Regional Weather Summary
Issued by NWS State College, PA
Issued by NWS State College, PA
012 AWUS81 KCTP 291509 RWSCTP PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-056>059-063>066-300515- Regional Weather Summary National Weather Service State College PA 1109 AM EDT Tue Sep 29 2026 A pool of cold air aloft will help to maintain mostly cloudy to overcast skies but dry conditions across the region today. High temperatures this afternoon will be several degrees warmer compared to Monday, and will range from the mid and upper 60s across the higher terrain of Northern and Western PA to the low and mid 70s in the Central and Southern Valleys. High pressure centered over Ohio today will drift southeast over the next 36 hours. This weather feature will become located off the Virginia Coast by Wednesday evening and the increased sunshine and a developing south to southwesterly flow will bring a noticeable warmup for the second half of this week as the calender flips from September to October. High temperatures peaking into the mid 70s to mid 80s Thursday and Friday should mark the warmest days of the week. No rainfall is forecast through Thursday. Showers are possible on Friday and could be followed by a more widespread soaking rain later in the weekend. The exact timing and overall coverage of the rain remains unclear at this time, but the odds for rain will be elevated Friday into Sunday. Confidence is much higher in a cool down over the first weekend of October into early next week with frost potential across the northwest half of the Commonwealth next Monday and Tuesday night. $$