This weekend marks the 25th anniversary of one of the region's biggest early-season snowfalls on record.
On Nov. 22, 1989, snow began falling around 8 p.m. and continued until right around daybreak of Thanksgiving.
The temperature was around 30 when it started and slipped back into the mid-20s, so what fell stuck, even though this was happening a month before the solstice.
The official total, 4.6, made it one of the biggest November snowfalls in the period of record, dating to 1884, and the temperature struggled to reach freezing Thursday on Thanksgiving afternoon.
That marked the beginning of an amazingly cold period. December was so cold that the National Weather Service warned shipping interests about the potential for freezing waterways.
For the month, December's 25.5 degree official average temperature in Philadelphia was 10 degrees below normal, and only a brisk warm-up on New Year's Eve kept the month out of the record book.
What happened next was just about as amazing: January finished 9.1 degrees above normal, and February, 8.
Thanksgiving looks to be snow-free this year, with temperatures in the 40s, after a potentially record-warm Monday.
We will miss it all, since we will be vacationing and spending Thanksgiving in the north country next week. We are always thankful for our readers and wish everyone a great holiday.