Pennsylvania, 1998

Heat in Pennsylvania, February 28, 1998

February 28, 1998 · NWS PHI · 10 events in 10 counties and zones

Continuing a trend that lasted the whole winter, February 1998 was unseasonably warm across Southeastern Pennsylvania and the Poconos and ranked within the ten warmest Februarys on record. 6 degrees was the WARMEST February on record.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
10

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.

Continuing a trend that lasted the whole winter, February 1998 was unseasonably warm across Southeastern Pennsylvania and the Poconos and ranked within the ten warmest Februarys on record. At the Lehigh Valley International Airport, the mean temperature of 38.6 degrees was the WARMEST February on record. At the Philadelphia International Airport, the mean temperature of 41.8 degrees was the third warmest February on record. The meteorological winter of 1997-98 (December 1st through February 28th) was the third warmest winter on record in Philadelphia with an average temperature of 40.4 degrees.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

10 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Berks

When
February 28, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Berks forecast zone
Coordinates
40.416, -75.926 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Bucks

When
February 28, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Bucks forecast zone

Heat, Carbon

When
February 28, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Carbon forecast zone
Coordinates
40.918, -75.709 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Chester

When
February 28, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Chester forecast zone

Heat, Delaware

When
February 28, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Delaware forecast zone
Coordinates
39.917, -75.399 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Lehigh

When
February 28, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Lehigh forecast zone
Coordinates
40.613, -75.592 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Monroe

When
February 28, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Monroe forecast zone
Coordinates
41.058, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Montgomery

When
February 28, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Montgomery forecast zone

Heat, Northampton

When
February 28, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Northampton forecast zone
Coordinates
40.754, -75.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Philadelphia

When
February 28, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Philadelphia forecast zone
Coordinates
40.008, -75.134 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Heat
Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5632963, 5632964, 5632965, 5632966, 5633081, 5633082, 5633083, 5633084, 5633085, 5633086.