Bitter Cold Coming: The Hour-By-Hour Forecast

We’re in for some record-breaking cold this holiday weekend, forecasters say.

The last time the Philadelphia region experienced such a stretch of single-digit temperatures in February was in 1996, AccuWeather reports.

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• WEATHER ALERT: Worst Cold In 11 Years Coming to Pennsylvania
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Here are hour-by-hour forecasts for the region, according to the National Weather Service:

Bucks County

• Thursday night: Scattered snow showers, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 8. Wind chill values as low as -8. Blustery, with a northwest wind 17 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 19. Wind chill values as low as -8. Northwest wind 11 to 18 mph.
• Friday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 12. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
• Saturday: Snow showers likely, mainly after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 31. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
• Saturday night: Snow showers likely, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7. Blustery. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 13. Blustery.
• Sunday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 0.
• Monday: Sunny, with a high near 19.
• Monday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 10.

Montgomery County

• Thursday night: Scattered snow showers before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 8. Wind chill values as low as -7. Blustery, with a northwest wind 17 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 19. Wind chill values as low as -8. Northwest wind 13 to 17 mph.
• Friday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 12. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
• Saturday: Snow showers likely, mainly after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 31. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
• Saturday night: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7. Blustery. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 13. Blustery.
• Sunday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 0.
• Monday: Sunny, with a high near 19.
• Monday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 11.