL (IN)not in that day's tapePEAK GUST (MPH)not in that day's tape

dots = 82 runs from Wednesday, colored by amount  ·  median  ·  middle 80%  ·  what the gauge read Thursday

Wednesday's call for Thursday: a high of 75°. The gauge read 80°, 0 in, 34 mph. Every forecast here is kept, so every day gets a receipt.

The scorecard · this week

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2 of 3 days inside the band · bands ±1.7°F · gauge PHL

Worth knowing today

Isaias's remnants now look all but certain to soak Philadelphia Sunday, with 1 to 2 inches possible and heavier pockets favoring Delmarva and South Jersey; the exact arrival time still wobbles a bit.
isaias · rain
Tonight's 53 sits close to the 51.5 average low for the date, with clouds thickening Saturday as moisture streams north ahead of the storm (records since 1940).
tonight · clouds
Wednesday now looks like 69, up from 62 a day ago, once the storm's leftovers move out.
revision · warmup
The fork for next Thursday is still wide open: runs range from a chilly 55 to a summery 84, with the middle near 64.
spread · uncertainty
Forecast high temperature (°F) · next 7 days · a blend of models
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50°70°90°FriSatSunMonTueWedThu

82 model runs, colored by temperature  ·  middle of the pack  ·  official forecast

Written 2026-10-09 · grounded in station records · tomorrow morning: what today's forecast said, next to what happened.

Today in station history (7 stats, records back decades)
StatValueYear(s)
record high for day 84.9 1990, 2007, 2011
record low for day 35.1 1978, 1988
average high for day 70.4 —
average low for day 51.5 —
warmest low for day 73.9 2017
coldest high for day 50 2000
largest temp swing for day 37.9 1942

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