From Zero to Summer in One Week
G2 Weather Weekly | May 19 – June 12, 2026 | Paul Walsh
“Summertime, and the livin' is easy / Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
/ Oh, your daddy's rich and your ma is good lookin'/ So hush, little baby, don't you cry” —George Gershwin
My wife and I — and Benji, too — are decamping tomorrow for our summer cottage near Bethany Beach.
Three reasons: the forecast for our PA HQ in the western suburbs of Philadelphia is calling for mid-90s through Wednesday; we want to get ahead of the Memorial Day weekend crowds; and we’re fortunate enough to be able to dodge the suburban heatwave, fill the gas tank, and head south before what may turn out to be a “premature elaboration” of summer.
And elaborate it will — at least for now.
The New York Post is calling it a “triple-digit burn.” The National Weather Service says “heat will be making headlines for much of the Eastern US for the first half of the week.” USA TODAY is calling it “sudden summer.”
They’re all right. After a cool start to May — two weeks of …
